Bad Gashtayn-most unusual for the Austrian alpine and thermal spa.Distance to Salzburg-104 km.Fantasticheskie scenery, clean mountain air and has made numerous thermal springs resort boom in the late 19 and early 20 centuries.It so unfortunate for the Alps-rise buildings and the absence of the usual eye Alpine teremkov roofed with roofs.Resort spread in the form of a horseshoe in the mountain valley.One of the characters Bad Gastayna, waterfall, debaseth flows of water in the heart of the resort.Home Properties resort thermal springs, the seven, all of them open, but with a very warm, and 36 C, thermal water to bathe in them pleasure in all weathers.Most hotels have special cranes with curative water to drink which can be unlimited.

The fans of skiing as many as five zones horse-Shportgastayn, Graukogel, Dorfgastayn-Grossarltal, Shtubnerkogel and connected with him Shlossalm.The last two zones connected by a system of lifts, the remaining areas will have to drive to skibus.

The main slopes : from the top of the Bad Gashtayna is Vikoni lifts at Mount Shtubnergokel (2246 m), where you can go back to the resort or the valley Angertal.This system leads to zone lifts rolled Shlossalm (2050 m), located on the neighbouring resort of Bad Hofgastayn.More modest-sized skating area Graukogel (about 2000 m) is located on the other side of Bad Gashtayna, but you can only get there by bus.The skiing area for advanced skiers, interesting red routes and two black narrow passing through forests.The alpine area Shportgastayn (2686 m), located 9 km of Bad Gashtaynom.Here, the best skiing conditions in the region can ride in any weather from December to April.Black lines in a little valley (Graukogel, Shportgastayn, Shtubnerkogel and Vengeralm), but there are quite complex long red route, requiring skill (Graukogel, Sportgastayn, Shlossalm).The skiers will have at its disposal all five areas.Particularly noteworthy is red km Lift going on to the Hoe Scharte Bad Hofgastaynu and northern slopes Shtubnerkogel.For less trained skiers region as a whole is too complex.The slopes for skiing for beginners scattered Valley, but none of them is not ideal.

The Bad Gashtayne several ski schools, includingfor children from five years to its own site
to train and ski kindergarten (3 to 5 years).