How long in Hallstatt?

Susan,
What time of year will you be there? And how long is your trip in total? We spent one night in July on an RS tour in 2006, and that was fine with me; teen daughter wanted to stay another day. We had beautiful weather and rented a paddle boat for a few hours, then saw the bone chapel and the little museum; there's also the salt mine which we missed in order to spend time on the lake. In rainy weather one day would have been plenty.

We plan to fly into London stay for 3-4 nights, maybe York 2-3 nights, fly London to Salzburg 3 nights, train to Hallstatt 3 nights, (too much??) then train to Venice 3 nights, Florence 3 nights, maybe Sienna 3 nights, CT 3 nights and then out of Rome after 3 nights. We plan to leave mid September. Nothing for sure yet, just a possible plan. We don't want it to be too busy, yet want to see as much as we can reasonably.

Susan, you're putting Hallstadt at the perfect part of your trip. It's the type of place you go to relax in the middle of the trip to recharge yourself. Too often I've saved the relaxing part for the end only to find that I could do some more traveling right at the time I'm heading for home.

2 night should be just about right.

We were there for 2 days and 2 nights, which seemed about right. This was in mid/late September 2006. 3 days and 3 nights...? Might be just a little bit too long for my tastes (a third day in Halstatt would be nice, but I'd probably rather have an extra day in Venice!). But it's certainly a nice place to take a vacation from your vacation, and get away from the big cities.

Thank you so much. I think we'll do two nights.

Hi we visited Hallstatt with our three teen agers a few summers ago and managed to do the salt mine the bone church and some shopping all in one day. We left that evening and went to Salzburg. It would be nice to have stayed a night though but space is so limited there and the prices are high for a family of 5.

Enjoy!!

Susan,
Of course, all depends on what you want to do while lodging in Hallstatt ... Bad Ischl [sightseeing the Kaiser Villa] is a twenty minute train ride from Hallstatt and in a very interesting and quaint village. Then, there's Gossau See (Gossau Lake) Check www.Google.com "images" to see photos of this gorgeous sight. It's about 45 minutes by Postbus from Hallstatt... St.Wolfgang is another village worth seeing ... and taking a fennicular to the top of the mountain [weather permitting]. On the square at Hallstatt are some wonderful restaurants, some lakeside, some plazaside - such as Gasthaus Zauner. Honestly, I could spend a week lodging at Hallstatt and making daily excursions somewhere in the neighborhood [check the map]. You probably know that every train is met by a motor launch to ferry you to and from Hallstatt's dock. Gute Reise! P.

I stayed 2 nights and it was perfect. Skip salt mine takes too long and to me was childish.

I think two or three nights if you want to relax. It's quiet there. I was there in August it was busy but it was the cheapest B&B on my trip. Take the time to do some photography and read a good book

Where did you stay and what did you think of it? How was the breakfast?

Thanks for your help; we are really looking forward to going!!

one night is plenty.

In June of 2007 our family of six (four teenagers) spent two wonderful nights in Hallstatt. We stayed at Helga Lenz Zimmer, perched at the top of the town. Our room (parents) was next door in a separate building that had a great little enclosed porch that seemed to just hang out over the town. We enjoyed several picnic lunches as a family on the porch. The draw back to this room is that the shower was in the main house where our children were staying. Not a problem for us. The hostess is very business like; don't expect a great sense of humor or overt friendliness. The breakfast was typical of other B & B's; bread, yogurt, cereal, juice, cheese. The pace in Hallstatt is slow and relaxing. Restaurants are excellent. Play a game of chess in the town square at night on their giant board while visiting with a new friend. We hated to leave Hallstatt - enjoy your stay.