Carossa

We arrived wet and a bit cold after a day’s cycling. The manager was welcoming. The radiators were on, the room was large and warm. Bliss! It had an additional seating area as well as a balcony. The dining room decor was traditional. The evening meal was wholesome and plentiful, the breakfast good and it was expected that you would make a lunchtime sandwich. A locked garage for bicycles with power points for e-bikes. Only downside: no tea or coffee making facilities. Overall, Thank you, Hotel Carossa.

You can pre-order dinner otherwise the hotel only does breakfast and note you are seated by room number! Secure parking for our bicycles (we were cycling around the Salzkammergut). The hotel is part of a well spread out collection of guesthouses and private homes - more of a rural district than a town. Nearest town is a good 7 or 8 kilometres away so be prepared the ride a lot or have access to a car.

First thing to note is that the Carossa is NOT in St Gilgen or even near.. it is located in Abersee - in the countryside a few miles away from St Gilgen so you need a car to get here. The location itself is fine though - nice and quiet away from the main road and not too far to the small short ferry crossing to St Wolfgang . The hotel itself is a bit basic and old fashioned and could do with remodelling. However it served me very well for a base for visiting the towns around Wolfgangsee, Traum see and Mondsee - so locationwise fine. Parking easy outside the hotel. An OK breakfast is included in the rate - although strangely enough you are allocated your own table in a different part of the dining room each day! I think you may also be able to eat there in the evening although I never tried it. Overall it was fine.. not the most luxurious hotel but still offering ok value in a good area.