Castle ruin Scharnstein

Ihr idealer Ausgangspunkt für sämtliche Bergtouren
im Salzkammergut / Austria
Nichtraucher-Gästehaus / Apartments / Grabler

Characteristics:
family walk (take care in the ruin)

Catering:
no inns or huts

Starting point: Scharnstein im Almtal, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria

Destination: The castle ruin Scharnstein is situated well camouflaged at the
wooded slope of the mountain Scharnsteiner Spitze in the valley Almtal

Drive by car from the
House Grabler, Altmünster,
to Scharnstein;
approx. 30 minutes

In the centre of the village,
at the castle Scharnstein,
take the road towards Pettenbach
on the right,
down to the river Alm
and cross the river in a band to the left

By the way,
the crime museum and
the reptile zoo
in the castle Scharnstein
are worth seeing

The crime museum in the castle Scharnstein

Take the road on the left,
immediately after the bridge
and still in the bend to the left,
then after the underpass
take again the road on the left
to the village
Tiessenbach

At the last houses
is some parking space

The castle ruin is now
about 100 m
directly above you

There are two possibilities
for reaching the ruin:
you can take the stairs on the right side
- pass a little chapell,
built in the rock –
and walk the last metres on the
road to the castle . . .

. . . or you go along the
forest road: you'll reach
your destination after 45 minutes
– also recommended: use one way
to go there and the other to go back

The ruin was restored
during the last few years,
it's a wonderful
point of view
and – especially for kids –
a great playground,
but they shouldn't be let
out of sight

It's also worthwhile
to walk just 20 minutes further
to a little bit higher situated
part of the
former castle Scharnstein