View from the Stubnerkogel into the Gastein Valley with Bad Hofgastein in the foreground | ||
Bad Hofgastein | ||
federal state | Salzburg | |
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Residents | 6.914 (2018) | |
height | 859 m | |
Tourist info | 43 6432 3393 260 www.gastein.com | |
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Bad Hofgastein is a fashionable health resort, winter sports community and the main town in the Gastein Valley. Bad Hofgastein is a market town and is located in Pongau in the AustrianState of Salzburg.
background
getting there
By plane
The nearest international airports are the Salzburg Airport(IATA: SZG), Distance about 88 km, one hour drive by car) and north of Munich the Munich Airport
(IATA: MUC), also "Franz Josef Strauss", distance approx. 257 km).
By train
The 1 railway station Bad Hofgastein is a station on the important Tauern Railway, which connects Schwarzach im Pongau with Carinthia. The station is a stop for Euro and Intercity trains as well as express and express trains.
In the street
Bad Hofgastein is located in the middle of the Gastein Valley, access to the valley is only possible from the north from the valley entrance.
The approach from the room Salzburg coming takes place via the Tauern motorway subject to toll towards the south up Bischofshofen and exit Gasteinertal, continue on the Austrian federal road B311 to Loin and junction on the B167 in the Gastein Valley. Continue to Bad Hofgastein.
The toll-free arrival from the north in route over Lofer and on well-developed federal highways, but with some through-roads, is from the autobahn Munich - Salzburg, Exit Traunstein-Siegsdorf in Germany from and on to the (D) over Inzell, Schneizlreuth (Border), B178 (A) to Lofer, from there continue on the B 311 possible to Lend at the entrance to the Gastein Valley. Distance from the motorway exit Traunstein approx. 127 km.
Distances (road km) | |
St. Johann im Pongau | 29 km |
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Salzburg | 94 km |
innsbruck | 177 km |
Munich | 223 km |
Vienna | 408 km |
mobility
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Tourist Attractions
- 1 Church of the Assumption of Mary
- 2 Weitmoser Schlössl (Hundsdorf Castle)
- 3 Jagdschlössl Weinetsberg Jagdschlössl Weinetsberg
activities
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pfarrkirche_Bad_Hofgastein.jpg/220px-Pfarrkirche_Bad_Hofgastein.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Weitmoserschlößl_in_Bad_Hofgastein.jpg/220px-Weitmoserschlößl_in_Bad_Hofgastein.jpg)
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- Hotel Völserhof, Pyrkerstraße 28, 5630 Bad Hofgastein. Tel.: 43 (0) 6432 8288, Email: [email protected].
- Hotel Garni Alpenhof, Knoblachergasse 4. Tel.: 43 6432 6430.
- 1 The Alpenhaus Gasteinertal, Kurgartenstrasse 26, 5630 Bad Hofgastein. Tel.: 43 (0)6432 6356-0, Fax: 43 (0)6432 8454, Email: [email protected].
- 2 Hotel Alte Post - Gastein, Kirchenplatz 4, 5630 Bad Hofgastein. Tel.: 43 (0)6432 62600, Fax: 43 (0)6432 6260400, Email: [email protected].
health
Practical advice
- 1 Bad Hofgastein spa and tourism association, Tauernplatz 1, 5630 Bad Hofgastein. Tel.: 43 (0)6432 3393-260, Fax: 43 (0)6432 3393 537, Email: [email protected].
Brief information | |
surface | 103.73 km² |
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Phone code | 06432 |
Post Code | 5630 |
Mark | JO |
Time zone | UTC 1 |
Emergency police | 133 |
fire Department | 122 |
rescue | 144 |
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.badhofgastein.at/ - Official website of Bad Hofgastein