This tiny, unique village on the steep side of a Dachstein foothill above the waters of the solemn Hallstättersee, is traversed by one narrow road — restricted to residents and delivery vehicles — which is regulated by five-minute stoplights at each end of town. Its train station is on the lake’s opposite shore. Hotels and food are simple and there is little nightlife. 

Top Sights:
• Parish Church
• Chapel of St. Michael and it’s charnel house packed with skulls and bones (occupants of the tiny cemetery are exhumed and moved to the charnel house after just a few years in the ground)
• Heimatmuseum

Suggested Activities:
• Visit the local salt mines
• Electric boat trip on the lake
• Excursion to Dachstein Caves

Places to Stay:
•Hotel Grüner Baum, Marktplatz 104, A-4830, tel. +43/06134/8263, fax 8420, web: www.hallstatt.net/gruenerbaum/unten-eng.htm
• Haus Sarstein, A-4830 Hallstatt 83, tel. +43/06134/8217  

A Place to Dine:
• Dine at your hotel.