So we end a Viking cruise in Regensburg in late August and have 5 days before flight out of Munich. We are thinking Salzburg/Hallstat. Will Hallstat be a stretch that time of year with heavy tourist load? Are there other towns in lake area as alternative? We adored Lauterbrunnen last year and wondering if there are similar locations in this part of Austria?
Posted by
OP
Central South Carolina
57 posts
LOGISTICS
I presume train to Regensburg to Salzburg…….but to get to anything in the Lake District…..RENT A CAR? Or bus since few railroads it seems?
Thanks
Posted by
Niagara, Ontario
1686 posts
St Gilgen/Wolfgangsee and Mondsee can be reached quickly by public transport.
Hallstatt not so quickly.
Also consider Chiemsee just over the border, just over an hour. Great daytrip.
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there is a bus that goes tro hallstat form train station. much faster than train. hallstat can be seen in 2 hrs or less
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2280 posts
there is a bus that goes tro hallstat form train station. much faster than train.
Not really. What train station and what bus line you are talking about?
Read this:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/austria/best-way-to-travel-from-salzburg-to-hallstatt
Posted by
Firenze, Italy
1742 posts
Frankly, I would forget Halstatt at all, and head to Bad Ischl where there is the summer villa of Kaiser Franz Joseph and Sissi (a lot of Sissi memorabilia), the Zauner pastry shop, so large to be considered a sort of fixture, if you are into it there is also the villa of Franz Lehar (author of Merry Widow). The road itinerary (car or bus) between Salzburg and Bad Ischl is extremely scenic.
Posted by
Los Angeles
4874 posts
St Gilgen/Wolfgangsee and Mondsee can be reached quickly by public transport.
I would second this, I did this as a daytrip a few months ago you can look for my writeup. The Wolfgangsee is very pretty, surrounded by mountains, and the church in the city is very scenic. You do this trip on a citybus to and from the Salzburg train station.
Posted by
Alsenborn, Germany
1584 posts
Don't go where all the tourists are, go visit Amberg and Bayreuth. Franconia will be nice that time of year, and all the lakes are going to be crowded; August is when Bavaria goes on vacation. Or head over to Pilsen, it's largely ignored by Americans.