Zell am See, Salzburg country

Zell am See – a dreamlike holiday paradise in front of terrific mountain scenery

Zell am See is a town situated at the Zeller See in the Austrian federal state Salzburg. It is at the same time a district capital of the district of the same name. The position at the lake Zeller See, the surrounding mountain world, as well as the varied leisure possibilities have made Zell am See as an important holiday place which is visited by tourists from all over the world.

Numerous hotels, pensions, summer cottages, holiday apartments and camping sites offer overnight stay possibilities to the vacationers and fulfil every desire. However, beside many mountain footpaths all around Zell am See or many possibilities of bathing and water sport at the lake, the place also has to offer cultural places of interest.

The Kastnerturm situated in the centre is more than 1,000 years old and therefore the oldest still preserved building of this town. In its rooms today you find the town museum with an exposition of the history of the place.

The parish church “zum Heiligen Hippolyt”, built in the Romanesque architectural style with worth seeing altar and other inside located places of interest, commands with its 36-metre-high tower the townscape. Moreover, worthwhile is a visit of the just 2,000 metre high Schmittenhöhe. This can be scaled by foot as well as comfortably with a cable railway.

From the summit of this mountain you have a splendid view of the Saalachtal and the surrounding mountain groups.

picture source: pixelio.de / Florian Wölwer

 

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