Fürberg-Winkl route -- St. Gilgen

An extensive and very varied walk.
Car parking facilities available in the centre.

From the church square, walk past the Hotel Radetzky, the public indoor swimming pool and the Yacht Club, along the Old Mondseer Strasse to the Sonnplatz. Here the road ascends steeply for a few metres. Then continuing through a deciduous forest you pass the extensive park of the Hotel Billroth, the elementary school and the Schuschnigg Villa, with a lovely view of the lake through the trees. Leaving the villas behind after a short walk through the forest, a wide path branches off to the right down towards the lake. After the short descent you are in Brunnwinkl with its idyllic old houses and ancient trees. From Brunnwinkl, the path narrows and leads under a cliff a few feet above the surface of the lake. Thus you arrive at the Fürberg
Bay and pass by the restaurant (closed from October to April). After a short distance, the narrow tarmacked road ascends to the left through a forest. After leaving the forest, the road gently descends to the sleepy hamlet of Winkl at the foot of the Schafberg. At the crossing in the Village go to the left and thus pass the "Europa Kloster Aich" and cross the Mondsee road. Behind the Müllauer Farmstead, ascend rather steeply to the shrine at the Müllauer Height. From here descend steeply to the road. Cross again and return to the village centre by the Old Mondseer Road.