We visited the advent Christmas market after visiting the zoo. Firstly, we walked through the gardens and saw the amazing angel statue that was dominating the grounds, hey girlie which had been beautifully lit. We visited the summer house which was used in the filming of the Sound of Music and then went to the Christmas market. The Christmas market was absolutely brilliant. It costs €7 per person but you do get a Glühwein in return. I didn’t have small children but there was a brilliant section, specifically aimed at children with animals and other activities, including a small village to visit, there was also a section on Krampus and the atmosphere was brilliant. The castle itself had been converted into a huge advent calendar which dominated the scene. Fantastic.

We originally went to find the gazebo from the Sound of Music but the Trick Fountains audio tour was a blast and the museum inside was a great surprise! Our family loved it. You will get wet but not drenched and dry quickly.

This place offers so much. Great for families, kids, couples, etc. First, at no cost, you can see the gazebo from the Sound of Music movie, and wander through acres of beautiful gardens with water features, green grass, large shade trees, clear paths for strolling, flowers, statues and benches for seating. You can visit the cafe and gift shop. You can also hike to a lookout spot for beautiful views of the area. For a cost of about 15 euros, you can , with a head set explaining the sites, walk through the trick fountain areas. They are so pretty and historic, and full of water surprises for all. Great way for cooling off on warm days. Your ticket also allows you into the palace , a museum, where with a headset, you can learn about this 400 year old palace. You can also visit the folk museum. To get there, We took a taxi from the train station for 28 euros and returned to old town Saltzburg via Uber for about 25 euros. This place was fantastic. I highly recommend it.

We loved the trick fountains. The staff that operates these fountains makes the visit whole lot of fun. We didn’t visit the palace museum though There was some wait to enter the gardens as they process folks in batches so that staff can show the trick fountains to a group of people together. There is also some time needed in queue to collect the garden ticket if one has Salzburg pass The bus 25 from Hauptbahnoff takes about 25 minutes to this place

We used our Salzburg card for this visit. It's a wonderful place and well worth the time. We especially liked the water features - it's like stepping in a waterpark of the past. The garden, Sound of Music pavilion and the palace itself are also well worth the visit.

Didn’t get a chance to visit the palace but the trick fountains are beautiful and so much fun. You’re only allowed to visit the fountains at set times and you are given an audio guide that walks you through everything. It takes about 45 minutes to complete and just note, you will get wet (at least a little).

We were slightly caught out by the hot weather in Salzburg, staying with two children and having no Aircon. We decided to take the 25 bus from the old town (Aldtstadt) up to this wonderful castle. The kids loved both the display inside the castle - great kids and adult auditor guides in English and really imaginative displays. We loved the revolving sofa that allows you to enjoy the frescos. The fountains were incredible! We all choose to get every wet as it was so hot and the kids were in heaven. Highly recommend.

Definitely worth a visit! Inside the palace was slightly underwhelming, not as much to see or learn as I had hoped. But the grounds are lovely, even though we visited on a somewhat rainy day. The flower gardens are quite nice, but the highlight was the "trick fountains." The audioguide provides a lot of interesting information about the fountains, which apparently were in vogue during this particular period; many other estates that had trick fountains at one point removed them when they went out of favor. But thankfully, they remain at Schloss Hellbrunn for visitors to enjoy. The funniest thing to us was that they were installed by the Archbishop, who apparently got quite a kick out of getting his guests wet when they came to be entertained for the evening. It's also pretty amazing what they were able to accomplish just using water power, back before the technology was anything like it is today. We enjoyed seeing all the different kinds of fountains and the mechanisms that make them work. It's quite a fun afternoon, although I can imagine it would be much more enjoyable during a warm day than during the winter months. (I'm actually not even sure they continue to show the fountains during the winter.) We rode the bus to and from Salzburg using the Salzburg card, and it was easy.