The hotel is located in a suburb of the main City of Salzburg which is easily accessed by a number 2 bus from the Airport and costs 2.50 euros. (Dont take a taxi which cost 20 euros!)

The hotel is near the main train station but surrounded by kebab shops, sports bars and take away shops. Its not a pretty area, but does seem safe at night. It was too far for me to walk into the old town but busses 1.3.and 5 are frequent from the train station and cost just a few euros or are free if you have a Salzburg card.

Checking in and out of the hotel was quick and easy and reception staff were friendly. On the ground floor is just a reception area and a bar/restaurant. We missed a comfortable lounge area to relax in after a day sightseeing and the restaurant was very expensive.

The room was fine, but overlooked the roof of the conference centre and there was only one electric socket.

Unfortunately poor housekeeping let the hotel down. The ironing board in the room was missing, but was deleivered when requested. There was no milk on the breakfast tray and we were told that a small jug of milk would be 10 euros......but on the first morning we were given a free jug of milk. The following day the housekeepers had forgotten to leave cups, the ice bucket was not emptied and cleaned and the kettle left in the middle of the dressing table.

We bought our own breakfast from the local supermarket which was considerably cheaper than the 17 euros charged for breakfast in the hotel.

We stayed for four days and during that time the bed linen was not changed or the room cleaned, although towels were changed and bathroom wiped down.

When there was a conference it was very busy and individual guests did get slightly forgotten about.

On the whole it was not a bad hotel, but not what we were expecting. There are two Radisson Blu hotels in Salzburg, the conference centre and another hotel in the City Centre which can be confusing when booking.

If you want to eat locally there is an Italian resturant in the empty shopping centre opposite the hotel. The atmosphere is not very good, service slow and surly but the food is very good indeed. But watch out for the wine prices. A bottle of house wine (Pino Grigio) was 35 euros!

A better restaurant is in the Der Salzburger Hof hotel - Restzum 3 Genuss (Out of the hotel take the second right turn down the side of the sports bar and the restaurant is on the right at the traffic lights) They have an Indian, Austrian and Italian kitchen. Two courses plus wine costs about 50 euros. Nice atmosphere, pleasant staff and good food.

If we return to Salzburg we will definately book a City centre hotel next time.