Thanks Carlos, I'm going to try to do at least one video a month now

Yes!

I feel under rated channel. To the point

Great video. Hopefully the train numbers are still the same. I thought there would be a direct train from Salzburg to Hallstatt, now that I know there will be train changes, I can be more prepared. Thank you! 😊

​@@Smucko1 yep there is one train transfer plus a switch to the ferry at the end. It is still a great journey

Thanks Chelsea! Glad you found it helpful, I just starting posting more Hallstatt videos today

Same here. Searched many but all r helpless

I mean this one is best one

would you recommend in winter / late December ?

@arsu yes winter in Hallstatt is wonderful. I have a 10 ten things to do in hallstatt video coming out over the next few days which has some info and clips on the winter and will have a dedicated "winter in hallstatt" video out later this year

@@Bigboytravel great, can't wait for it...

Hi, I am planning to book 5 days trip to Austria. My question is it an idea to book stay at Salzburg and explore the Hallstatt from Salzburg ?

Yes!

Glad to hear it was helpful

No problem, we love going to Hallstatt and are glad this video has been making it easier for people

Thanks Simon, I'm glad you had a great visit and that this helped

Glad it was helpful! I'll be doing a lot ore videos on Hallstatt soon

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and enjoy your visit to hallstatt

Thanks a lot 😊

Thanks for watching and subscribing Alex!!! Glad it was helpful. I just posted another video on Hallstatt today and will have more soon.

thank you for watching and subscribing, more videos on Hallstatt are coming soon

Hey Lea, glad this information was helpful. I recently did a detailed video on visiting the salt mine in Hallstatt and will be posting a very cool video about the top ten things to do in town over the next few days as well.

Thank you so much for the kind words, glad you had a great visit!

Gald to hear it was helpful! Hope you had a wonderful visit!

Can I ask, do you ask for a ticket to Hallstatt on the 150 and you can use it on all of the buses to get there or do you get a ticket on each bus? Thanks

You buy a single ticket to hallstatt as the tickets are by zones and transfer count as one continuous journey/ride, so only one ticket needed each direction

@@Bigboytravel thank you so much, this is such a useful video and we will be doing this exact trip when we go next month. 😊

so happy it was helpful for you, thanks for watching

thank you for watching!

Thanks for the kind words! We have another hallstatt video coming out I the next few days

Thank you!

We totally agree 👍

Yes! Same!

Hey Karen, the sign as a large H which means it's a bus stop and is confusing but the fine print of the sign says Bin F still. I had checked last week while updating my online guide, and just double checked now on the Oebb.at/en website which confirms it is Bin F still

Glad to hear the video helped, thanks for watching!

Any time!

Have fun in Hallstatt!

Great to hear, I have another new Hallstatt video coming out in a few hours covering the top ten things to do in the village

@@Bigboytravel Great! Looking forward toit! I have been watching all of your videos about the area. I was hoping that you had a Salzburg video (in addition to the awesome Sound of Music meadow)......but I found your website and I think that I will just do your walking tour. Thanks for sharing your experience. We feel good about our plans to Hallstatt.....many thanks to your website and videos. Loved the salt mine video. We cannot wait to go! My co-traveler is an Austrian who has never been........and no one local will go with her! Blessings!

Thank you @abeenash I am finishing up some more videos on Hallstatt at moment and will be publishing some additional ones this month

glad you found your train with no issues, i've only had the platform be different once since they redid the station which was due to line construction. Your comment is a helpful reminder that visitors should always check both their ticket but also the departure boards at each station for any changes. Yep the ferry dock behind the lower Town Church (aka the Protestant Church) to the train station via the Stephanie Ferry is Hallstatt Markt which I show and mention in this video. It can be confusing as there is Hallstatt Markt (ferry dock) and the Marktplatz which is the main square.

Thanks for watching and have a great visit to Hallstatt!

Hey Erin, yeah everything is still exactly the same bus wise. Always check www.obbe.at/en before and have "Hallstatt Lahn" as the destination. It is the far off season right now so some days Bus 542 from Bad Ischl to Hallstatt Gosaumühle, continues as Bus 543 to Hallstatt Lahn (Seelände) with no actual switch, but it'll be super obvious and isn't like that most of the year. Attraction wise it is worth noting that the ice cave and boat rentals won't be open for a few weeks but everything else is open as the salt mine just reopened for the season today.

