Of all the places we visited in Salzburg, Austria, my favorite sight was Hellbrunn Palace. After seeing so many serious (yet enjoyable) places, Hellbrunn was surprisingly fun.
The Hellbrunn Palace was built for Salzburg's Prince Archbishop Markus Sittikus von Hohenems. He used the place as a summer palace and as a way to entertain and house parties for the guests, especially those who had what they referred to as the "trendy illness": Melancholy.
The whole site is today is a nice break from the normal site seeing in Salzburg—the tour guides make sure you get your money’s worth, especially with the trick fountains. Now you might think, “Oh this is just like a water park where you can play in fountains coming up from the ground.” Not with these fountains. The tour guide controls the water to spray unsuspecting tourists. My advice? If the ground is wet where you’re walking, then protect your camera!
Another piece of advice, pay close attention to the parts of the tour where the sites are the most beautiful. It’s an easy trap: Tourists whip out their cameras and snap pictures while the tour guide turns on the fountains unnoticed! Here's one where the tour guide set me and my brothers up. She said to pay close attention to the mechanical show in front of us (a song from Mozart's Don Giovanni), and while we were paying attention, she blasted us. You'll notice that I planned ahead and wore my rain jacket!
Not to worry though, the guides usually save their hijinks for unsuspecting kids, rather than adults with expensive cameras. My siblings and I were the only ones that wanted to get wet in our tour group so at each station, the tour guide targeted us!
Overall the experience was amazing, even if we did end up drying off for the next hour.
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