Bantog Backpackers: Austria

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Saturday, March 22, 2025

Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg. Austria is popularly known as a "City of Mozart" because it is the birthplace of the renowned composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The city celebrates through the city's museums, festivals and concerts.

Salzburg is also popular as the "Sound of Music" city because of the movie based on the real Trapp Family, who lived in Salzburg and later emigrated to the United States.

The filming locations of the 'Sound of Music" in Salzburg are the Mirabell Gardens, Schloss Leopoldskron, and Hellbrunn Palace.

Salzburg is filled with the memories of Mozart's life and music in Salzburg's museums, concert halls and guided tours. Tourists can also visit Mozart's residence in Makartplatz.

The Historic city center of Salzburg became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997, with its unique baroque architecture and narrow streets. Salzburg is also as an example of a European ecclesiastical city state, exhibiting well-preserved ecclesiastical buildings from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

There is a hop on, hop-off sight seeing tour bus with Yellow and Bule Lines. Yellow lines tour around Mirabellplatz, Hanuch Platz, Herbert-Von-Karajan Platz, Leopoldskron palace, Hellbrunn palace, Kleingmain, Justizgebaude, Mozartsteg.

The blue line explores Salzburg Mirabell Square, Hellbrunn, St. Leonhard Untersberg Railway, Hallein Old Town, Saltz World, Celtic Experience Mountain, Bad Durrnberg Zinkenlifte, Eagle's Nest, Berchtesgaden Market, Konigssee and Berchtesgaden Salt Mine.

The tour fee is 29euro for adult and 16euro for children.

Gosau is a picturesque village in Upper Austria, situated along the Gosaubach stream in the Salzkammergut region and a UNESCO World heritage site, and is nestled in the center of Dachstein mountains and is popular for its astonishing and impressive scenery.

We stopped by Hallstatt a day before our visit here in Gosau. Hallstatt is only 14 kilometers away from Gosau. We were accommodated in Sonnenalm less than two (2) kilometers from Gosau.

my brother Raymond and me

Gosau is a hiking favorite by mountaineers with numerous trails ranging from easy walk to challenging treks that leads to the picturesque alpine pastures.

Gosau is also popular as a place of happines or "Glucksplatze" in the Hallstatt Duchstein Salzkammergut region, with locations like the Kalvarienberg church, Lockernmoose and Gosaulacke bringing panoramic views and lake famous for its tranquility.

Raymond, Ayen, Julia, me and James

our accommodation in Sonnenalm

The 100 Euro/night accommodation in Sonnenalm

leaving Gosau

Things to do in Gosau:

1. Guided e-bike tour to the alpine pastures in Gosau

2. Gosausee Lake

3. Gosaukamm Cable Car

4. Toerleck Ski Lift

5. Hoehbuehel Ski Lift

6. Hoher Dachstein

From Gosau, you can have a day trip to Hallstatt, Filzmoos, Obertraun, Abtenau, Salzburg and Ramsau am Dachstein .

Monday, January 27, 2025

Hallstatt is a small town in the district of Gmunden, in the Austrian State of Upper Austria. Situated between the Southwestern shore of Hallstatter sea and the steep slopes of Dachstein massif, the town lies in the Salzkammergut region, on the national road leading linking Salzburg and Graz.

Halltatt is known for its production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times, and gave its name to the Hallstatt culture, the archaelogicical culture linked to Proto Celtic and Celtic people of the early age of Iron in Europe. Hallstatt is at the core of the Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape declared as one of the World Heritage Sites in Austria by UNESCO in 1997.

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

Hallstatt has been declared as the most beautiful village in the world and an inspiration of a Disney movie, Frozen. The Kingdom of Arendalle has a great resemblance to the picturesque village .

Hallstatt has view of an alpine mountain, lake and vibrant, rich houses. And just by walking at the Old Town, you can see the colorful houses that are so pleasing with the eyes.

Before Hallstatt became a touristy attraction. The locals of Hallstatt were primarily salt-miners, living a traditional alpine village life focused on farming and mining salts.

Due to its mountainous location, Hallstatt was relatively isolated and is only accessible by boat during the pre-tourism times.