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Arrival, information and accommodation
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Both
buses
and
trains
come to rest on Bahnhofplatz in the upper part of town; the centre is just downhill to the north. Turn left outside the train station and walk down the hill to reach the
tourist office
, at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Strasse 1 (July-Sept Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 10-noon & 4-6pm, Sun 10am-1pm; Oct-June Mon-Fri 8am-6pm; tel 06434/2531-0,
www.badgastein.at
), where you can buy a local
hiking map
and book into a
private room
(oS400-600/€29.07-43.60) in either Badgastein, or
Bockstein
3km up the valley. There's an HI
youth hostel
five minutes' south of the train station at Ederplatz 2 (signed off the main Bockstein-bound road; tel 06434/2080,
hostel@badgastein.salzburg.co.at
) with doubles (oS400-600/€29.07-43.60) and dorm beds from oS190/€13.87).
Many of Badgastein's
hotels
have radon-rich spa waters on the premises (often piped direct to the bath in your room) free of charge, as well as a range of other spa-related services (massages, saunas, mud baths and so on), for which guests pay an extra fee. Other useful information
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