Salzburg Food Tasting Tour: Markets & Mozart Square

Salzburg's oldest bakery still bakes in a log-fired oven powered by a water mill.

A 3-hour walking food tour through Salzburg's markets and squares with a live English-speaking guide, sampling local cheeses, sausages, bread, spices, beer, the original Mozartkugel chocolate and Salzburg coffee. You'll visit the Salzburg Old Market and Mozart Square, learn about the city's salt-trading past and 17th-century food history, and finish with an appetizer and drink at a traditional restaurant.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time spent at each

1. Mozart Square15m
2. Salzburg Cathedralpassing by
3. St. Peter's Abbey12m
4. Mozart’s Birthplace5m
5. Salzburg Old Market15m

Salzburg food and cultural walking tour

• Meet guide at Mozart Statue
• Learn about Residence building history
• Visit Salzburg Cathedral
• Explore St. Peter's Abbey and bakery
• Visit Farmers Market and taste delicacies
• See Mozart’s Birthplace
• Try Mozartkugel at Old Market
• Enjoy typical Salzburg dish at restaurant

The experience

You meet your guide at Mozart Square and walk straight into Salzburg's food scene. The tour moves through the Salzburg Old Market, where locals buy fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese and bread daily, and you'll taste what they're buying. Along the way your guide explains the salt trade that built the city, the story behind the Mozartkugel chocolate, and what Salzburg's 17th-century cooks were actually preparing: details that make the food stops land differently than a casual wander would.

St. Peter's Abbey anchors the middle of the route. Next to it sits Europe's oldest restaurant, and more useful: the oldest bakery in town, where sourdough comes out of a log-fired oven heated by a water mill. You'll taste that bread. The Cathedral and Residenzplatz (where grand dinners once fed the city's rulers) sit nearby, and the guide connects the food you're tasting to the history around you. Mozart's Birthplace comes up too. He was a gourmet who cared as much about wine and food as he did about music.

The route ends at a traditional restaurant where you sit down with an appetizer and a drink, time to ask questions before the tour closes. Three hours on foot, stops at real markets where vendors are selling, and the guide speaks English throughout. Vegetarian options are available if you mention it when you book.

What’s included

• Professional live guide in English.
• tastings of local cheese, sausages, bread and spices.
• beer and the original Mozartkugel chocolate.
• best coffee and dessert of Salzburg.
• appetizer and drink at a traditional restaurant.

Before you book

Days and timesMonday to FridayDepartures at 10:00 and 15:00

Book up to8h before

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends at a different place from where it starts.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 7 days ago

Good to know

Moderate physical effortWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller-friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Salzburg Experience

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste your way through Salzburg's food markets and history with a guide who knows the local stories. It's a walking tour that stays in the pedestrian center, so you can do it between other plans without extra logistics.

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Top questions

What's the difference between a Mozartkugel and other chocolate?

Mozartkugel is a Salzburg specialty made with pistachio, nougat and marzipan, then coated in chocolate. The tour reveals how it's made and you'll taste the original version at Salzburg Old Market, where the biggest candy shop in town sits on the square.

Can I walk this tour if I'm not very fit?

The tour requires at least a moderate level of physical fitness, as it covers several kilometers on foot through the city's streets and squares over three hours. The route is wheelchair accessible and all areas and surfaces are flat, so mobility aids work throughout.

What happens at St. Peter's Abbey?

St. Peter's Abbey is a quiet square where you'll enter the grounds and feel the atmosphere of the space. Right next to it is Stiftskeller St. Peter, Europe's oldest restaurant, and the oldest bakery in town, where you'll taste freshly made sourdough bread baked in a log-fired oven.

Does the tour include beer?

Yes, beer is one of the tastings on the route. The guide covers Salzburg's beer history as part of the food and cultural stories woven through the walk.

What's included in the restaurant stop at the end?

You'll sit down at a traditional Salzburg restaurant for an appetizer and a drink, giving you time to relax and ask the guide more questions before the tour ends.