Best St. Gilgen holiday apartments

St. Gilgen am Wolfgangsee is a tranquil place. The shimmering blue lake is framed by gentle mountains, the cozy houses and farms duck down on the shore, the cows graze on the alpine pastures. If you rent a holiday home or an apartment with us in St. Gilgen, an Austrian picture-book landscape lies at your feet. By the way, St. Gilgen is a year-round destination: in summer you can swim in the lake, in winter you can get on your boards in the surrounding ski areas.

Perfect in summer and winter: an apartment in St. Gilgen

St. Gilgen is located in the beautiful Salzkammergut, about 30 minutes by car from Salzburg. Although the Salzkammergut is part of the Alps, you won’t find rugged peaks and icy glaciers here. The Salzkammergut and the neighbouring regions are characterised by green, medium-high mountains (up to 1500 metres high) and picturesque lakes. These include Mondsee, Attersee and the Wolfgangsee. The holiday homes and apartments in St. Gilgen are perfect for holidaymakers who want to recharge their batteries in beautiful nature. The private accommodations are quietly located and you can reach many attractions and sights of the area on foot from your accommodation. Our holiday homes in Weissenbach and private accommodation in Weinbach on the southern shore of the lake are also at your disposal. In summer you will find bathing places and beach baths around the Wolfgangsee. There are plenty of cycle routes and mountain bike trails, hiking trails and running trails, as well as dozens of huts where you can relax with a hearty snack. In winter, the region around the holiday homes in St. Gilgen turns into a winter sports paradise. You can carve and snowboard in the Postalm and Zwölferhorn ski areas, go cross-country skiing or strap on your snowshoes.

Private accommodation in St. Gilgen: Cuisine & Culture

If you use a private accommodation in St. Gilgen, you may be able to provide for yourself and at least occasionally stand at the stove. But don’t miss out on testing the region’s culinary offerings. St. Gilgen is a holiday resort rich in tradition and offers a wealth of restaurants that serve Austrian specialities, from home-style fare to award-winning cuisine. You can also get a taste of culture: St. Gilgen proudly calls itself “Mozartdorf”. Because grandfather and mother of the world-famous composer were born here. A memorial in the village commemorates this. The composer’s birthplace, however, is in Salzburg’s Getreidegasse. Even if you don’t have an Apartment in Salzburg, you should definitely make a detour to the beautiful baroque town on the Salzach, visit the mighty Hohensalzburg fortress, hiss a cool beer in a brewery restaurant and let the Mozart bustle pass you by.

Holidays between mountain and lake

Are you looking for alternatives to couchsurfing in St. Gilgen or Austria? Then test our offer in the neighbouring villages of St. Gilgen and have a look at our Apartments in Unterach am Attersee or our Holiday Homes in Obertraun at Lake Hallstatt. If you like the combination of mountain and lake, you might also be interested in our Apartments in Montreux on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.