Obertraun Day 2 Hallstatt, Gosausee

We took the first bus to Hallstatt at 8.26am and arrived before 9am. We walked through the town which was already full of tourists and too many selfie sticks. We went up the furnicular to the skywalk and salt mines. We did not do the tour of the salt mines and walked down the hill. Salt has been mined here in the Bronze Age, 1500BC and was an important income for the Hapsburg kingdom. Tubs used for curing meat have been carbon-dated to the 13th and 12th century BC and the pig bones found were of a uniform size, suggesting that these animals were reared.

To escape the monstrous tourist buses disgorging even more selfie sticks, we caught a bus to Gosausee or Gosau Lake for the 7km hike around that lake.

It was so beautiful , more narrative is not required.

Distance walked 20km.Read more