Hallstatt · Backpacking

The cheap beds inside the village: a plain guesthouse with shared rooms above a pizza kitchen, up in the lanes behind the waterfront. It is small and it fills, so book ahead for summer.

Both are minutes away by bus or train and cost a fraction of a room in the Markt. Obertraun also puts you at the foot of the Dachstein cable car, which you probably want anyway.

Trains on the Salzkammergut line stop at Hallstatt Bahnhof on the far shore, and the ferry meets them for the ten-minute crossing to the Markt. €4 one way, €8 return, €4 for a bicycle, cash only, running every day of the year.

Salzwelten Hallstatt with the funicular is €49 for adults and €23 for children aged 4–15; the rebuilt funicular reopened on 29 August 2026. It is the oldest salt mine in the world and it also costs more than a night's bed — decide before you arrive.

A bed in Obertraun from about €30–40, a supermarket lunch €6–8, the ferry €8 return, a plate of lake fish €22–28, a half-litre of beer around €5. Roughly €60 a day with no attractions; the salt mine (€49) or a Krippenstein return (€46.70) each about doubles it.