We will have a new video covering the Salt Mine and Skywalk up in the next few days. Plan on having around 10 new Hallstatt videos in all the first half of this year

@@Bigboytravel that is wonderful! Thank you so much for the details! I'm not going until August, so I look forward to watching your videos leading up to my trip! 🤗

thanks for watching, glad it was able to help, will have more videos soon!

glad you loved Hallstatt, it really is stunning

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Thank you Brandon

Yes! Great!

glad you liked it! will have more from Hallstatt this Fall

@@Bigboytravel Awesome! Looking forward to it!

Linda Woodard That’s not a climb to the ice cave. It’s a nice walk

While the cable car does have quite a climb up, I would agree that the stroll to the Ice Cave is more of a nice 15-20 minute uphill walk than a climb, but we have seen some people that try to rush have to take breaks halfway up. Definitely the more time you spend in Austria the hike seems almost like a hill than a mountain.

BigBoyTravel I’m austrian, I was there yesterday and it was beautiful! You’re saying the truth

Vielen dank!

Vielen dank! GenauI, Hallstatt ist wunderbar!

beata te , you are lucky to be near a place so beautiful

Glad you enjoyed it!

there are so many amazing places in central Europe, but we are glad that you added Hallstatt to your list as it really is awesome

Thank you for subscribing, I wont have new videos covering Vienna until later this year so let me know if you have questions, there is also a large Vienna section on our website

BigBoyTravel I’ll check it, thanks 🙏

Thank you for watching!

Yes the driving especially when you are getting into Hallstatt and trying to park is challenging. Glad you had a good visit

Thanks for watching, gald it helped, have a great visit to Hallstatt

Yea, it's so cool tha by your film how convinient it will be just to stay foot on bus 543 and do the Five Finger and Salt and then go back to Halsttat continuing having a sparkling day off and wake up next morning goin back to Salzburg ----@@Bigboytravel

Hej, Just arrived from a Mozart week in Salzburg and followed your splendid description goin to Halsttatt - deep bow to you. Price 15 Euros single way. Took the bus back "home" to Salzburg coz so convinient.

That can be tricky as there arent many options and it fills up fast. There are 3 great hotels (Gasthofs) on our free walking tour guide near market square that are wonderful and Grüner Baum is out favorite. www.bigboytravel.com/europe/austria/hallstatt/freewalkingtour/ The Krippenstein Alpine Lodge up Dachstein Mountain near the hallstatt ice cave and 5 fingers is also amazing to stay at.

Thank you!

You're welcome and thank you for watching

If you take the bus from Salzburh you won't cross by the Puchheim station to drop your stuff as the bus connects in Bad Ischl. You'd want to do the train for both parts if you want to drop bags and then use the bag lockers at the salt mine visitors center as a backup if needed

You can train though puccheim to drop your bags and then get off the train in Bad Ischl to follow the end of the bus options into town especially if you are trying to the ice cave or 5figners and then do the ferry/train with no bus on the way to Vienna. The bus in Bad ischl doesn't leave until after the train option stops

@@Bigboytravel I see, then I might stay the night in Salzburg, as for the Hallstatt day trip , will it be tight to include 5 fingers in the day trip itinerary? Targeting to travel via bus and train back to Salzburg in the evening before sunsets

You can definitely do the 5 fingers, especially if arriving by bus as you end up riding through town all the way to the Dachstein Visitors center where you take the cable car up two levels plus a 30 minute walk to the 5 fingers. Many people do this even if they aren't doing the ice cave tour and then ride the bus back down after to the hallstatt lahn bus stop on the south end of the village near the salt mine visitor center

⁠​⁠@@Bigboytravel just curious during peak season are lockers in attnang puchheim stn usually full? How are the tickets usually purchased? Is it via the machine at the station? and if I were to take a train n then transfer to bus in bad ischl I will have to pay for the bus ticket to the driver?

enjoy your visit, and make sure to check out our online guide on Hallstatt

thank you!

very good question. The main issue on doing Hallstatt as while traveing between Salzburg and Vienna is the time wasted in transit, which will also have your luggage in tow. here is my hypothetical recomendation if you are doing say three days in Salzburg and ended in Vienna by the end of day four. Current Plan: Day 1 - Salzburg Day 2 - Salzburg Day 3 - Salzburg Day 4 - Hallstatt on the way to Vienna (huge travel time with luggage) Suggested Plan: Day 1 - Salzburg Day 2 - Salzburg Day 3 - Hallstatt as a day trip (less travel time, no luggage) Day 4 - Salzburg (stash luggage at hotel while taking in last of Salzburg for the day, leave for Vienna in even on a two hour direct high-speed train)

Thank you for the kind words and for subscribing, will have more Hallstatt videos this Fall

Big thanks for watching and subscribing! Glad it was helpful. Hope to have one more Hallstatt video out still in June

@@Bigboytravel Great, any tips where we can stay in Hallstatt ? Would appreciate any properties you could recommend ?

