Tourist Trapp: Austria’s Most Famous Home

Camp fans, rejoice, for I have news that will be music to your ears: the former Von Trapp family residence has been turned into a hotel.

Yes indeed, the one time Austrian home of Maria, The Captain and The Kids is about to throw open its doors so that you too can leap around a gazebo, perform kitsch routines on the staircase, and sing about kittens and snowdrops to your heart’s content.

(Although I’m guessing the new owners might object should you decide to fashion a frock from the curtains…).

Villa Trapp, as the hotel is appropriately called, didn’t actually feature in the masterpiece that is The Sound of Music, the house having been procured by a religious order following its eventual release from the Nazis.

But devoted fans will recognise elements that were recreated for the film, such as the lake at the bottom of the garden where the nasty Baroness (booooo) flirted outrageously with the Captain, and the aforementioned gazebo where Lisle and Rolf (ssssss) had their first kiss.

Villa Trapp is due to open in October this year and is taking bookings from next month; however, in my own case, I suspect I may have to climb a few financial mountains before I can contemplate staying there.

Nevertheless, the lure of following in those famous footsteps is just too great to ignore so, as a very wise Mother Superior once advised, I will metaphorically ford streams and follow byways etc etc until I can afford my dream.

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