Advent

Boat Trips

What makes the Lake Wolfgangsee Advent celebrations so special? That the three villages on Lake Wolfgangsee are connected by ferries from the Lake Wolfgangsee boat company and that the views of the Advent markets from the lake are unique.

 

 

Timetable Advent 2018
Timetable Christmas / New Year 2018

At short, regular intervals (every 30 minutes at the weekend) the Lake Wolfgangsee Boat Company ferries passengers comfortably from Strobl to St. Wolfgang and then on to St. Gilgen and, of course, the other way round! Monday till Friday the boat stops at all stations St. Gilgen, Strobl, St. Wolfgang Markt and St. Wolfgang Schafbergbahn. Saturday and Sunday the boat stops at St. Gilge, Strobl and St. Wolfgang Schafberg. There is a shuttle boat between St. Wolfgang Schafberg and St. Wolfgang Markt operating Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 6 pm.


Warm up on board with a mug of punch or mulled wine! The distinctive emblems of the three villages can be seen from a distance: St. Gilgen’s 11 metre high advent candle, Strobl’s Christmas star and St. Wolfgang’s lantern of peace.


The ferries operate daily from 22th November 2019 to 22nd December 2019 and from 25th December 2019 to 1st January 2020, that is, during the Christmas and New Year’s Markets too.

Five of the six boats belonging to the Lake Wolfgangsee fleet (with a capacity of c.1000 passengers) will be in operation. Only the paddle steamer the “Kaiser Franz Josef”, delivered in pieces from Linz to Strobl at the beginning of 1873, has to stop in winter. It was on the 20th May, 1873 that this boat completed its maiden voyage, beginning the ferry service on Lake Wolfgangsee.


Tickets can be purchased in the ticket offices on the three landing stages. We recommend that groups book in advance on 06138 – 2232-0 or by email to berg.schiff@schafbergbahn.at.