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Crocodile Sports, Gaisbergerstrasse 34a (tel 0662/642907,
office@crocodile-sports.com
), organize paragliding, canyoning, caving, mountain biking, ballooning.
Airlines
Austrian Airlines (also serving Lauda Air and Tyrolean Airways), at the airport (tel 0662/854511); British Airways, Griesgasse 29 (tel 0662/842108); Lufthansa, Rainbergstrasse 3a (tel 0662/800 900 800).
Airport information
tel 0662/8580-251,
www.salzburg-airport.at
.
American Express
Mozartplatz 5-7 (Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm, Sat 9-noon; tel 0662/8080-146,
www.amex.co.at
).
Bike rental
At counter #3 in the main train station. Open 24hr.
Books
Amadeus, Getreidegasse 5 (next door to Mozart's Geburtshaus), has English-language paperbacks on the 2nd floor, and loads of tourist-related titles on the ground floor.
Car rental
Avis, Ferdinand-Porsche-Strasse 7 (tel 0662/877278), and at the airport (tel 0662/877278); Budget, at the airport (tel 855038); Hertz, Rainerstrasse 17 (tel 0662/873452), and at the airport (tel 0662/852094).
Cinemas
Current international films, usually dubbed into German, are shown at Central, Linzergasse 17-19 (tel 0662/872283), and Mozartkino, Kaigasse 33 (tel 0662/842222). Das Kino, Giselakai 11 (tel 873100,
www.daskino.at
), is the place to go for art-house and cult films often in the original language.
Consulates
UK, Alter Markt 4 (Mon-Fri 9-noon; tel 0662/848133); USA, Alter Markt 1-3 (Mon, Wed & Fri 9-noon; tel 0662/848776). Other nationals should contact their embassy in Vienna.
Dentists
Dentistenkammer, GstA¤ttengasse 21 (tel 584377-7), will recommend a dentist.
Exchange
Banks are open Mon-Fri 8.30am-12.30pm & 2-4.30pm. Outside these hours, you can try the exchange counter at the main train station (May-Sept 7am-9pm; Oct-April 7.30am-8.30pm); Salzburger Sparkasse at the airport (daily 8am-4pm); or the exchange counter on Alte Markt (July-Oct Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm, Sat 9.30am-1pm; Nov-June Mon-Fri only).
Gay organizations
HOSI (Homosexuelle Initiative), MA?llner Hauptstrasse 11 (tel 0662/435927,
www.hosi.or.at
).
Hospital
St Johannsspital, north of the Altstadt at MA?llner Hauptstrasse 48 (tel 4482).
Ice skating
StA¤dtische Kunsteisbahn, on the right bank at Hermann-Bahr-Promenade 2 (open mid-Sept to March; buses #6 or #49 from Rudolfskai to Volksgartenbad). Entry A¶S45/a?¬3.29, skate hire A¶S35/a?¬2.56.
Internet access
Internet CafA©, Mozartplatz (daily 10am-10pm; A¶S60/E4.38 per 30min); Piterfun, diagonally opposite the railway station at Ferdinand-Porsche-Strasse 7 (daily 11am-11pm; A¶S40/a?¬2.91 per 30min).
Laundry
Norge Exquisit, Paris-Lodron-Strasse 14 (Mon-Fri 7.30am-6pm, Sat 8-noon).
Left luggage
Lockers at the main train station (from A¶S20/a?¬1.46).
Lost property
FundbA?ro, Alpenstrasse 90 (Mon-Fri 7.30am-12.30pm).
Motoring organizations
ARBA¶ tel 0662/433601, emergency service tel 123.
Police
The main police station is 4km south of the centre, in the direction of the Salzburg-SA?d autobahn junction, at Alpenstrasse 90 (tel 0662/6383).
Post office
The main post office is at Residenzplatz 9 (Mon-Fri 7am-7pm, Sat 8-10am); the branch at the train station is open daily (6am-11pm).
Pharmacies
are open Mon-Fri 8am-12.30pm & 2.30-6pm, Sat 8-noon. Elisabeth-Apotheke, Elisabethstrasse 1 (tel 0662/871484), is near the train station. For emergencies, details of duty pharmacies are posted in all pharmacy windows.
Sightseeing tours
Horse-drawn fiacres offer sightseeing tours of the Altstadt; a 25min ride should cost around A¶S400/a?¬29.20 per four-person carriage. For coach tours, Panorama Tours, Mirabellplatz, by St AndrA¤ church (tel 874029,
www.panoramatours.at
), offer introductory city tours (hourly, lasting 1hr; A¶S200/a?¬14.60), tours of the salt mines in Berchtesgaden, Germany (twice daily, lasting 4hr; A¶S480/a?¬35.04), and Sound of Music tours (twice daily, lasting 4hr; A¶S400/a?¬29.20); Salzburg Sightseeing Tours, Mirabellplatz 2 (tel 881616,
sightseeing-tours@salzburg.co.at
), offer city tours (3 daily, lasting 2hr; A¶S300/a?¬21.90), tours of the salt mines in Hallein (2 daily, lasting 4hr; A¶S500/a?¬36.50) and Sound of Music tours (2 daily, lasting 4hr; A¶S400/a?¬29.20). Bob's Special Tours, Kaigasse 10 (tel 0662/8495-11,
bobs-special-tours@net4you.co.at
) also do Sound of Music tours (4hr; A¶S360/a?¬26.28).
Swimming
Paracelsus Bad, Auerspergstrasse 2, is a large, modern indoor pool complete with water jets, water slide and children's section; a solarium, mud baths and a nudist sunbathing terrace are also on the premises. Open-air pools (May-Sept) include Freibad Leopoldskron, 1km south of the centre at Leopoldskronstrasse 50 (bus #55 from Mirabellplatz) and Freibad Volksgarten, on the right bank at Hermann-Bahr-Promenade 2 (buses #6 or #49 from Rudolfskai).
Taxis
There are taxi ranks at the main train station, F-Hanusch-Platz, Residenzplatz and Makartplatz. Or phone 8111 or 1715.
Train information
tel 1717.
Travel agents
A?KISTA, Wolf-Dietrich-Strasse 31 (tel 0662/883252,
www.oekista.co.at
); Young Austria, Alpenstrasse 108a (tel 0662/625758-0,
www.youngaustria.at
).
Women's organizations
Frauenkulturzentrum, Elisabethstrasse 11 (tel 0662/871639).
Other useful information
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