The Salzkammergut from its most beautiful sides

Gentle hikes, walks to feel good and experience the Salzkammergut from the most beautiful sides.
  • including a cozy hut evening

Discover the Katrin, Ischl's local mountain, hike along the eastern shore of Lake Hallstatt, through the Blinklingmoos, one of the most beautiful moors in Austria and on the beautiful Bürglstein Panoramaweg in Strobl and around the Langbathseen near Ebensee, two real natural jewels.

The Salzkammergut offers a variety of options for walking paths and easy hikes, which do not have any significant vertical meters and are therefore too easy to master. Take your time and sit down on a bench. Enjoy the fresh air. Consider beautiful view.

In between, a boat trip on Lake Traun, a visit to an imperial summer residence and a visit to various traditional businesses round off the program. The perfect combination of gentle hiking & sightseeing!

Dates

May – October 2024     4 nights / 5 days
(Exact date according to request and availability)

Group arrangement

4x
overnight stay including breakfast buffet
1x
welcome drink on the day of arrival
3x
3 course evening menu (from the 2nd evening with menu choice) in the accommodation house
1x
cozy hut evening incl. Schnaps as a welcome drink, hearty Brettljause with bread and live folk music entertainment
+
Support for tour guides and bus drivers daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. by our office in Bad Ischl

Arrangement price per person in € from

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per person in a double room from 362,-- 586,--
Single supplement 1-5 from 74,-- 133,--
Single supplement from the 6th 89,-- 157,--

Plus local tax: approx. €2,50 to €3,-- per person per day!
(Will be adjusted accordingly if the law changes).

Program arrangement

1x
ascent and descent with the Katrin cable car in Bad Ischl
1x
full-day escort Hallstatt & Bad Ischl - from/to the hotel, approx. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m
1x
boat trip on Lake Hallstatt - crossing
1x
booking of the time slot at the bus terminal in Hallstatt
1x
entry & guided tour in the Imperial Villa - duration of the tour approx. 45 min.
1x
full-day guided tour of the lakes – from/to the hotel, approx. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m
- with various stops along the route (Traunsee, Attersee, Mondsee, Krottensee, Wolfgangsee)
1x
castle tour on Lake Traunsee from/to Gmunden - duration approx. 50 min.
1x
full-day escort on Lake Wolfgang – from/to the hotel, approx. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m
1x
coffee snack in the Weisses Rössl – Kaiser snack: 1 cup of coffee, a piece of marble ring cake and whipped cream
1x
visit and tour of the showroom and bakery incl. tasting in the Gandl bakery
- incl. 1x "sweet seduction" as a souvenir from Lake Wolfgang - duration approx. 30 min.
1x
visit and guided tour at the Tucek salt office including 100g of natural salt in a gift bag, duration approx. 30 minutes

Arrangement price per person from € 155,--

General

The above prices are valid for a minimum of 20 participants.
The current version of the Salzkammergut Touristik GmbH terms and conditions apply!
Booking and billing via Salzkammergut Touristik.
All excursions are conducted with your own vehicle.
Every 21st person in a double room is free.

Possible program sequence – subject to change:

Day 1 Arrival at Bad Ischl and right up to mount Katrin

Arrival in the Salzkammergut in Bad Ischl

Ride on the Katrin cable car to Ischl's local mountain

Walk to the "Trauntalblick" viewing platform
Walking time: approx. 30 minutes to the viewing platform, 1 hour for the entire circular route

The hiking trail leads from the mountain station down to the Katrin Almhütte, followed by a leisurely half hour on to the "Trauntalblick" viewing platform. From there there is an overwhelming view of the Goiserer and Ischler valleys and the Dachstein. You can return to the mountain station either the same way or via the natural, wildly romantic path of the Rosen- and Feuerkögerl.

Walk to the "3-Country View" viewing platform
Walking time: approx. 15 minutes

The hiking trail leads from the mountain station along the "7-Seenblick-Wandering" in the direction of Hainzen. First past the "heart picture frame", which is a popular photo motif, and continue straight ahead to the viewing platform. The name "3-Länder-Blick" comes from the fact that you can see the three federal states of Upper Austria, Styria and Salzburg from this platform. On the way there, numerous benches invite you to linger.

Day 2 Eastern shore hiking trail on Lake Hallstatt

A total of 7.4 km, 80 meters up, 90 meters down
Duration approx. 3 hours (pure walking time, without breaks)

You start your way at the Metzgerwirt Vieh Heli and first walk along the little road on the Arikogel (a rich Roman treasure of gold was found here in 2005). This is how you approach the northern end of Lake Hallstatt. In the district of Obersee you will now come across the Ostuferweg, which first takes you past a few houses and always along the shore to the Uferwirt Seeraunzn, which invites you to take a break. Then follow the path, always along the lake, past the favorite holiday home of the former Federal President and finally, nestled between rock faces and the water, on suspension bridges to Hallstatt train station.

