Postalm - hiking

Today we took the Wander Bus up to the Postalm - a fabulous area of high pasture cross crossed with hiking trails and dotted with alpine huts serving food.
We decided to walk Rund weg 2 - a 3 hour circular hike passing lots of hutte and giving views of the Dachstein mountain.
The weather was perfect - warm but not too hot and the gradients were not too severe (very important to Toby who does not like going uphill!).
First stop was a tiny but beautiful hutte slightly off the trail but well signposted. It seemed to be run by a family (many places are here) with three generations including very small children - and also a very friendly dog and guinea pigs.
Then walked on, largely downhill through trees to a ski lift area. But then quite uphill, resulting in lots of groaning to a fab hutte where the food was all home made and delicious. In both huttes we were sitting outside on sunny terraces with extraordinary views. I do love it here!!
Back at the start of the walk we took a short detour to a tiny church with again, the most fabulous views. Then took the wanderBus back to the hotel.
Toby and I swam in the spa before dinner in town at the Strobler Hof Hotel - again delicious but very filling food including a watermelon, feta, radish and gem lettuce salad for me.
After dinner there was a waterski show on the lake and ice cream for Toby and Richard.
Strobl was very busy tonight - a lively atmosphere and looking great in the evening light.Read more