Discover Bad Vigaun

Bad Vigaun combines an impressive river landscape with themed trails, churches, thermal baths and sporting tours. Anyone looking for a holiday apartment or holiday home for a varied stay can easily combine their own priorities: nature experiences along the Taugl, peaceful walks, challenging hikes, culture and wellness are all available as different travel ideas.

The Taugl natural area and distinctive landscapes

One defining part of the landscape is the protected Tauglgries. Here, the Taugl follows its course through a gravel bed up to 100 metres wide. The river is a habitat for animals, plants and people, as well as a nature conservation area and recreational space. This means the area is not only suited to athletically ambitious hikers: anyone who wants to get to know a landscape at leisure will also find a concrete starting point here for planning their day.

The natural area also includes the Schlenken Passage Cave. It is designated as a natural monument and is one of around 25 caves in the area. The cave adds a geological feature to the landscape experience. Statements about the various natural destinations should nevertheless be regarded as separate reasons for an outing, since mentioning them together does not imply any specific distance or route connection.

Themed trails for easy and challenging days

The “Lifeline Taugl” circular trail leads through the world of animals and plants of the Tauglgries, with information boards along the way. As an easy walking route, it is listed as 4.8 kilometres long, with 49 metres of elevation gain and an estimated duration of around 1.25 hours. These figures help you distinguish a shorter outdoor outing from a longer mountain tour. The “Lifeline Taugl Forest” themed trail, on the other hand, runs along a forest path that provides plenty of shade, especially in summer. It can be walked with a pushchair, offering another option for a relaxing outing.

Anyone looking for a considerably more athletic challenge can plan the moderately difficult hike up the Schlenken from the Wurzer parking area. The route is listed as 6.3 kilometres long, with 612 metres of elevation gain and an estimated duration of around three hours. Comparing it with the circular trail along the Taugl makes the different day plans immediately clear: the focus is either on a short nature walk or a tour with a considerable difference in elevation.

Churches, thermal baths and an e-bike tour

Cultural and religious impressions are also part of the local character. Processions of supplication to the filial church of St. Margarethen still take place today. A parish service is held regularly at 10:00 a.m. on Sundays in the parish church of Bad Vigaun. A Saturday vigil service is held regularly at 7:00 p.m. in the filial church of St. Margarethen; in even-numbered calendar weeks it is a Holy Mass, and in odd-numbered calendar weeks it is a Liturgy of the Word.

For quieter hours, the Bad Vigaun Heiltherme offers a thermal spa area, a sauna world and beauty treatments. The thermal water comes from the St. Barbara Spring at a depth of 1,354 metres. This allows you to add a wellness focus to your travel plans without making your stay exclusively about hiking.

Cyclists will find another option in the challenging e-bike tour up the Trattberg. It starts in the village square in Bad Vigaun, leads via Kuchl and St. Koloman, and covers around 44 kilometres and 1,300 metres of elevation gain. When choosing your accommodation, you can therefore consider whether short walks, a mountain hike, wellness or a longer bike tour should be the focus. It is possible to travel from Salzburg Central Station by the S3 rapid transit train.

Discover more places

If you would like to extend your search to other places at the same level, you will find the relevant starting points here: Scheffau am Tennengebirge, Krispl, Gseng, Kuchl, Sankt Margarethen, Annaberg-Lungötz, Sankt Koloman and Schattau.

To the overarching travel overview: Hallein.