The regional train has a comprehensive service running through the heart of the Salzkammergut and on into Styria. This provides easy access to the region from both Salzburg and Vienna, passing through Gmunden, Bad Ischl, Bad Goisern, Hallstatt and Obertraun.

Night buses run until 12:45pm on Friday and Saturday nights and connect with late Lokalbahn trains departing from Hauptbahnhof.

Renting a car is the best way to explore this region. Having a car gives you the freedom to explore areas such as Gosausee and St Wolfgangsee, not accessible by train. Parking is rarely a problem.

Regular bus services connect all towns and villages in the area; services on weekends are less frequent or not at all. Hourly buses depart Salzburg for various towns in the region, including Bad Ischl, Mondsee and St Wolfgang; for services from Styria, see www.busbahnbim.at.

Numerous operators ply the waters between towns on the Attersee, Traunsee, Mondsee, Hallstätter See and Wolfgangsee.