St Gilgen holiday studio rental with walking, beach/lake nearby, sauna, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, DVD

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Ski/Summer Studio - St Gilgen (studio)

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First floor modern luxury studio, situated in a quiet sunny elevated position, offers stunning views across Lake Wolfgangsee and the Shafberg and Zwolferhorn mountain ranges. Sleeps 2 adults and with a king size wall bed. Includes panoramic views from balcony, parking, fully fitted kitchen, modern bathroom with under-floor heating, plasma screen TV with satellite access to CNN news, safe, timber flooring, use of private outside sun area overlooking Lake Wolfgangsee, lift, sauna, secure locker room, laundry and drying rooms and onsite management services.
Situated in the heart of Austrias lake district, the accommodation offers an ideal base for summer or winter ski holidays. Within easy walking distance of local amenities and the picturesque town of St Gilgen, home to Mozarts mother. The town offers a wide range of facilities from boat and cycle hire, the gondola taking you on to the Zwolferhorm mountain and well marked walking tracks, swimming pool, paragliding, scuba diving and steam boat trips across the lake to St Wolfgang and Strobl. During December, traditional christmas markets are held at all the towns around the lake and are accessed steamer boat. St Gilgen offers a wide variety of restaurants, banks, internet cafe and coffee houses.

View from the balcony overlooking the Shafburg mountain and Lake Wolfgang	The studio - first floor, the one with the tree on the left!
The main house block the studio is in	The Kitchen - with fridge, cooker and oven

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The Upper Austria/Salzkammergut region

St Gilgen - is a lively, traditional and truly picturesque town, with its many fresco painted traditional buildings centred round the attractive Rathaus (Town Hall) and double-onion domed church. The town is situated in an open, spacious and sunny valley on the western side of Lake Wolfgangsee, surrounded by a breathtaking mountain range including the Shafberg and Zwolferhorn mountains, and is a great base from which to visit other local attractions such as St Wolgang, the royal spa town of Bad Ischl and the historic Hallstat a work heritage site. The famous city of Salzberg is only a 50 minute bus ride away with a regular service.

The areas main Postalm ski area is accessible by ski bus (40mins) from the town and is ideal for begineers. The Dachstein West Ski area is approx 1 hour away with over 140 KM of ski tracks, more suitable for intermediary skiiers.

St Gilgen area

There is pleasant waterfront promenade where you’ll find many restaurants, coffee houses and bars to sit and pass the time of day watching the waterskiing, windsurfing and boat trippers arriving from St Wolfgang. In the evenings the village brass band plays regular concerts here and during July and August, colourful folklore evenings take place in a lake side restaurant.

Walking - The town is perfect for walkers with 80km of marked paths in and around St Gilgen, all easily accessible from the centre of the resort. The local Gondola takes you to the top of the Zwolferhorn Mountain at 1,522 metres, where you will find a number of traditional Austrian hostelries with fantastic panoramic views, before making your descent by foot, gondola, or if you are feeling adventurous paraglider. There are a number of marked routes to make your descent (allow 2-2.5 hrs). Other popular walks include the three hour walk through peaceful woods to St Wolfgang where no vehicles are permitted. Walking maps are available at the Tourist Information office.

Wolfgangsee Lake – is the hub of many activities. You can take the lake steamers across the 11km Wolfgangsee lake to explore other lakeside villages including the charming and historic town of St Wolfgang, famous for its ancient pilgrimage church and frescoed old buildings. Here you can take a horse and carriage ride around the town or ride on the Schafbergbahm steam mountain railway to the top of the Shafberg mountain to enjoy the spectacular panoramic views. Music is very popular in St Wolfgang with regular light classical, folklore and operatic concerts and twice weekly concerts held in the village square. You can also continue on the ferry to visit the lovely town of Strobl with its lakeside promenade.

Other facilities include restaurants (inc. Chinese, Italian, Fish), Shops, Chemist, Doctors, Dentists, Banks, Internet Café, Bakery, Tourist Information Office, Spa Supermarket, Gondola, Taxis, Bus Station with regular bus service to Salzburg, St Wolfgang, Strobl, Fuschl and Mondsee. Public telephones can be found at the bottom of the road to the studio

How to get there

Fly to Salzburg airport, St Gilgen is under 1 hr away by car
Cheap flights available from Bristish Airways and Ryanair
By car - Car hire available from Salzburg airport
By Bus - Regular Electric tram runs from outside the airport terminal to central Salzburg bus station (20 mins) then take the no 150 Bus direct to St Gilgen (50 mins).

Activities near St Gilgen

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Secure saftety deposit box and storeroom space in basement for suitecases. Secure lobby area and lift. Sauna and showers available on payment of €10 to housekeeper. Satellite TV with access to BBC and UK programmes, DVD player and selection of videos available.

Further details outdoors:
Fantastic panoramic views from the balcony across Lake Wolfgangsee and the Shafsberg Mountain and views over the town.

Outside sunny seating area overlooking lake and mountains

Plenty of car parking at the rear of the building

Further details

Property is suitable for 2 adults
Shared outside seating area in the grounds with sun all day.
Sauna shared with other house residents.
Standard service charges payable to house manager in euros during stay which includes:
- €35 end of stay studio cleaning fee
- €20 linen and laundery fee (based on 2 people sharing). Linen includes bedding, bath, hand and tea towels. For a two week stay where a change of linen is requested, an additional fee of €20 applies.

Conditions

No animals
No smoking
20% non refundable deposit required at time of booking to secure. If payment made within 4 weeks of booking date, full payment required at time of booking. Final balance due 8 weeks before booking date.
Damage and key deposit of £80 payable with final payment. Returned on return of the keys and confirmation the studio has been left in a satisfactory condition.
An additional statutory tourist tax is due at €1.15 per day/per person. This will be collected during your stay and paid for you by the House Manager.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Winter season	1 Oct 09	19 Dec 09	230£ 230	3030	3030	Flexible
Christmas and new year	19 Dec 09	4 Jan 10	280£ 280	4040	4040	Flexible
Winter season	4 Jan 10	1 May 10	230£ 230	3030	3030	Flexible
Summer season	1 May 10	1 Oct 10	220£ 220	4040	4040	Flexible

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

1). Additional services charges to the rental fee apply as detailed below. These are payable locally to

the house manager:

- €35 end of stay apartment cleaning charge

- €20 linen hire and laundry fee based on 2 people sharing (linen includes bedding, bath, hand and tea

towels). For a two week stay an additional fee of €20 applies for replacement linen.

2). Refundable key and damage deposit - an £80 damage and key bond is payable at the time of booking. This is refunded upon the safe return of the keys and inspection check by the house manager.

3). Short breaks are available subject to availability.

Please note: A tourist tax of €1.15 euros is payable per person/per day, within 3 days of arriving into the country under austrian law. This is seperate to the accomodation and service fees and will be collected and paid by the house manager to the town hall, upon arrival.

Guestbook for Ski/Summer Studio - St Gilgen

Couple from Australia - Thanks for a great white christmas, we will always remember it!

Couple from Guildford - The studio has been just perfect, thank you so much

Couple from India - Absolutely fantastic and felt like heaven

Couple from Newcastle - I was looking for a lake with beautiful surroundings and that's exactly what I got

Couple from Nottingham - We had a fabulous time and a lovely holiday and the studio was of a very good standard and offered everything you need

Couple from Surrey - Thanks for the use of your lovely apartment, just sitting on the balcony with a glass of wine at night was fabulous

Availability

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Name:	Louise Ward
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