For thr 1st week of July it is going to be pretty tight and possibly booked up. Our number one is hotel GrunerBaum and the number two is thr Krippenstein Lodge but there are 10-12 really enjoyable places. Go to booking.com right away to check if anything is free

@@Bigboytravel what is the best way by public transport to reach from Madlhof Himmelreich to Hallstatt ? I booked in Madlhof apartments until 4th July today to cover attractions in Salzburg. Any idea how far to visit attractions in Salzburg from Himmelreich. From Vienna I will checkout on 1st July from Zoku hotel and then proceed to Madlhof , I am planning to visit on 4th July to Hallstatt from this area. Next I will book for Hallstatt on 4th July. Appreciate your answers. Cheers 👍

Is that the Madlhof by the Salzburg Airport? If so both bus 10 and bus 180 have stops close by and are 10 minutes to the heart of old town otherwise it is a 1 hour walk or 10 minute cab. Luckily Google maps in integrated well with the buses in Salzburg

Thank you

thanks for watching! I assume you are planning on going this December 2024? While the Ice Cave will be closed, the Salt Mine and lift up to the Sky Walk will be open every day of December. The Salt Mine only closes for around a month from mid-Jan to mid-Feb each year but is otherwise open basically every day there is a slim chance that weather could alter the bus schedule, but heavy snow isn't common at the village level in December. We always recommend double checking the current schedule closer to your visit dates at www.oebb.at/en

Thank you! We have another new Hallstatt video coming out in a few hours 😀

Infatti, bellissimo!

Thanks mark for the kind words and for subscribing, I plan on having more videos out each month

Nornally to fit in both you have to arrive at the Ice Cave as your first thing and then work back to the salt mine/village. That would be difficult to do in reverse order as the last ice cave tour is currenrly at 330pm with the last cable car down is at 510pm. It would be cutting it close for both and you wouldn't want to miss either. Tours end at the cave for the season on November 5th this year. Since you mentioned you are staying overnight, I assume you have larger luggage. If that is the case I would drop it off at your hotel, have a coffe/snack, and then either bus up to the dachstein ice cave cable car lift or have the hotel help you get a cab. This will give you time to do the ice cave tour mid morning plus go up one more level on the cable car to eat at Krippenstein Lodge and hike to the 5 fingers. You'll then have a couple hours back in the village to explore before dinner. I'd do the salt mine tour and skywalk the next morning on the first tour (book ahead) leaving your bags at the hotel. After the tour and lunch then continue onto your next destination. If you try to pack it all into 8 hours and rush out the next morning it won't be as enjoyable so try to make it a 1.5 day total visit since you have the advantage of staying overnight

@@Bigboytravel thank you for the in-depth answer! Really appreciate it :)

Glad to hear it helped! Did you also follow any of the guides on our website?

We have always bought them from thr driver but you can definitely buy either from thr www.oebb.at/en website or the ticket machines ahead of time. If you buy ahead of time make sure to put in Hallstatt Lahn as the destination to force the bus option as the preferred. Since you'll probably want the earlier bus instead of just winging it it can make sense to buy ahead (especially with a group) but isn't required nornally

the timetables come out every 6-12 months. I spot check them 2-3 times a year even in between my visits and they are still current. There can be temporarly changes which are usually posted in paper at the bus stop and the transportation website. The best rule of thumb is always to double check the most up-to-date schdule for the days of your visit at www.oebb.at/en

I assume you are going in the Spring/Summer as the Ice Cave and Salt Mine are closed for the winter. I plan on updating my suggested itineraries page over the next 24 hours to better answer your question www.bigboytravel.com/europe/topmedievalcities/ Overall you can do all of them but have to get their on the first bus out so you can get right to the ice cave, depending on the time when your tour is done you can also pop up to the 5 Fingers otherwise you'll have to head right back down to town via the bus to hit up the salt mine tours. Afterward you will have 1-2 hours minimum to walk the town before returning. If you dont do the ice cave right away it isnt possible to do it all and you'll want to avoid weekends when it is busier.

@@Bigboytravel thanks a ton... I'll be waiting

Way better to do it that way for sure, soooo much less of a hassle with more time to enjoy it

BigBoyTravel thank you for such a great tip!

Yes, you can follow the same route back to return to Salzburg by bus