Bad Ischl Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Postbus services depart from outside the train station, with hourly buses to Salzburg (€8.70, 1½ hours) via St Gilgen (€4.60, 35 minutes). To St Wolfgang (€6.40, 40 minutes), you often have to change at Strobl (the bus will be waiting and the same ticket is valid).

Hourly trains to Hallstatt (€4.40, 25 minutes) go via Steeg/Hallstätter See, at the northern end of the lake, and continue on the eastern side via Hallstatt station to Obertraun (€6, 30 minutes). A boat from Hallstatt station (€2) takes you to the township. There are also frequent trains to Gmunden (€7.60, 45 minutes), as well as to Salzburg (€19, two hours) via Attnang-Puchheim.

Most major roads in the Salzkammergut go to or near Bad Ischl; Hwy 158 from Salzburg and the north–south Hwy 145 intersect just north of the town centre.