Salzburg Trip Report, Solar Daytime 6; Solar Daytime Trip To Fuschl Am See

DAY 6, Nov 22, 2017

The Salzkammergut expanse (Lake District), amongst a total of 76 lakes, is i of the nigh impressive regions inwards the pump of Austria. We consulted weather condition at the site yr.no which has alive webcams. It predicted a clear sunny solar daytime for St Gilgen together with beyond. We were interested inwards taking the rider vehicle no 150 to St Gilgen together with and then onward to Strobl together with Bad Ischl. In summertime boats ply betwixt St Gilgen together with St Wolfgang but the service had stopped at the fourth dimension of our visit. It was resuming past times the following week. Only way to attain Wolfgang was to larn upward to Strobl together with and then accept rider vehicle 580 back.

The to the lowest degree expensive agency to purchase Salzburg rider vehicle tickets is from i of the kiosks or ticket outlets. Next cheapest is from a machine at the stops. Most expensive is the driver.

We wanted to purchase the solar daytime ticket for the part at the rider vehicle station. St Gilgen is part 4, Strobl is zone 6, Bad Ischl is zone 8. We also had the rider vehicle fourth dimension tabular array for the day. We went to the rider vehicle halt side past times side to the hbf where nosotros had bought the solar daytime ticket the previous day. But the machine was non working. Don't know if nosotros could direct keep bought it online, anyway nosotros did non direct keep a information plan. We had no pick other than to purchase the ticket from the rider vehicle driver betoken to point... it'll hateful a niggling to a greater extent than expense together with effort

We wanted to accept the 8.15 bus, but amongst the ticket province of affairs missed it. There was i at 8.45. it's nether an hr trip to Gilgen.

We got on the bus, paid the driver together with sat inwards the forepart seat. It was glorious weather condition together with nosotros had a scenic ride. H5N1 major halt was at Fuschl am see. Then the rider vehicle drove on but a thick fog started swirling on the road. We idea it may disappear but when nosotros arrived at St Gilgen it was all the same bad. We got downwardly at the master copy rider vehicle stop. In the previous hollwegger stop, nosotros had seen an Info point.

A chinese couplet had come upward amongst us from Salzburg, they went away inwards the management of the lake. The cable motorcar was only close the rider vehicle stop, it was closed. We walked to the Info point. Saw their alive webcam together with confirmed we'll endure ameliorate off at Fuschl am see. The following rider vehicle inwards the contrary management came inwards v minutes; nosotros got in, bought tickets together with got downwardly at the halt inwards a few minutes.

What a glorious weather! Such a alter from Gilgen. We did non know how to caput to the lake. We went within the church building together with a lady in that place guided us amongst precise instructions, amongst our basic High German together with her slightly ameliorate English.

We walked straight, turned correct at the store together with and then could come across the lake soon.

This is a pile of fresh snow

Sat at the promenade, together with then walked along the lake for a while. There is a trail but it's 31/2 hours.

We saw lovely chalets together with hotels, an alpaca farm. Then also a moo-cow farm.

We sat at the promenade together with had our picnic lunch.

Then nosotros went to the information center, the alive webcam all the same showed St Gilgen shrouded inwards fog.

Horse wagon ride...

A serene cemetery

We were rattling grateful nosotros had had glorious weather condition at Fuschl am see, nosotros caught the rider vehicle dorsum to Salzburg.

The province side was covered amongst fresh snowfall together with it had been totally worth while.

Back inwards Salzburg nosotros walked or therefore the quondam town.

OLD TOWN WALK:

Mirabel Palace:

We went to Mirabel palace together with saw the Angel staircase together with the marble ballroom. In fact it was pretty confusing together with nosotros wandered into the populace offices too.

The master copy palace itself was built inwards 1606 past times Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau for his mistress Salome Alt whom he had 12 children with. Originally called Altenau Palace inwards her honor, it was exterior of the original metropolis walls at the fourth dimension together with was considered a province escape for the not-so-secret couple. The Archbishop was expelled inwards 1612 together with the following i tried to erase his retentivity past times renaming the palace Mirabell after its beautiful views of Old Town.

