Arrival Lake Wolfgangsee in the village Abersee, Strobl or St. Wolfgang. In the hotel you will get your tour package. You may come per public bus from Salzburg which is running each 30 minutes or you take the train from direction Vienna to Bad Ischl, where you take the public bus to Lake Wolfgangsee.
Itinerary
Lake Walking in the Salzkammergut - Austria/Salzkammergut - 8 days/7 nights
"There is no more beautiful country in our time…" an old popular folk song says. Well, no other landscape may take this folk song as literally as the Austrian Salzkammergut. It certainly belongs to one of the special treasures of this world. The uniqueness also was recognized by the UNESCO and the region Hallstatt was awarded the predicate of natural and cultural heritage. Some special gems only can be reached on foot – a treat on this walking tour.
Tour profile: Easy to medium tours with 3 to 6 hours of walking
Tour program
Arrival at Abersee/Wolfgangsee
St. Wolfgang - Mount Falkenstein - St. Gilgen
By boat to St. Wolfgang. Along the high walk to the Falkenstein wall – we enjoy the view on the lake. The idyllic Fürberg walk along the lake brings us to the Mozart village St. Gilgen. Return by boat.
Distance: 10,5 km, Walking hour: 4 hours, Up 354 meters Down 354 meters (back to lake level)
St. Wolfgang - Lake Schwarzensee - Strobl - Bus Bad Ischl
By boat to St. Wolfgang. Along the Sattel (saddle) walk to the lake Schwarzensee, where Madame Lore of the lake hut waits to treat you with local specialities. Down into the valley by a gorge and round about the Bürglstein to the lake promenade in Strobl. By bus to the Emperors town Bad Ischl.
Distance: 11,8 or 15,5 km (around a little lake), Walking hour: 5,5 hours, Up 395 meters Down 395 meters (back too lake level)
Resting day in Bad Ischl
Visit the Emperors villa, Café Zauner or the hotel Austria, where once upon a time the engagement of Emperor Franz Josef and Elisabeth of Bavaria (the Sissi of the famous film …) took place.
Bad Ischl - Brine Pipeline Trail - Bad Goisern
Salt always has been an important raw material of the Salzkammergut. Along the promenade in the river Ischl on the brine-pipeline walk to the world cultural heritage Bad Goisern.
Distance: 10,5 km, Walking hour: 4 hours, Up 260 meters Down 180 meters
Bad Goisern - Lakeside Trail to Hallstatt - Train Bad Goisern
First, you will follow the river trail to Lake Hallstatt where you will walk along the lake into the "Fjord". After a while you will see the first houses from Hallstatt and the wonderful mountains with the Salt Mountain. Enjoy the ride with the ferry to Hallstatt center, walking around the little alleys or take the funicular up to the salt mine. Look around to see Mount Dachstein, the highest peak in upper Austria. The day ends with a pleasant boat and train ride back to your hotel in Bad Goisern.
Distance: 14.5 km, Walking hour: 4.5 hours, Up/Down 90m
Bad Goisern - Train Bad Ischl - Lake Wolfgangsee
By train to Bad Ischl. Along the Elisabeth-walking path to the idyllic little lake Nussensee and than along the river Ischl to Strobl. Along the lake and through the Blinkling moor you will walk to the peninsula of Abersee (beautiful view to St. Wolfgang, Schafberg and the lake).
Distance: 19,5 km (the tour can be shorten by coach or boat but so far all clients made the whole day), Walking hour: 6 hours, Up 210 meters Down 140 meters
Departure from Lake Wolfgangsee
Departure from Lake Wolfgangsee
Tour Details
accommodation
•7 nights in 3 star hotels with breakfast
•Boat fares on the lakes Wolfgangsee and Hallstätter See
•Train fare Hallstatt – Bad Goisern and Bad Goisern – Bad Ischl
•Tour book per room
•Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel
•GPS files
meals
Breakfast
others
- Bus Strobl to Bad Ischl (Euro 4)
- Local city tax
Good to know
Currency
Euro
Austria