The wooden bridge
The long walkway to the island is the image the region is known by.
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The inner courtyard is open and free, but there are no regular tours of the rooms. The castle is used for events and weddings and parts may close on those days. Go for the bridge, the courtyard and the view rather than an interior visit.
Gmunden is a known ceramics town with its factory, workshops and shops, and Lake Traunsee has pleasure boats and a historic tram. Make it a full half day in the town rather than a quick stop at the castle.
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A castle on a small island in Lake Traunsee at the northern end of the Salzkammergut, linked to the shore by a long wooden footbridge, and among the most photographed sights in the region. The complex is in fact two castles: the lake castle on the island and the land castle on shore, with the bridge between them. The lake building is founded in the tenth century, was rebuilt several times after fires, and takes its present form from the sixteenth. Walking the bridge and entering the inner courtyard are free and open, and that is what most visitors do. The arcaded courtyard is the finest thing here, with a notable spiral staircase. The castle is well known in Austria and Germany because a long-running television series was filmed here, which explains the crowds of domestic visitors. Gmunden itself is a known ceramics town worth walking, and the lake is among the loveliest in the region. The distance from Hallstatt is about forty kilometres north.
The long walkway to the island is the image the region is known by.
Arcades, arches and a spiral staircase — the finest part, and free.
A long-running series was filmed here, hence the Austrian and German crowds.
Lake Traunsee, Gmunden