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A Look at the Sound of Music Hotel
CHEN: In the 1965 Sound of Music movie, Julie Andrews sang her way into the hearts of the Von Trapp family. Now for around 100 Euros or 150 US dollars a night, Sound of Music lovers can now sleep in the family’s former bedrooms. STORY: (CHILDREN SINGING EDELWEISS) It's no longer just the hills which are alive with the Sound of Music. Fans of the cult Hollywood film can now stay the night in the original von Trapp family villa outside Salzburg, as it opens as a hotel. The Sound of Music movie, from 1965, is based on the true story of how the aspiring nun Maria sang her way into the hearts of Baron Von Trapp and his seven children. Maria Von Trapp, the second-eldest of the Von Trapp children, took a trip down memory lane. The 94-year-old revisited her former family home for the first time since the Von Trapps fled the Nazi regime in the late 1930s and said some things had changed. [Maria Von Trapp, Daughter of Baron von Trapp]: There used to a be door here, and a fireplace there. So it's different, but it's still our old house. After World War Two, a missionary bought the villa and has now agreed for it to be opened as a hotel. For around 100 euros or 150 US dollars a night, Sound of Music lovers can sleep in the family's former bedrooms - or even get married in the chapel. The hotel's expected to be a hit with tourists from around the globe. Thousands of Sound of Music fans from North America, Asia and Great Britain, where the film has been popular, still flock
Video Length: 107
Date Found: December 07, 2010
Date Produced: December 01, 2010
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