• Gabrielle IngramEuropeTraveler
    Hellbrunn Schloss
    Kate and a Unicorn - she was happyVery old globe - Australia is a big blobIn the gardensThe only seat not getting a squirt up the whatsit belongs to the host!Inside one of the many grottosHusband wasn't impressed

    Trick Fountains

    October 7, 2017 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Heading back into Salzburg from the snow adventure, we stopped at Hellbrunn Palace to visit the Trick Fountains. The summer residence for the archbishop/prince of Salzburg, Markus Sittikus, he created a garden full of water features to take guests by surprise.

    It started raining as we walked through the gardens, and it was already cold... but that didn't stop the tour guide turning on the hidden water features to wet us even more. Everything was powered by water, and still works today, which is a pretty amazing feat.

    Late addition: I found out that part of the Sound of Music was filmed in these gardens!    Read more