The location : right next to the lake and short walk from town center and near a bus stop too. A great thing is the house is on the tarred road and no need to carry our heavy suitcases up to the moutain! The view from the balcony : one could spend a whole day enjoying a bottle of wine from the balcony with such a view of the lake and surrounding mountains. The house : it is a very aged authentic wooden house on the outside and well maintained and well equipped on the inside, the feeling of living like a local towner by the lake is simply wonderful. The host : Ruth is a warm, communicative and conversational person. She would give you the most caring welcome and all the information and tips you might need together with stories about interesting places around. Sometimes she might appear to complain a bit about unthoughtful tenants behaviours but as we also rent out our houses, we could totally feel empathetic. We ended up extending our stay vs our original plan and hope to come back to Hallstatt sometime in autumn for the foliage.

If anything, it is only that the wifi range doesnot cover the master bedroom. Maybe it could be easily fixed with a simple wifi extender/repeater, just for suggestion.

Everything was perfect. It is good for the people who wants to cook by themselves. The owner of the apartment is very friendly and indeed, very honest. The view from the apartment was excellent.

Nothing.

The owner, Frau Ruth, was a fantastic host. She gave us a good history of Halstatt, pointed out good and "bad" dining spaces, and even did a load of laundry for us.

The tub-shower combination is a bit difficult to maneuver for an older person like me. But the bathroom was spotless, and the water hot. I'd stay again.

Amazing view, fantastic and very kind host

Smell of smoke

The house is located in the quiet part of Hallstatt, about 4 min walk from the center. The apartment is located directly to the lake with a breathtaking view. The top storey was ours, it was built of wood, everything was comfortable and clean. The shuttle bus was well organised from the parking lot to the apartment and back.

We only could park our car in the public parking lot - this is the case of every apartment located in the village - which is situated in 10 minutes of walk. This was not a big problem for us but it's worth to know. A shuttle bus took us and the luggages at arrival and when we left.

A great place to stay in a beautiful town of Hallstatt. View from balcony is amazing - having a breakfast or supper there is a must have ;) Plenty of informations received from the host which made our stay easier to plan and enjoy.

the only good thing about this place is location .. nothing else

booked this place during our euro trip with my family .. on Easter Monday we decided that our next stop will be Hallstatt .. I start searching properties in this beautiful village and I found this property … I read first 2 reviews and I said ok let’s try as reviews been good .. I just wished I read all of the reviews ( negative once ) .. we have been travelling by car from Poland ( we had 9 hours drive ) I messaged to the lady what time approximately we will be and I explained we travelling from far … around 8 pm I received a call from the owner if we can hurry up as she is hungry and she is not gonna wait for us to check us in as she wants to eat her dinner with family . I apologised and explained it was massive traffic .. and explained we will be in 20-30 min .. the owner again in very rude Manner and not very friendly tone of her voice said hurry up ! If the property wouldn’t be prepaid I would cancel that after this conversation ! But because she charged us 320 euros per night I said fine we need to stay there.. when we arrived I was shocked … I thought I booked 80 m apartment for ourself .. but then the owner explained she live with her family downstairs , and we have a upstairs .. all rooms ( especially living room ) stink of cigarette .. the smell was that strong that all out clothes after 1 night stinks of cigarette smell . the owner said to me it was previous guests but now I see review from few years ago with the same problem. She put containers around the house with coffee inside to reduce the smell , but didn’t help .. the worst part is that we had the same main exit … going to the bathroom everyone could see you so you had to make sure after bath you changing straight in a bathroom before going to the rooms . our rooms could t closed .. you couldn’t close your rooms with a key and we felt extremely uncomfortable !

Location was perfect, the views amazing and there is lots of space with all the amenities you need.

Owner lived downstairs and smoked inside so the house smelled like cigarettes the entire time which as a non smoker, was not enjoyable, especially with a baby with us.