Austrian Lakes and Mountains Half-Day Tour from Salzburg

The ferry ride was gorgeous and the town we stopped in was quaint and beautiful. There was a lot of overlap with the sound of music tour. Was hoping for a little more variety.

Nice trip to Wolfgangsee with an interesting guide, a cruise from Sankt Gilgen and one hour free in Sankt Wolfgang

Amazing scenery crystal clear lakes. Amazing!!! Coach ride was very comfortable, then the boat ride was so steady you forget you're on a boat. The guide was fantastic, knowledgeable and helpful.

Best ever tour...guide was very informative.He knew his history of Salzburg and surrounding areas.Worth the tour!!

It started with asking the bus driver if his bus was for our tour - to which he told us “no”. When we asked the person checking people in after we verified with the people operating the tours we were told “yes” this was our tour. Our guide Obrad was awkward, he was not informative about the area or the tour. When we got to Wolfgangsee he took off at a pace for the ticket counter. He bought the wrong number of tickets - too few!! Then asked who took too many tickets. When we got to St. Wolfgang’s we had 40minutes & his only suggestion was to see the church & away he went. When we met to go back to the bus again he took off at a pace uphill on the hottest day of the year. I am soo disappointed in this trip. Wish we could get our money back. Spoke to the people operating the tour - they were not interested in my experience.

The views were lovely but we didn't get to see much of the towns. We didn't stop off at any castle as stated in the description. Our tour guide drove terribly and almost drove into oncoming traffic several times. Both my husband and I felt ill by the end. It also finished half an hour early

This was an amazing tour, the only reason I give 4 stars is because when we got to the last town, after the boat tour, we only had 45 mins. to spare. I would have given a 5 star if we had been granted 15 extra mins.

I am a regular user of Viators and have always had great trips out booking through your site. However this trip was a huge disappointment despite the best efforts of the guide. The weather was lousy which didn't help but that has not had a bearing on my review. The main problem was that this was supposedly a 4 hour trip viewing 3 beautiful lakes of Austria, but it didn't start until 2pm. Being late November it was completely dark by the time we were passing the 3rd lake and we didn't even stop - not that there would have been much point! This should be a morning trip, or start at midday at the latest. Additionally the trip blurb clearly states as a highlight that it includes a visit to Castle Fuschl. All we had was the guide point out a building in the distance about half a mile away as we drove past - and because of the poor weather it was barely visible. That doesn't constitute a visit to my way of thinking! The details of the trip also refer to popping into the famous White Horse Inn at St Wolfgang. The guide never mentioned the Inn whilst we were there it is only when I have read the details afterwards! We knew that the boat ride was replaced with coffee and cake due to the time of year, but it did mean that having the coffee and cake was just about all the time we had in St Gilgen, so no real time to look around which although it was dark by then, it would have been nice to wander around the Christmas Market there. Finally, instead of this being advertised as a 4 hour trip, we were back in under 3 and a half hours. Maybe it is 4 hours in the summer when the boat trip is included, or it may have been 4 hours if it had been daylight when we passed the 3rd lake and we stopped for photos but as neither was the case we could have perhaps been given more time to explore St Gilgen after the coffee and cake, or at St Wolfgang when we could have perhaps been shown and visited the famous White Horse Inn, or even a detour that would have taken us somewhat closer to Castle Fuschl when it was still at least still daylight for us to have stopped and taken a photo or two....

Lovely tour to lakes and mountains spectacular scencery, unfortunately the weather turned rainy, but still enjoyed boat across lake.

A beautiful tour. Breathtaking scenery. Note that after November 1, the tour no longer includes the boat ride, which should've been better noted before you sign up - instead, you stop at a little cafe for cake and coffee/hot chocolate. I'm sure I would've given this tour one or two additional stars if I had taken it before November 1!