Submitted by April Pappas on the 2022 spring semester program in Salzburg, Austria…
This past weekend, everyone in my program traveled to the town of Hallstadt in Austria. Hallstatt is a village on Lake Hallstatt’s western shore in Austria’s mountainous Salzkammergut region. Its 16th-century Alpine houses and alleyways are home to cafes and shops. Hallstatt is best known for the production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times. Social media images of Hallstatt captioned “the most Instagrammable town in the world,” went viral worldwide and especially in Southeast Asia. In 2020, the town had a population of 780, and an estimate of 10,000 to nearly 30,000 tourists per day, coming primarily via bus tours which bring tourists briefly into the town for photo opportunities, then quickly move on. Our group wandered through the town and ate lunch right on the water. Taking the funicular up gives you great views of the town and mountains.