Mozart used to direct keep concerts inwards the Marble Ball Room as a child; the room is straight off used for weddings.

During Salzburg’s brusque stint every bit part of Bavaria, Prince Otto was born inwards Mirabell Palace inwards 1815 together with afterwards went on to endure the King of Greece.

We came downwardly to the garden together with could recognize the steps, statues, the Pegasus outflow that had featured inwards the SOM movie.

The Palace has been owned past times the metropolis since 1866 together with they purpose it for offices including the Mayor of Salzburg.

To the south of Schloss Mirabell stretches the Mirabellgarten, an splendid illustration of Baroque landscape blueprint set out inwards 1690 amongst numerous terraces, marble statues, together with fountains.

The Mirabell Palace Gardens, set out inwards 1730, offering some of the best views of Old Town Salzburg. Filled amongst flowers together with fountains, the grounds are laced amongst scenes from the motion-picture exhibit The Sound of Music – peculiarly from the song ‘Do Re Me’.

The Northwest corner of the grounds has the Pegasus Statue Fountain. In the motion-picture exhibit The Sound of Music, the Von Trapp children danced or therefore this Horse Fountain (added inwards 1913) piece singing together with used the nearby terrace steps every bit a musical scale

Kids were jumping on the steps imitating the vocal together with it was surprising to come across how a fifty solar year quondam motion-picture exhibit all the same resonates!

The large pairs of statutes at the Southern entrance which are leaping toward each other amongst triumphant fists inwards the air characteristic inwards the motion-picture exhibit too

We wanted to cross the Mozart span onto Mozart platz. But nosotros got on to some other span past times error together with got to the Rathaus stop.

Walked on to Domplatz together with Kapitel platz. Trivia: Confectioner Paul Furst created the basis famous Mozart Chocolate Balls known as Mozartkugel inwards 1890.

Stift (Abbey) Nonnberg:

I was non bad on seeing the Stift (Abbey) Nonnberg. We did non desire to walk upward the steep stairs from the town center, wanted to walk downwardly from the fortress. We had to pay the total toll for the funicular together with entry to the fortress also.

Panorama terrace, Festung Hohensalzburg:

We went up, took the correct plough at the fortress from the panorama terrace. The previous eve nosotros had wondered that the cloudy weather condition had impacted our views. In today's Sun together with clear bluish skies, the stance was somehow less magical than the previous day. The Sun was shining vivid behind a lovely mount together with the glacier together with snowfall were hardly visible.

We walked downwardly the steep path to where walkers pay upward for the entry to the fortress.

Some expert aids to avoid skidding down...I had had a bad autumn inwards June together with was grateful for these forest steps together with the handrails later.

It was GREAT because nosotros were using the medieval path together with could genuinely experience what it was similar inwards olden days

There are signs for Stift (Abbey) Nonnberg, nosotros followed them together with reached the Abbey.

Very lovely views from in that place together with the church building together with yard are therefore serene together with peaceful.

We had google directions to larn down, but lost our agency a chip together with went to the other halt of the town. We entered a store together with asked for directions. Thankfully for me, it was all apartment , no climbing upward for our agency dorsum to center.

We reached Kapitelplatz, chess pieces were chained upward for the day.

Pferdeschwemme (Horse Well)

We went onward to Pferdeschwemme (Horse Well), The Horse Bath: Hugging the side of Mönchsberg Hill is Salzburg’s largest Medieval Equus caballus bath.

In the Middle Ages this was similar a motorcar launder for horses. With the Royal Stables existence built nearby, the Archbishop added the fountain amongst its Equus caballus mural facade outflow inwards 1693. In the Sound of Music this was where Maria together with the kids danced or therefore piece singing ‘My Favorite Things’. There are genuinely 2 of Equus caballus baths inwards quondam town Salzburg, a smaller i called Kapitelschwemme amongst a beautiful outflow together with the larger i located here.

We roamed or therefore enjoying the sights

This is the Advent calendar

We were moving onward to Vienna the following day, no pre purchased ticket. We were going to purpose Westbahn which gives reasonable priced tickets together with plies every hr to Vienna.