From the hills of the opening scene to the mountain over which they escape, here’s how to follow in the footsteps of the von Trapp family in real life.

20 new historical buildings have been built at the Salzburg Open-Air Museum over the past 20 years. However, the last one was ...

This is especially true at the Salzburg Museum. Both the cathedral and the museum are located near the beautiful Residenzplatz, a plaza reminiscent of the 1500s perfect for exploring on foot.

Although "The Sound of Music" was shot at a handful of locations throughout Salzburg, the movie's gazebo scene, where Liesl and Rolf sang "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," was filmed at Schloss Hellbrunn.

You'll find several of the city's top sites – like the Salzburg Museum, Dom zu Salzburg and Mozarts Geburtshaus – within steps of one another in Altstadt, Salzburg's historic city center.

A short Metro ride away will be the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's new Peter Zumthor ... where I spent two weeks at the annual Salzburg Festival. Its 62-million euro budget ($67.8 million ...