Traunsee

The Traunsee is one of the larger lakes in the Salzkammergut, being 12km/7.5mi long, up to 3km/2mi wide and 191m/625ft deep. Above its eastern side tower three peaks - the Erlakogel (1,570m/5,151ft, forming a silhouette known as the "Schlafended Griechin" (the "Sleeping Greek Girl"), the Hochkogel (1,483m/4,866ft) and the Traunstein (1,691m/5,548ft). Along the western side of the lake, between Gmunden at the northern end and Ebensee at the southern tip, runs the Salzkammergut Road, some sections of which, blasted from rock, wind their way along high above the lake. The lake offers ample scope for water sports - fishing, diving, rowing, water skiing, surfing and sailing; there are also boat trips round the lake.