Mattsee is only l8km distant from the music festival town of Salzburg and lies on the middle of the Obertrumlake district, in the picturesque scenery of the alpine forelands. It is surrounded by lovely hill countrysidewith extensive mixed woods, pastures, corn fields and farming land. The peaceful holiday resort of Mattsee withits beautiful village centre and romantic Schlossberg (8Olm) offers a game park (Buchberg), l200 year old foundation and splendid baroque church, friendly inns, cafes. Undisturbed, romantic lake shores, reed belt, water lilies, water fowl, bathing beaches by the lake. The wide open heavens and the impressive panorama of over 100 alpinepeaks on the horizon impress on you the remoteness and magnificence of this enchanting countryside. Hiking, bathing, rest and relaxation, friendly local people, sociality, good selection of excursions, l00km of walkingpaths, badges awarded to diligent walkers, tennis, riding, boat trips, sailing, surfing (schools), fishing, chamber music, poetry readings, art exhibitions, lending library, dia slide evenings, dancing, old customs, romantic gardenfetes, traditional evenings, open air concerts, discotheques. Regeneration centre, medicinal baths, mud bath cures. Children welcomed: play ground, kindergarten for guest's children, bicycle rental, minigolf. In the surroundingsfrom Mattsee are the Obertrumersee, Grabensee, Eglsee and Wallersee, the warmest bathing lake in the Salzburger Land. Excursions by car: Salzburg, lakes of the Salzkammergut, Dachstein glacier and icecaves, salt mines, Hallein, Bad Ischl, Hallstatt, Berchtesgadener Land, Königsee/Bavaria, Vienna, Wachau/Danube, Upper Austria, Tyrol. WINTER: Rest and recreation, winter hikes, cross country skiing, 2 practise ski lifts, tobogganning, iceskatingon the lakes, curling, cleared walking paths, cross country skiing track in lovely countryside. Visit Salzburg. Skiing centres 3O-4Okm.