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Salzburg's old town consists largely of long city blocks. To avoid having to go all the way around one of these blocks to get from one main street to the next, the streets are connected by arcaded alleys that cut through the blocks. These alleys are lined with a variety of small shops and cafes. We had a delicious - try the spinach crepes: they're yummy - and very reasonable lunch at the cafe pictured here (Cafe zum Mozart Winkerl), which is located in the alley running from the back of Mozarts Geburtshaus on Universitätsplatz to the front of the Geburtshaus on Getreidegasse. Although the Universitätsplatz and Getreidegasse were crowded and noisy with tourists, this portion of the alley was quiet, peaceful, and filled with flowers. The area immediately aoutside of the Cafe zum Mozart Winkerl forms a sort of atrium that rises three or four stories to the open sky, and the walls of the atrium are covere with climbing palnts and vines.
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