850m. 70km south of Mozart's birthplace, teh festival city of Salzburg lies the attractive village of Altenmarkt. It issituated in a wide, valley basin surrounded by enchanting mountain scenery. Gently sloping pastures and forests lead upthe alpine meadown with their mountain shelters and from here you can enjoy panoramic views of the Radstädter Tauernand the Dachstein Massive (2996m) and glaciers. Easy walking trails in the valley, mountain and climbing tours for all thefamily, cable cars to take you up to high alpine regions. Zauchensee is a mountain village lying 10km above Altenmarktand is very popular with its guests for its mountain lake, walking trails and as a skiing center in winter. The sportsworld Amadé offers a wealth of sports, variety and entertainment for all the family. Lovely cycling trails in the valley (bike rental) The charming village centre has much to offer its guests: cosy inns and restaurants, cafés, bars, dancinghalls, tennis/indoor court, squash, openair and indoor swimming pools, sauna, riding stables, paragliding, mountainbiking, minigolf, fishing, children's playground, and entertainment programme, museum concerts, folklore evenings. 2 bathing lakes in Flachau, 3km. Golf in Radstadt, 4km. Excursions by car: Salzburg, Dachsteincable railway, lakes of the Salzkammergut, Bad Ischl, Großglockner road, Zell am See, Kaprun, icecaves in Werfen, Bavaria/Königsee-Obersalzerg, Krimml waterfalls, saltmine works in Hallein. WINTER: super skiing world Amadé with 120 cable railways, chairlifts, skilifts, 360km of excellent skiing slopes up to 2188 m + ski pass card for 260 lifts, 800km slopes (Dachstein-Tauern, Schladming where the world championships were held) Amadé-Obertauern-Lungau. 27 skiing schools, 220kmof cross country skiing tracks in the region. Toboganning, walking trails, Apresski.