Some suggested attractions to visit in Salzburgerland

• Grossglockner’s High Alpine Road – This toll road is only accessible between May and November and leads from Bruck in Salzachtal through the fantastic Hohe Tauern National Park. Well worth a visit despite the toll cost of €28-€32, visitors pass various vegetation zones and a fascinating world of animals to reach the Grossglockner, which at 3798m is Austria’s highest mountain. The road ends at the foot of the mountain next to Austria’s longest glacier – Pasterze.
• Power Station in Kaprun – Two beautiful reservoirs, Lake Wasserfallboden and Lake Mooserbaden, can be visited near to Kitzsteinhorm. Both lakes are surrounded by superb scenery and are used for electricity generation by the Kaprun power station group. Two museums are located at a height of 2050m and explain the interaction between nature and technology. Visitors can enjoy the views of the surrounding glaciers or take a guided tour through the power station.
• Kitzsteinhorn – The Kitzsteinhorn attracts many visitors from skiing all year round on the glacier to hiking and climbing. Several huts invite visitors in for a break and provide wonderful views of the surrounding landscape. The alpine centre is located at 2450m and provides an information service, sports shops, restaurants and bars as well as a beautiful viewing terrace.
• Waterfalls and Water Wonderland in Krimml – The river Krimml Ache flows into one of the highest waterfalls in the world. The falls comprise three stages and are about 380 metres high. It takes about an hour walking on an easy hiking trail from the car park in the valley to reach the highest part of the waterfall and some magnificent views. From here it takes about 2 hours to get to the 600 year old ‘Krimmler Tauernhaus’. At the entrance to the waterfall, the ‘water wonderland’ invites you to learn more about water.
• Salzburg’s Old Town – Salzburg’s impressive cathedral was built in the 8th century and is the oldest bishop’s church in Austria. The baroque appearance seen today was added between 1614 and 1628 and gives the building a gigantic feeling. The cathedrals’ treasures, paintings and sculptures are on show in the cathedral museum. In the Getreidegasse, visitors can see many beautiful old houses – among them no 9, where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. Also worth visiting are the Rupertinum museum and its collections of paintings, sculptures and photographs and the imposing famous mediaeval fortress Hohensalzburg on the Moenschberg.
• Lake Wolfgangsee – The paddle steamer ‘Kaiser Franz Josef 1’ has been sailing on the Wolfgangsee since 1873. Today there are 3 more ships in the fleet that visitors can sail on. Also here you can take a ride on the 100 year old rack railway called the ‘Schafbergbahn’, which takes about an hour to reach the peak of the Schafberg mountain.
• Hohen Werfen Fortress – The 900 year fortress towers above the Salzach valley. Features include a weapons exhibit, romantic castle tavern, mediaeval shop and historic falconry centre with daily flight demonstrations. There are also special evening programs in July and August featuring folklore and theatre performances. There is also a special tour called ‘the dumb prisoner’ revealing details of Josef Steinwender who pretended to be mute to avoid questioning and who was a prisoner here for 22 years until he died in 1782.
• Hallstatter See – This mountain lake in the Salzkammergut lies at the foot of the Dachstein mountain range and is popular for rowing and scuba diving. The lake is 5.9km long, 2.7km wide and 125 metres deep at its deepest point. The town of Hallstatt has been populated since at least 5000BC due to the rich sources of natural salt which have been mined here since that time. A tour of the salt mine is available between April and September. The first phase of the European Iron Age (4th Century BC) is named after Hallstatt characterised by the bronze and iron goods found in numerous tombs in the area. Interestingly the first road was only built in Hallstatt in 1875 – the townsfolk accessing their homes by boat or along narrow footpaths until then.