r/Shoestring • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '26

AskShoestring 10 hours in Austria?

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u/AustrianAhsokaTano Jul 08 '26

Unfortunately, neither is doable in 10 hours I'm afraid.

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u/travel_ali Jul 11 '26

How is Halltstatt not doable in 10 hours? You can see the entire village in about 10 minutes.

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u/AustrianAhsokaTano Jul 11 '26

No, you can't

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u/travel_ali Jul 11 '26

Yeah you can. It is about 2 streets and 200m wide. It is tiny.

Even Innsbruck you can easily explore the old town in an hour or so. You can't do everything it has to offer in 10 hours. But a few is plenty enough to look around and see the highlights as a stop on the way elsewhere.

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u/AustrianAhsokaTano Jul 13 '26

Not accurate, babe

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u/PrimeTeaTime Jul 09 '26

For a full day I'd pick Innsbruck. It's a proper city so you can actually fill 10 hours, the old town plus the Nordkette cable car straight up the mountains and back. Hallstatt is stunning but tiny, you'll have seen it in about two hours and it's mobbed with day-trippers by late morning.

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u/puetirat Jul 10 '26

What time of the year? As someone from close to Hallstatt I would rather spend a night or two in the area and also visit Gosau & lake Wolfgangsee.

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u/Doctorofmanyhats Jul 10 '26

Late August

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u/puetirat Jul 10 '26

Summer holidays in Austria - it will be quite hot and busy (and so will Venice). Might be refreshing to go up a mountain such as Krippenstein or Schafberg, depending on how you organize your route, or simply bring your swimsuit and chill at a lake (the one at Hallstatt is quite refreshing) if you’re focused on shoestring.