Großes Festspielhaus

The Great Festival Hall was constructed by the architect Clemens Holzmeister. With its 100-meter-stage, it belongs to the largest Festival Halls in the world. It was opened with Richard Strauss' "Rosenkavalier" under the conductor Herbert von Karajan on July 26, 1960.

How to reach the Great Festival Hall:

It lies in the heart of Salzburg's old-town and can be reached by walking within a few minutes from nearly all points of the old town.

Parking: Travellers by car can use the "Altstadt-Garage" in the Mönchsberg. From there you can enter the foyer of the Great Festival Hall through a seperate gangway, wich will be opend one hour before the beginning of the performance. From one hour before the beginning of the concert on, there will also be a doorman with whom the guests of the Festival Hall can purchase a reduced parking ticket (which is valid for 8 hours) on presentation of their entrance tickets.

Public transport: Following busses stop at Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz, from where you enter in Hofstallgasse (after crossing the "Bürgerspitalgasse") where the main entrance of the Great Festival Hall is located: Bus No. 1, 4, 15.

Inside the Festival Hall:

the Great Festival Hall has a broad auditorium which provides space for 2.170 persons.
The 27 rows of seats in the parterre and the 16 rows in the balcony are arranged risingly like in an amphitheater.

Hofstallgasse 1
5010 Salzburg

Salzburg City Map (german)

Seating plan