From here you cross the lake by boat to the World Heritage site.

Individual stay in Hallstatt

In the afternoon in Bad Ischl, visit to the Imperial Villa with a guided tour of the summer residence of Emperor Franz Josef and Empress Elisabeth, affectionately known as Sisi. The Kaiservilla is surrounded by the extensive Kaiserpark, which invites you to take long walks.

Afterwards free time in Bad Ischl. A large number of family-run businesses in Ischl offer residents and guests the perfect shopping experience.

Day 3 trip around the Salzkammergut lakes

9.00 a.m. Meeting point at the hotel with our guide for the day trip around the Salzkammergut lakes

Suggested route (changes depending on the hotel location): From the hotel, drive to Lake Wolfgangsee to St. Gilgen (stay) - continue over the Scharfling and past the small Krottensee - to the Mondsee to Mondsee (stay) - continue in the direction of Attersee and from Attersee, drive from Steinbach am Attersee via the Großalm Landesstraße to the Traunsee in Gmunden.

Afternoon boat trip on Lake Traunsee "Castle tour"
from/to the landing stage Rathausplatz Gmunden – duration approx. 50 min.

After the boat trip, you continue your journey and drive along the Traunsee via Traunkirchen (short stay) back to your hotel. Return to the hotel around 5 p.m. – our guide says goodbye.

Day 4 Wolfgangsee: Blinklingmoos and Bürglsteinpanoramaweg

Total: 7 km, 50 meters up, 30 meters down
Walking time: approx. 2.5 hours

The Blinklingmoos in Strobl is one of the most beautiful moors in Austria.
After you start at the Gschwendt ship station, after a few meters turn onto the former railway embankment of the Salzkammergut local railway that connected Bad Ischl with Salzburg. Always along the lake shore with a wonderful view of St. Wolfgang and the Schafberg, you then hike through the Blinklingmoos and reach Strobl.

You cross the town center and go to the source of the Ischl stream before you almost circle the Bürglstein, partly on a gravel path, partly on bridges that run between the rock face and the water. Your bus will then be waiting for you again in the district of Berau.

Continue to St Wolfgang.

Enjoy coffee & cake in the famous Weisses Rössl, which became famous worldwide through the operetta by Ralph Benatzky and the film adaptation with Peter Alexander.

Visit to the Gandl bakery
The original St. Wolfgang gingerbread: A unique experience of pleasure is created in this bakery from fresh, natural regional ingredients mixed with exotic fruits and spices.
Guided tour of the showroom and the bakery with a presentation of the traditional family business and tasting of the delicacies.

Visit to the salt office Tucek
Natural salt is a natural mixture of 84 minerals and trace elements that have built up the earth and thus our body; pure and full of energy. In addition, it is the best natural remedy for ailments of our time such as indigestion, joint problems, neurodermatitis, allergies, etc. Explanations on the subject of salt and its occurrence in the region and 100g of natural salt in a gift bag to take away

Joint hut evening on a mountain pasture in the Wolfgangsee area

Day 5 Check-out at the hotel and then return home

Our tip for the day of departure: hike around the Langbathseen.
From the center of Ebensee it is about 7 km in the direction of the Langbathseen.

The Vorderer and Hinterer Langbathsee are beautifully situated alpine lakes that invite you to take a wonderful hike around them. From the Vorderer Langbathsee car park, walk along the right bank of the lake and at the end of the lake you can choose whether you turn left and thus only walk around the Vorderer Langbathsee (walking time approx. 1 hour) or continue to the Hinterer Langbathsee, which you can reach after another approx .Reach 30 minutes. On the way to the Hinterer Langbathsee you overcome a step in the terrain on the ascending forest road. The lake, in which the surrounding mountains of the Höllengebirge are reflected, offers an impressive motif. After a loop around the Hinterer Langbathsee you hike back on the forest road to the Vorderer Langbathsee.

Walking time: Around the Vorderen Langbathsee approx. 1 hour
From the front to the rear Langbathsee and back approx. 2 hours
Around both Langbathseen approx. 2.5 hours

Informationen

The UNESCO World Heritage List currently lists 1,154 natural and cultural sites from 167 countries worldwide. The excellent cultural and natural monuments have an extraordinary universal value that must be preserved in the long term. Austria is represented with 10 World Heritage Sites.

The European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 brought the diversity of historically rooted and contemporary art and culture to the forefront and raised it to an international level.

For questions we are available.

Salzkammergut Touristik GmbH

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4820 Bad Ischl


Tel.: 0043 (0)6132 24000-51

office@salzkammergut.co.at