22 Apr 2025
This has been on my bucket list forever. It did not disappoint. The tour hit all of the main spots from The Sound of Music. The stories told were fantastic and questions were answered perfectly. I would STRONGLY recommend you do the Halstatt portion. Don't just do the half day. HALSTATT IS BEAUTIFUL! Very quintessential Austria! We rode the funicular up to the top of the mountain (afraid of heights, but I did it!) and ate at the restaurant up there. The only reason I'm only giving it 4 stars was because our tour guide was sick with a cold. We were squeezed in the van since there were 7 of us and my husband and I were right next to her. She was nice and offered to use our phones to take pictures, but she had been blowing her nose and coughing the whole way. Needless to say, my husband and I brought home the cold once we returned from our vacation. Maybe she should have stayed home to recuperate. I felt badly for her, but she didn't even apologize.