Burg Hohenwerfen

Great castle with some fantastic views! There is a falconry center inside and chances are that you'll see falcons even outside of the show, which is scheduled only a few times per day - birds may be flying around or just hanging out somewhere on the castle territory. Walking trail from the parking to the castle is quite easy and takes up to 20min in one side.

Nice castle, but not the most interesting I've seen. It's too child-oriented, and aside from the hawk/eagle show, there’s not much else. The castle offers very little about its history or origins, construction, and evolution — which is a shame, considering it has plenty of space to showcase antiques and guide visitors through its development from inception to the present-day structure. It feels like a missed opportunity.

Saw this attraction advertised on a Salzburg activity map. It was simply brilliant! Great value for money, spent over 4hrs doing the guided tour, falconry show and looking at the other the exhibitions. Our guide was friendly and informative despite us using audio guides. The birds of Prey on display were phenomenal inc Eagles, Falcons and Vultures. Would highly recommend booking the whole experience.

Visited as a family with my two sons. This was the perfect balance for adults and children. You should purchase the tour as part of your ticket (and not worry about whether the kids would engage in it like we did!) as you are taken around with an English audio guide and a live tour guide. The children get their own version which both kids loved (yes even my youngest at 5) and everything’s rickety and ‘adventurous’ according to my sons. You end up up a set of stairs (close to a ladder) and climbing up the bell tower. (This can be skipped if you are scared of heights/have difficulty climbing). The falconry experience is fabulous and the old fashioned games for kids is a welcome change to a playground! Super place, with super views. Accommodating to tourists of other nationalities and a great day out!

One of the favorite parts of my trip to Salzburg would definitely be our day trip to Hohenwerfen! Loved the castle tour, although the tour guide only spoke in German and there was no translation to English. Thankfully there was an audio guide. Would have still been better if the tour guides would also translate to English. Apart from the castle, I was mesmerized with the falcon show where you can witness various birds of prey in action. The birds would fly inches from you in a one of a lifetime experience. Highly recommend!

The price is approximately 20 euros per adult, with a discount for children. The price includes a birds of prey show and a guide who will take you around the castle. Inside, there are interesting exhibitions.You can walk to the castle or take the funicular for a small fee. It's definitely worth a visit with your family.

The place is worth visiting with the guided tour, since otherwise the price for the entry (without kids) is not quite justified. Take your time to get there - inside of the fortress there are a lot of stairs and steep places. The place itself, the castle, the view are amazing and there are a lof of kids activities. However, the guided tour was not satisfying. The guide herself was great, knew the information perfectly but there were a lot of guests and when we changed the rooms, only a few guests could hear the actual speech because of the limited spacing in the corridors and rooms. So i missed approximately 70% of the tour information. The guests who had the audio guide, didn’t have this problem. The tour is still recommended but only with the audio guide or just stick to the guide :) What to improve: just give all the guests the audio guide - the guide person is still needed for questions and safety reasons.

We had a fantastic day at the Schloß Adler! Staff were very friendly and welcoming. The tour was hugely informative and interesting along with a bit of humour thrown in. Falconry display was excellent and not to be missed. The food offer was great; very tasty and reasonably priced. Brilliant value for money, wonderful scenery and a fantastic day out. We travelled by train from Salzburg and it was our favourite day out on the holiday.

The entry fee is insane amount just to see the shop and the restaurant. And thats it pretty much. There are a few rooms open which are not exciting at all. The only way to see the castle if you pay a guided tour. Which is not a problem but they dont tell you this when you huy the ticket so you are pretty much screwed. All of the inside is closed!!! They run tours every hour or so. They should articulate better that they only meaningful way to see the castle is via the tour.

We had a great afternoon at the Berg. We took a tour and there is even a falconry show if you get there in time to see it. Very entertaining. They also have a restaurant, gift shop, and a concession stand.

This castle was scenic, and there was a lot to see in the area. I brought a tour here and was very impressed with the staff and the environment - there was a lot to do and the audio tour was quite enjoyable!

I'm not really much of a history buff and confess the main reason I wanted to visit this place was the connection to the old Clint Eastwood movie Where Eagles Dare which was shot there in part. Certainly there were areas of the castle that I recognized from the movie but don't show up expecting the tour guide to be showing you where Clint killed his twelfth Nazi in the communications room. The reality is that the film has no recognition locally, possibly due to what is obviously a delicate subject matter for the locals. As a result the movie isn't mentioned one time on the tour. Shame as it is a decent attempt at a wartime story. The guide speaks only German on the tour but we knew this in advance. You are handed little phone sets (included in the standard charge) for your own language but it was a little heavy for our liking. The views are amazing from the castle though and possibly worth a visit on their own as you don't need to pay for the tour as well as the funicular ride up there. The falconry exhibition was interesting although we never really got the feeling they had full control of the birds themselves. This was confirmed when an errant falcon missed its target and ploughed into a young boy standing around. Tears were shed! Beware of the extensive walking involved on the tour and afterwards when hiking to the falconry area. It really does require at least a decent level of fitness.

This castle is incredible my kids enjoyed the ice caves and the bird show but now a video game company called Trayarc or something is making a zombies version of the castle.

this is a must-see! we took a train from salzburg to see the castle. it was rainy, which was disappointing but because of the weather our pictures came out spectacular - all the fog around the mountain and the fortress was just beautiful! From the train station it takes about 30-40min to get up to the castle. you pretty much have to walk a lot just to get to the foot of the castle, then u have to climb up. because it was raining, we decided to take the lift up instead of hiking, which was fine but the walk to the lift is still long. I would have liked to hike up there because im sure the view will be incredible on the way up. the fortress itself is very impressive. its rather big! we did the guided tour, which was interesting. I wouldn't have done it but if u wanna go inside the castle u have no other choice. if you do purchase tickets, be sure u stick around for the hawk show. its impressive to see.