Excursions & Sights
Summer activities in the Salzkammergut and the surrounding area
In the famous Salzkammergut with its beautiful forests, lakes and mountains you will find countless opportunities to make your holiday unforgettable with sporting, cultural and culinary experiences!
But also the surroundings with the Mozart city of Salzburg, the imperial city of Bad Ischl, the world-famous town of Hallstatt and many other places, attractions and sights offer variety on vacation. If you want, you can also visit beautiful Vienna or the Bavarian capital Munich in a day trip.
The ideal location of our holiday apartments in “Haus Elfi” gives you the opportunity – if you want – to have a very active and eventful holiday in the beautiful Salzburger Salzkammergut in the middle of Austria. Come to us – we look forward to seeing you!
Various lakes, swimming pools and indoor pools invite you to water sports.
Here you can
swim
surfing
kitesurfing
dive
fishing
waterskiing
go by pedal-boat
make boat trips
etc.
With us, every hiker – whether beginner or experienced mountaineer and climber – will find the right hiking route for him.
Take an easy hike in the valley, possibly with your children.
If you are a bit more advanced and have a bit of fitness, hike to one of the surrounding mountains and peaks and let yourself be pampered with regional delicacies and cool drinks at the alpine huts and mountain inns.
For passionate mountain hikers and climbers, the surrounding mountains offer beautiful and strenuous hikes and climbing routes. Enjoy the fantastic views over towns, valleys, lakes and mountains and experience the exhilaration after a “summit victory”.
The summer toboggan run in the neighboring town of Strobl, with a length of 1300 meters and a difference in altitude of around 160 meters, offers an unforgettable experience for young and old.
Cyclists and bikers are very welcome in Faistenau and the Fuschlsee region.
Here you can explore various cycle routes in the region on a racing bike or you can also ride the roads throughout the Salzkammergut.
In the Salzkammergut, mountain bikers will find many different ways to work out on a bike. From simple family bike tours on flat terrain around the lakes to demanding mountain bike routes with steep climbs and long descents, everyone will find the bike tour that suits them, their ability and their physical condition.
. . . in the Mozart city of Salzburg:
Hohen Salzburg Fortress
Mirabell Castle
Hellbrunn Palace
Mozart’s birth place
Mozart’s house
House of nature
“Sound of music” tour
Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Marionette Theater
Salzburg State Theatre
and much more . . .
. . . in the wider area:
Silent Night Chapel in Oberndorf (1818 first performance of the song “Silent Night)
Salt mines in Hallein or Hallstatt
Eisriesenwelt Werfen
Hohenwerfen Castle
Imperial spa town of Bad Ischl
Place St. Wolfgang (Pacher altar, Hotel “Weisses Rössl”)
Berchtesgaden, Koenigssee
Großglockner and Ferleiten National Park (wildlife park)
Krimml Waterfalls
Untersberg with a view over Salzburg and Bavaria
Dachstein with its glacier
Salzburg open-air museum Großgmain