Winter sports and wellness in Salzburger Land

Ulf Lippitz, The Falstaff Travel Editors, 30.01.2026

Saalbach, Obertauern, Bad Gastein: The Salzburg Alps not only attract visitors with kilometers of slopes, but also with extraordinary hotel design.

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The region south of the baroque city of Salzburg is one of the most famous winter destinations in Europe: Obertauern, Zell am See, Bad Gastein - even people who are as familiar with black, red and blue pistes as highland cattle are with dog food have heard of these places. Well-developed winter sports areas extend up to 3,000 meters above sea level, with the largest around Saalbach and Hinterglemm covering 270 kilometers of pistes.

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