Time for new adventure

Photos: Mondsee Tourist Board, Salzburg Tourism, Wolfgangsee Shipping Company, Photographer Ruhdorfer, Valentin Weinhäupl, © STMG/Stadler, Photographer: Wolfgang Stadler, Meindl


Lake Mondsee


  • Mondsee (lake) 500 meters
  • Mondsee (town) 6 kmwww.mondsee.at
  • Salzburg 33 km





Photo on the left: © TVB MondSeeLand

Lake Wolfgang



Photo on the left:

© Wolfgangsee Shipping Company, Schafberg Railway, Photographer Ruhdorfer

Top excursion destinations








Photo on the right: Salzburg: Salzburg Tourism

Summer (bathing season)


  • Mondsee is only a 500-meter walk to the public beach (no entrance fee); raft, jetty, very large sunbathing area, beach volleyball court, lakeside café, lakeside restaurant, boat rental, ...
  • Alpine lake resortMondsee (water slides) 6 km
  • Attersee (Unterach) 9 km
  • Zellersee/Irrsee: 11 km
  • Lake Wolfgang: 17 km
  • Lake Traunsee (Gmunden): 50 km


Photo on the right: © mondsee.at, Valentin Weinhäupl

Active outdoors!




Photo on the left: © www.mondsee.at, TVB MondSeeLand, Valentin Weinhäupl

Winter (ski season)



Photo left: © TVB MondSeeLand, Wolfgang Weinhäupl; St. Wolfgang Stmg: Photographer Wolfgang Stadler, © STMG Photographer: Karl Steinegger

Excursion destinations

Bathing & Sauna

all the year long

Eurotherme Bad Ischl

Fantastic thermal spa resort with sauna area. Indoor and outdoor bathing area! 34 km

Wellness Alm

at Lake Wolfgangsee 38 km


popular via ferrata

Drachenwand via ferrata

A great and very popular via ferrata for climbers.


Shop


Europa-Park

Salzburg's largest shopping center. Shopping opportunities in more than 100 shops!


Hike

Schafberg Railway
The cog railway takes you from Sankt Wolfgang on Lake Wolfgang up to the Schafberg (1783 m).
From the summit of the Schafberg mountain, there is a unique view of the lakes of the Salzkammergut region. Besides Lake Wolfgang, Lake Attersee, Lake Fuschl, and Lake Mondsee, a total of 13 lakes can be seen.

Twelve-horn
A cable car runs from St. Gilgen to the summit of the Zwölferhorn. Magnificent views of the Salzkammergut region.


Postalm
The largest contiguous alpine pasture area in Austria. Typical alpine dishes are offered in the many alpine huts.

Untersberg

The Untersberg mountain near Salzburg is known for its many mystical caves. A cable car provides easy access to the mountain station at around 1,800 meters, from where there is a wonderful view of Salzburg and the surrounding area.


Excursions for

Children & Adults

Strasswalchen Adventure Park
A diverse entertainment world for young and old.

Dachstein Giant Ice Cave
The Dachstein Giant Ice Cave contains 13,000 m³ of ice with a surface area of 5,000 m². In some parts of the cave, such as the Tristandome, the ice reaches a thickness of 20 m. The ice masses are approximately 500 years old.

Salt Mines Salzburg/Bad Dürrnberg
Guided tours with attractions such as "rides on the mine train", "raft trip across the underground salt lake"


Gut Aiderbichl
Gut Aiderbichl is a farm where old and abused animals are given a place to live out their days, a so-called sanctuary.
The estate is open to visitors 365 days a year, from 9 am to 7 pm in summer and from 10 am to 6 pm in winter. In 2005, it welcomed more than 200,000 visitors.

Open-air museum Großgmain
Just a few kilometers from the city of Salzburg, you can immerse yourself in the rural past.
Join us on your journey through 6 centuries in Salzburg's largest museum.

The Eisriesenwelt Werfen
A gigantic cave system in the Tennengebirge mountains of Salzburg. In freezing temperatures, one can admire impressive ice sculptures.

House of Nature

Museum Square 5

Over 300,000 visitors annually marvel at all the facets that nature has to offer in around 80 exhibition rooms. Aquarium, reptile zoo, space hall, minerals...

Toy Museum

Bürgerspitalgasse 2
Besides toys made of wood, clay and tin, the world of dolls and dollhouses, old and new railways, optical toys and educational toys, paper theaters form a special focus in the program of the toy museum.

Salzburg Zoo
More than 800 animals live in this geo-zoo. Special attractions include: free-flying griffon vultures, a tropical house, and a large cat enclosure.


Excursions

St. Wolfgang
A trip on the Wolfgangsee boats and the Schafberg Railway is one of the most unforgettable experiences in the magnificent natural landscape of the Salzkammergut region. The area is particularly famous for the White Horse Inn (Weißes Rössl) and the Gothic winged altarpiece by Michael Pacher in the pilgrimage church of St. Wolfgang.

The Imperial Villa Bad Ischl
It was the summer residence of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
The villa and park are open to the public during the summer months.
The Zauner confectionery and coffee shop in Bad Ischl
Founded in 1832, former purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court. A true legend, a "must-see" in the Salzkammergut region.

Hellbrunn Palace
and its spacious historical parks can be reached from the city center in about 25 minutes by bus.

Salzburg Museum New Residence
at Mozartplatz in the heart of Salzburg's old town.

Stiegl Brewery World
Experience brewery, museum, beer tasting.
The Stiegl Brewery World is a journey of discovery into the secrets of beer, a cultural beverage with a history spanning millennia.