Our last full day in Obertraun began with lots of rain, so hiking was out of the question. Lucky for us, there were lovely towns all around us for the picking & at our innkeeper’s suggestion we visited Bad Ischl & Bad Goisern.

In German, bad means bath so if you see it before a town name it’s safe to assume it’s a spa town & will either have hot springs or mineral water lakes nearby. In other words, you should visit.

Bad Ischl was the largest town in the region. It was only a 30min train ride from Obertraun & SOOO worth the trip! The Traun River meandered beautifully through town & there were several good shopping options. We tried our first Berliner (German version of a donut filled with fruit jam or chocolate & dusted with powdered sugar). Mmmmm…