Location of Bad Ischl in the Salzkammergut area in Upper Austria
The town of Bad Ischl is located in the Upper Austrian part of the Salzkammergut and is 468 meters above sea level. Bad Ischl is easy to reach both by car and by public transport. The nearest big city is Salzburg, which is about 1 hour away by car.
GPS coordinates: LG 047°/41,66'N LT 013°/37,40'O
arrival by car
arrival from Salzburg: Autobahn A1 > Thalgau, B158 >> Bad Ischl
arrival from Vienna/Linz: Autobahn A1 > Regau, B145 >> Bad Ischl
arrival from Graz: Autobahn A9 > Liezen, B320 > B145 >> Bad Ischl
distances
Salzburg: 50 km, Linz: 107 km, Graz: 180 km, Munich: 200 km, Vienna: 280 km
arrival by plane
The nearest airports are in Salzburg, Linz, Graz, Munich and Vienna.
The airport Salzburg is about an hour by car from Bad Ischl.
The airport Linz is a 90 minute drive away.
From the airport Graz to Bad Ischl it's a 2.5 hour drive.
Vienna and Munich are about 3 hours away.
There are long and short-term parking spots in the town center. Here you'll find all the spots and also the contacts for the taxi companies.
parking for buses
At the bus terminal (Götzstraße 1) the bus can stay for a few minutes and let the passangers off and back on the bus. The parking spot for the bus is located outside of the town at the Museum of Vehicles - Technology - Aviation (Sulzbach 178).
There is a free taxi shuttle for the bus driver that will bring him/her into the town and back to the bus. You'll find the phone numbers of the taxi companies at the bus terminal and the parking spot.
The Salzkammergut Shuttle
Call - get in - drive off!
We would like to inform you that the operation of the Salzkammergut Shuttle will be temporarily suspended from 1 January 2025 up to and including 28 February 2025 due to a change in the dispatching centre.
We ask for your understanding for this necessary measure. From 1 March 2025, the Salzkammergut Shuttle will be available again as usual for you and your guests.
Call +43 50 422 422at least 1 hour in advance or order via the O-Taxi app.
In the Bad Ischl region, the Salzkammergut Shuttle runs on 3 routes daily from 07:00 to 22:00.
Price per route: € 4.00 per person
Standard fare, discounts for children and on short journeys
INFO: When using several routes, no change is necessary, but the price increases as you then use more than one route for the journey.