Lakeside walk to Obertraun
Guide
Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeWalkAllow 1.5–2.5 h one wayPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A mostly flat path south out of the village past Lahn and round the end of the lake to Obertraun, with views back to Hallstatt across the water and a beach meadow at the far end.
A brief history
Obertraun, at the end of the walk, is where the cable car to the Dachstein caves starts; the village grew up around salt and forestry.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning, then a train or the ferry back (check)
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 1.5–2.5 h one way
- Free days
- Always free
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- Obertraun: The next village round the end of the lake, with cheaper rooms, a lakeside meadow and the cable car to the Dachstein caves.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
More in Hallstatt
Hallstatt village and the classic viewWalk · A market square of painted houses, lanes and stairways climbing between wooden balconies,…Free
Bone House (Beinhaus)Sight · A small chapel beside the parish church holding hundreds of skulls stacked on shelves,…≈ A$4
Skywalk viewpoint (Welterbeblick)Viewpoint · A platform jutting out from the cliff 350 metres above the village, looking straight down…Free