Alpenhotel - Altmünster

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The hotel is hard to miss. It is a big golden yellow building sitting right on Lake Hallstatt. You'll see it in almost every picture of Hallstatt. The hotel is decorated very nicely and the rooms are elegant and incredibly spacious. Some of the rooms have balconies facing the lake. Ours looked directly out onto the beautiful stained glass windows of the Prostestant church next door with a view of the lake to the side. The hotel entrance is right on the town square and within a 10-15 min walk of the funicular for the salt mines on the outskirts of the town. Everything else in Hallstatt is even closer. We arrived too late to tour the salt mines, but did go on a nice hike that started at the funicular for the salt mines, went a little ways up the mountain, and came back into town around the area of the Catholic church. The hotel has a very nice restaurant with views of the lake and an outdoor deck for use in good weather. We had both dinner and breakfast in the restaurant. We had dinner fairly late so we almost had the restaurant to ourselves. This gave the waiter time to socialize a little and provide some interesting history about the area and himself. There was an extensive spread for the complimentary breakfast including fresh fish from Lake Hallstatt. We will definitely come back sometime since one night was not enough to take in all the beauty of Hallstatt and when we do, we will stay here. Maybe in one of the balcony rooms overlooking the lake.

Close eniough to Saltzburg to include in itinery. Breakfast ample but lacking somewhat in quality - normal cold cuts, hard boiled eggs, cereal and juice. Owner VERY friendly and speaks good english. Location in town VERY good. Suggest eating dinner at the Post Hotel - only a small walk down the hill from the Schernthaner, "excellent food". Has private parking free of charge and free internet service.

Trick to find. My GPS stopped my about 1 km from the hotel. The numbers on the street are not in order - its over the tracks 2 times and at the end. Overall completely worth the search.

Nice hotel for the dollar. Very nice buffet breakfast. The only negative point is location, not closed to anything, isolated and not easy to find.