We arrived in Hallstatt, the city Frozen's Arendelle was based on. Luckily everything was thawed out but there was plenty of water in the form of rain which seems to have followed us from Slovenia. However, it's provided some nice downtime to catch up on travel chores. We stayed across the lake in the Obertraun Resort on the Hallstätter See, which was an amazing spacious three bedroom duplex.
There are so many things to explore in Hallstat including the Dachstein Giant Ice Cave and the Salzwelten (salt-mine); however, we decided to take a more relaxed approach to Hallstatt strolling around the board walk, sipping hot chocolate with apple strudel during the downpours, and watching the Emma sized swans!
Hallstatt is a beautiful city, but it has become victim to over tourism. In south east Asia instagram post naming Hallstatt "the most Instagrammable town in the world" went viral. Frozen made Hallstatt so popular in Asia that a rich tycoon built a replica of the city in the Guangdong province. In 2017 bouncers had to be used to prevent tourist from disrupting services at the church. Luckily in 2020, the city started limiting daily tour buses to 54; about half that had been previous making the journey to Hallstatt. While the city was busy with tourist, it didn't feel overly crowed, but we were getting closer to the shoulder season and the rain probably kept some away as well.
We could have stayed in Obertraun a few more days enjoying the resort, but we're off towards Oktoberfest with a short stop in Salzburg on the way!
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It is beautiful there, swans are so pretty to watch but maybe unfriendly at times. I hope the swans you saw were used to people with the city being that busy with tourist. I can’t imagine having so much money I would build a replica of a town! It was cold today had the heater on in the car, a nice big Hot Chocolate would have been yummy! Jill
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