Location

About Salzburg

Salzburg is rated one of the most beautiful and safest cities for study abroad. This vibrant and dynamic city is full of natural and culturate beauty.

With about 140,000 inhabitants, the city of Salzburg is just the right size for study abroad students! Salzburg is large enough to have an urban feeling, but small enough to be manageable and safe. The old part of the city, nestled on the Salzach River amid rocky hills, coexists with a modern world of shopping centers, cafés and galleries. Farmers’ markets supply charm and nutrition, and an extensive bus system provides inexpensive and reliable transportation. This bicycle-friendly city is crisscrossed with bike paths. With woods and fields within and near the town, nature is never far away. And the city’s situation just north of the Alps and just west of the Salzkammergut Lake district means that hiking, skiing and other outdoor activities are easily accessible.

In addition to the two included extended group excursions to Vienna and Germany, you are free to take advantage of Salzburg’s great location in the heart of Europe and travel individually during long weekends, vacations and the semester break (February). Favorite destinations of our past participants have been:

• Munich (1.5 hours away)
  
• Vienna (2.5 hours) 
• Or take the Night train to Rome, Venice, Paris and more!

Students traveling in Europe enjoy many financial advantages including reduced rail fares (Eurail or Interrail passes), cheap lodging at youth hostels and reduced admission to museums, tourist sites and theaters. The required International Student ID Card will help you get these advantages.