Bad Ischl, Salzkammergut, Austria

Bad Ischl Location

Click here for a Region Map of Bad Ischl and details of walking / hiking maps.

Bad Ischl is a town to the east of Salzburg in Oberösterreich, south of the lakes of Attersee and Traunsee in the Salzkammergut. Bad Ischl is not far from Bad Aussee , and Hallstatt with its lake. The main west-east road passes to the north of Bad Ischl. The main road south to Bad Aussee passes to the east of Bad Ischl.

Walking / Hiking in the Bad Ischl Area

There are lots of walks you can do from Bad Ischl.  With good rail and bus connections, Bad Ischl is also ideally situated for visiting other nearby areas. The Tourist Office may offer free led walks.

Bad Ischl Hiking / Walking Maps

There are several maps that cover the area at different scales suitable for walking, hiking and exploring the area.

Click here for Bad Ischl Map Information.

Bad Ischl Tourist Information

Tourismusverband Bad Ischl
Bahnhofstrasse 6
A-4820 Bad Ischl, Österreich

Tel.: +43(6132)27757
Fax: +43(6132)2775777
E-mail

Ferienregion Traunsee
Toscanapark 1, 4810 Gmunden
Tel: +43(0)7612 64305
Fax: +43(0)7612 71410
E-mail

Salzkammergut Region

Airports near to Bad Ischl (Flughafen)

The nearest airport to Bad Ischl is Salzburg.

• Innsbruck: 240 km - 2h 20 mins
• Salzburg: 50 km - 1h 00 mins
• Munich: 230km - 2h 30 mins

Rail Stations (Bahnhof)

There is a train station in Bad Ischl.

ÖBB (English) also has bus information.

Buses

There are a number of bus routes.

ÖBB (English) also has train information.

Cable Cars - Chair Lifts

The main cable car in Bad Ischl is the Katrin Seilbahn to the south west of Bad Ischl which takes you to the Katrinalm at 1413m.

There is also a small lift in Bad Ischl which goes to the top of Siriuskogel.

Start of the Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn
Traunbrücke beim Güterbahnhof, Bad Ischl

S.K.G.L.B. Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn - Von Salzburg nach Bad Ischl
(History of the Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn)
(in German)
From 1890 to 1957 Bad Ischl was linked to Salzburg by train. This book gives the history of this line which connected Bad Ischl, Strobl, St. Gilgen, Salzburg.

Former British Post Office Telephone call boxes have found a new home in Bad Ischl.

Katrin Seilbahn valley station