Zell am See Transportation

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Ship ride on Zeller See lake is a comfortable and relaxing way to admire the beautiful scenery of Zell Am See and surrounding areas. The ships are comfortable and frequent, more information about the timings and costs of the ship ride are in the webpage below. The adult fare of the ship ride is $8.70 euros and children $4.35 euros, and it will be cheaper if you were to buy a combo ticket of the ship ride plus a cable car or ski-lift ride up to the Schmittenhohe mountain (see my VT Schmitten page) - cost between $16 euros to $27 euros per adult depending on which cable car or ski-lift you are taking (children half price, those born between 1992 to 2001 in 2007).

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Hiking is one of the best ways to explore Zell Am See and its surroundings. There is a well paved hiking path which runs along the entire Zeller See lake (see photos), which is very nice to walk as it is on flat ground and no climbing is required. The Zeller See lake is not very big and the entire journey will take about 3 hours. If you want more challenging hikes, there are many routes going up to the Schmittenhohe mountain next to Zell Am See. You can visit the webpage below for more information and also my VT Schmitten page.

Zell Am See is one the locations in Austria where you can see lots of visitors come via motorcycles. In fact, there are many motorcycle groups who like to visit the area around Zell Am See because of the beautiful scenery. This include Zell Am See itself, and nearby attractions such as the Grossglockner Road (see my VT Grossglockner page) and Krimml Waterfalls (see my VT Krimml page).

The road conditions here are very good, so it should be no problem for motorcyclists except for the weather (it is very cold up in the mountains and during winter).

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If you want to get to Innsbruck and/or Venice from Zell Am See, the best way would be to take the train. You should take the Austrian OBB train from Zell Am See to Worgl, then take the Trenitalia train (I think it is Eurostar, Munich to Venice) from Worgl to Venice, passing by Innsbruck along the way. For the latter train, a seat reservation is necessary because it is an international intercity train of Europe.

The scenery of the train journey is breathtaking, you can see the photos at the travelogue section of this VT page.

If you intend to travel by train often, then you should really get the Eurail Pass which can save you lots of money instead of buying point-to-point tickets as transportation in Austria is expensive. The Eurail website is at http://www.eurail.com/

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There is a cablecar taking you up to Schmittenhoehe, in a hight of ca. 2000 meters above sealevel. The cablecarstatio is in the east-end of the village and you will find a large car-parking there as well, that is free of charge.
A ticket for Schmittenhoehe is 21 euros for the return-ticket, 17 euros for one way in summer and you will get a code-card for a deposit of 2 euros that will be returned as soon as you bring back that code-card.

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Take Postbus 610 from Zell am See
to see Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse
Exploring Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse without your own car makes sense and is a lot cheaper as well, as you totally save the fee for the toll-road. There is 1-2 buses daily and all of them will have a stop of 30 minutes at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Hoehe, so you dont see that area only by bus, but will have the chance to walk around a bit, watch the marmots, get some food etc.
Bus 651 will take you within 2 hours and 15 minutes to F.J.Hoehe, in case that you like to take a wheel-chair or a bike with you you have to reserve for them at least 1 day in advance : Tel.+43 6542 5444-10

*Rollstuhl-/Fahrradmitnahme 1 Werktag vorher anm., Tel.+43 6542 5444-10 (Gültig vom Mai bis Oktober); Fahrradmitnahme begrenzt möglich

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The Pinzgauer Lokalbahn is a narrow-gauge railway between Zell am See and the village of Krimml and finally the Krimml Waterfalls. At first there is a train untill the village of Bramberg and from there to Krimmler Wasserfälle is a bus-service only.
The total ride takes about 90 minutes
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every weekend they have a Weekend-ticket:
for 19 euross up to 5 persons can travel togeather with 1 ticket
as often as they like between Zell am See and the waterfalls
Feiertags-ticket is the same, but the price is 16 euros
on a holiday and also for up to 5 people

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It is quite easy to get to Zell am See by train and the trainstation is also right in the middle of the village and just a few meters from the lake, the Zeller See. You will find some lockers for your luggage at this station and you can change there as well to the narrow-gauge trains of Pinzgauerbahn that takes you to Krimmler Wasserfaelle, the highest waterfalls of Austria.
For the timetables of trains, please check my link below !
When you don't have an Eurail,Interrail-ticket etc. yet and intend to go by train from Vienna to Zell am See, Salzburg, Graz, Hallstatt etc - and when you are still under 26 years of age it makes sense to buy a "VORTEILScard <26" !
It is a ticket that you may get at any train-station. You pay 19,90 Euros, bring a passport-pic and will first get an interim-paper ticket, later by mail you get something looking like a credit card. Already the paper ticket entitles you to buy and use tickets for half-fare right away!!
On the distance Vienna-Salzburg you may save around 19,90 Euros one-way already !! because the ordinary ticket is 39,80.
This ticket makes sense for any tourist under 25 years planning to travel by train in Austria!!
In case that you have no permanent address in Austria, where they could send the final ticket, give them your hotel address, a friends-address etc. - it will take several weeks until you get the final card, BUT you have to have an address ready, otherwise the counter might refuse to sell that ticket.
That ticket is valid for 365 days and you might even use it again in your next vacation in Austria.