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Sound of Music Hotel

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Watch this Reuters video to see how the backdrop from one of the most memorable musicals is now an actual hotel. For $150 a night, you can stay in the von Trapp's former mansion or even get married in the chapel in the villa in Salzburg in Austria.

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Watch this Reuters video to see how the backdrop from one of the most memorable musicals is now an actual hotel. For $150 a night, you can stay in the von Trapp's former mansion or even get married in the chapel in the villa in Salzburg in Austria.

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