Why it is worth to make holidays in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt
Bad Goisern has a good infrastructure with its numerous businesses, sports hire facilities and local firms, and as such is an Eldorado for sports enthusiasts and nature lovers. You can hire a Mountain bike or e-bike locally, start out on a hike, or, in winter, enjoy the extensive network of cross country ski trails or do a ski tour up our beautiful mountains. You can also try out some more specialised sports during your stay in Bad Goisern such as climbing, archery, diving or fishing. You might even try your hand at canyoning, kayaking or canoeing. Further information on activities is available, including local tours and guides, from the tourist information office in the centre of Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt.
Music, tradition and handicrafts
For those who love music, tradition or local cuisine, the World Heritage Resort Bad Goisern comes highly recommended. The area has a long history of handicrafts which are still carried out today. You can discover the wide variety of skills and techniques used during a visit to the Hand.Werk.Haus where local handicrafts are also available for sale.
The people of Bad Goisern also have good taste when it comes to local cuisine! Hearty dumplings or tender char are just some of the examples on the menu. Treat yourself to a meal in one of our numerous restaurants. Locally produced food plays an integral part of traditional annual events too. If you are around during the Violin Fest, the Chamoix Hunting Days, or one of the other events on the calendar, please come and join us! The people of Bad Goisern are always relaxed, very musical, and most welcoming!
Highlights in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt
Summer in Bad Goisern: Mountain biking (Salzkammergut Trophy), E-Biking, bike racing, hiking, climbing, archery, swimming, Nordic Walking and running, diving, fishing, canyoning, lake kayaking and canoeing
Winter in Bad Goisern: Cross country skiing (trails free to use in Ramsau, St. Agatha, Predigstuhl), tobogganing (World Championships natural toboggan run), snow shoeing, ski tours and downhill skiing in the Dachstein West & Dachstein Krippenstein, Feuerkogel Ebensee, Loser Altaussee ski resorts
Summarized for you: more highlights from Bad Goisern
Contact & Service
Tourist information Bad GoisernKirchengasse 4
4822 Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt
Phone +43 5 95095-10
Fax machine +43 5 95095-74
E-Mail goisern@dachstein-salzkammergut.at
Don’t hesitate to contact the team of local guides at the tourist board Bad Goisern - Petra Wallner and Ulli Hillbrand – for any questions about Bad Goisern and the Holiday Region Dachstein Salzkammergut.
Further information
HAND.WERK.HAUS
Since 1 December 2016 the international UNESCO list for "good practice examples for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage"Old walls in combination with modern architecture | Much craft and culture under one roof | Exhibition in two upper…
Heritage and Landler Museum
The Heritage and Landler museum in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt gives its guests a comprehensive insight into the history and handcraft of Bad Goisern as well as their folk culture and folk arts. In addition, it is dedicated to the history and way…
Woodcutter museum
The wood-cutters museum in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt not only shows its visitors in the old so-called “Holzknechtstube” how the wood farmhands had lived and worked, it also explains the enormous importance of the raw material wood for the…