Austria

Villa Trapp blocked over fears it would be tourist trap

Villa Trapp / Image via flickr.com

The Austrian city of Salzburg has blocked plans to open a hotel in a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in The Sound of Music after protests by neighbors.

The Villa Trapp had been expected to open this year in a quiet, upscale neighborhood, but residents had feared tourists would tie up traffic and make a nuisance of themselves.

Hotel organizers say they will appeal Wednesday's decision by the urban planning committee.

The von Trapps were made famous in the 1965 movie in which Julie Andrews played a nun-turned-nanny who cared for a widower's seven children and fell in love with him during World War II. The film altered some details of the family's history.

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