St. Gilgen Holidays

Summer 2022

Salzburg transfer approx. 1hr by coach.

Self drive is available.

Car hire available: No

Evening resort bus service: No

Local bus services:

Parking available: No

Resort Ski bus available: No

BOOK LOCALLY

UNESCO Hallstatt (full day)

Visit this famously picturesque UNESCO protected village and take an optional boat trip on the lake or potter around the picturesque Old Town.

Salzburg (full day)

Visit Mozart’s birthplace, the Hohensalzburg Fortress, the medieval Old Town and the famous Getreidegasse shopping street. An optional walking tour brings the history of this beautiful city to life, pay locally for optional city walking tour.

Excursions are available to book locally. All excursions require minimum numbers to run and are subject to change.

• Lake-side lido for swimming and rowing boat/pedalo hire
• Famous Mozart’s House’ museum
• Watersports including sailing, water-skiing and wind-surfing
• Steamboat and ferry trips to St Wolfgang
• Cycling, mountain biking
• E-bike hire
• Bathing
• Cycling
• Golf
• Mini-golf
• Horse-riding
• Tennis
• Horse & carriage rides
• Heritage and Musical instrument museum

The pretty lakeside promenade is ideal for gentle walks and fantastic views across to the Schafberg mountain railway, while St. Wolfgang is only a boat ride away. There are spectacular views from the top of the Zwölferhorn cable-car and walkers will enjoy the panorama path around the top. Various excursions are offered from St. Gilgen, Austria, including nearby Salzburg and the picturesque village of Hallstatt.

Popular walks:

St Gilgen to Furberg 1h | Easy

One of the prettiest sections around the lake is from St Gilgen to Furberg (1 hour), with a lovely inlet and restaurant in Furberg. Walk up from Winkl from here to the Huttenstein castle and the Gut Aich monastery. A ferry departs from Furberg back to St Gilgen.

 Events 

• Home of Mozart, there is an open-air music pavilion in the village centre which hosts regular classical, folklore and brass band concerts
• The annual village ‘Dorf Fest’ (approx. second week in June) is the biggest festival of the year with traditional live entertainment, music, beer tents and food stalls.