Salzburg Greeters
Free Walk with a local
Discover Salzburg through a free walk with a local
We, the Salzburg Greeters, aim to showcase aspects of Salzburg through very personal encounters with our guests – aspects that newcomers to the city might not even be aware of. Mozart, The Sound of Music, and the city’s other world-famous attractions may come up during our Greets, but they don’t have to. It’s best if we meet at a favourite spot – for example, a traditional coffeehouse or beer hall – where we can have a good chat and discover topics and places that are of particular interest to our guests.
We want to offer friendly experiences that become highlights of your vacation. All of this without tips, thanks solely to Austrian hospitality. Be our guest—let us surprise you!
Click here to request your greet
Remember: A Greet means meeting a local resident to walk around town with you as new friends. The first step will be to talk to the Greeter about the details of your personalized tour. It's not about taking part in a standardized tour, but about exploring the city with an expert volunteer .
Maximum six people!
Our core value #2 reads "Greeters welcome individuals and may serve small groups of up to six people."
The reason is that each Greet should be an opportunity to talk to each other and that seems impossible in bigger groups.
Also important: we do not mingle people from different requests but serve only you (and your friends).
Meet a local volunteer
Our core value #1 reads "Greeters are volunteers, a friendly face for those visiting a city."
It's true: Our Greeters love their city or town and they are proud to share this with guests.
How could you better discover the most interesting spots of a place?
Free service, no tipping
Our core value #3 reads "Meeting a Greeter is free of charge."
We do not follow a "give what you think is ok (but please give)" strategy. Greeters honestly do not like any tipping because what they give comes from their heart not because of any tipping expectation.
If you would like to support the Greeters as a whole you are welcome to donate to the International Greeter Association here.
Submit Feedback here after your Greet
Andreas was amazing from our first contact through our entire greet. He was very easy to communicate with on line before we met and during the entire “greet”. I think I was very lucky to get involved with Salzburg greeters as they start to ramp up so he was able to provide an abundance of detail and time. It is always fun for me to be able to talk with people who live in the areas I visit. He offered suggestions for dining as well as how to organize my visit. We hiked a bit and biked a bit as well as walking through all the secret points of the old city. I think all my future International Greeter visits in other cities will be a mere shadow of what the Salzburg Greeters provided. Thank you Andreas! Please come to Seattle so I can be your Greeter there.
Der Spaziergang mit Michael samt Einkehr im Biergarten über den Dächern Salzburgs war eine wunderbare Begegnung für unsere Familie – zum einen mit Salzburg, aber auch mit Michael. Wir haben viel Wissenswertes, Interessantes und Lustiges über die Stadt erfahren und durch die Tour Ecken gesehen, die wir ohne unseren Greeter sicherlich nicht gesehen hätten. Eine wunderbare Erfahrung
Become a Salzburg Greeter or contact us for general questions.
