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Both buses and trains come to rest on Bahnhofplatz in the upper part of town; the centre is just downhill to the north. Turn left outside the train station and walk down the hill to reach the tourist office , at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Strasse 1 (July-Sept Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 10-noon & 4-6pm, Sun 10am-1pm; Oct-June Mon-Fri 8am-6pm; tel 06434/2531-0, www.badgastein.at ), where you can buy a local hiking map and book into a private room (öS400-600/¬29.07-43.60) in either Badgastein, or Böckstein 3km up the valley. There's an HI youth hostel five minutes' south of the train station at Ederplatz 2 (signed off the main Böckstein-bound road; tel 06434/2080, hostel@badgastein.salzburg.co.at ) with doubles (öS400-600/¬29.07-43.60) and dorm beds from öS190/¬13.87).

Many of Badgastein's hotels have radon-rich spa waters on the premises (often piped direct to the bath in your room) free of charge, as well as a range of other spa-related services (massages, saunas, mud baths and so on), for which guests pay an extra fee.