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( 636 75; www.pension-magerl.at ; s €54-62, d €88-104; ) This rambling Pension is spread
over three buildings near the cable-car station. From the outside the main building looks
very drab, but rooms are clean and modern. The other buildings are newer.
CAFE, BAR
Café Brandl
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(Rathausplatz 1; light dishes €2-5; from 8am) This smart cafe-bar has bright-yellow walls, black
leather sofas and cubist artworks spiking its interior. It serves breakfast, cakes and light
meals during the day, and turns into a drinking venue (with snacks) at night.
Information
Gästezentrum der Ferienregion Traunsee ( 07612-64 305; www.traunsee.at ; Toscanapark 1; 8am-6pm
Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat & Sun) Regional tourist office for the lake, with accommodation booking
service and Movelo e-bike station.
Tourist office ( 657 520; www.traunsee.at/gmunden ; Rathausplatz 1; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri) Information
and maps of town and the lake. Helps with accommodation bookings.
Getting There & Around
The Gmunden Hauptbahnhof on the Salzkammergut Attnang-Puchheim to Stainach-Ird-
ning line is the main train station for the town. The Bad Ischl-Gmunden train fare (€7.80,
45 minutes, every 1 to 1½ hours) includes the connecting tram to Gmunden's centre. The
Seebahnhof, near the marina, services the slow, private train line from Vorchdorf-Eggen-
burg.
The main train station is 2km northwest of the town centre: tram G (€1.90) runs to
Franz-Josef-Platz after every train arrival. Bus tickets for city services cost €1.90.
Traunkirchen
07617 / POP 1640
The attractive hamlet of Traunkirchen sits on a spit of land about halfway along the west-
ern shore of the Traunsee. It's chiefly famous for the wooden Fischerkanzel (Fisherman's Pulpit;
Klosterplatz 1; 8am-5pm) in the Pfarrkirche. This was carved in 1753 and depicts the mir-
acle of the fishes, with the apostles standing in a tub-shaped boat and hauling in fish-
 
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