Lads trip to Salzburg and Salzkammergut

[torqueofthedevil]

Planning on a night or two in Salzburg - any suggestions for places to stay (max £200 a night) and things to do / see / good bars etc

We then plan to visit the lakes for 2 days - it will be summer so planning on hiking / swimming / outdoor stuff - but would like to have a few beers afterwards. Hoping to find somewhere like Ambleside in the Lake District where there’s a bit of atmosphere on an evening. There’s lots of different towns : lakes to pick from so hoping for some recommendations / bear of peoples experiences.

Cheers

[andyA700]

We drove to Salzburg in 2017 and stayed at this hotel, it would be around £100 for a suite. Very friendly staff, extremely clean, fantastic buffet breakfast, ten minutes walk from the centre.
As for sights, you could do a lot worse than do a Sound of Music coach tour for a laugh. Other than that, take a trip to Zell Am Zee and the Grossglockner, for lakes and mountains. Plenty of good places to get decent beer and food, I will put a few links.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Astoria/@4...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zell_am_See

https://www.salzburg.info/en/travel-info/infos/ste...

[Alex Z]

We stayed here. Very close to the train station for easy travel, and quick to get into town.
https://www.arte-salzburg.at/

[ecsrobin]

Red bull hangar 7 at the airport (other side to the terminal) https://www.hangar-7.com/en/

I love Zell am See but for a 1-2 night stay in Salzburg it’s a 1hr+ drive or 2hr+ public transport trip.

You have a Porsche museum come everything else just outside town https://www.traumwerk.de/

For research I always use google maps to find places, Salzburg seems to have a good selection of bars and restaurants that are well rated (I’ve only passed through) but if you’re after Austrian food by the station Braurestaurant Imlauer looks good.

[Lotusgone]

This might be age-dependent, but not far from Salzburg is Hohenwerfen Castle. It's where they filmed a lot of Where Eagles Dare - there's an exhibition at the castle.

We did that, Zell am Zee and Kitzbuhel in a day's round trip four years ago.

[Silver3ides]

Lotusgone said:

This might be age-dependent, but not far from Salzburg is Hohenwerfen Castle. It's where they filmed a lot of Where Eagles Dare - there's an exhibition at the castle.

We did that, Zell am Zee and Kitzbuhel in a day's round trip four years ago.

.. And literally minutes away from the Castle is the Worlds largest icecave https://www.eisriesenwelt.at/en/
Well worth a visit

[Gareth1974]

Krimml falls are close to Zell am See

https://www.wasserfaelle-krimml.at/en/

[andy753]

torqueofthedevil said:

Planning on a night or two in Salzburg - any suggestions for places to stay (max £200 a night) and things to do / see / good bars etc

We then plan to visit the lakes for 2 days - it will be summer so planning on hiking / swimming / outdoor stuff - but would like to have a few beers afterwards. Hoping to find somewhere like Ambleside in the Lake District where there’s a bit of atmosphere on an evening. There’s lots of different towns : lakes to pick from so hoping for some recommendations / bear of peoples experiences.

Cheers

Hallstatt is the obvious choice and fairly close to Salzburg - it's probably the most photographed lake in all of Austria . The alternative is Zell am See which has a great thermal bath in nearby Kaprun - it's called Tauern Spa Enjoy!