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Upper Austria
About 17 miles away
A lakeside village under mountains. Lovely and overrun.
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Wolfgangsee
A clear Alpine lake in the Salzkammergut, with boats between its villages and a cog railway up the Schafberg.
- Open
- Always; boats and the Schafberg railway run from spring to autumn
- Price
- Free; paid for the boats and the railway
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Wolfgangsee, 5340 St. GilgenDirections
- Getting There
- Bus 150 from Salzburg's main station to St. Gilgen, about 50 minutes.
Why Go
St. Gilgen, where Mozart's mother was born, and St. Wolfgang, with its pilgrimage church and carved Gothic altar, sit on the shore, and boats link the villages from spring to autumn.
From St. Wolfgang, the cog railway climbs the Schafberg, 1,783 meters, for a view across the lakes and mountains.
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