The city of Innsbruck would be our main basecamp for the next leg of our trip. It was approximately hours away from the city of Salzburg, where we were coming from. Eben am Achensee was a town that I found on route to Innsbruck, which was located just outside of the city. We decided to stop there for an hour or so to see another location in the country. We had time that day and online photos and reviews of it were decent, so why not?
In the end I'm really glad that we did stop there because it was one of the most beautiful locations that we saw in the country. There were so many of them though.
The sky was a little cloudy that day with intermittent sunshine, but when the sun did come out the whole area shown in vibrant blue turquoise color.
The sky and the water and the mountains all combined to create a really nice photogenic location.
The town of Eben am Achensee is situated in the state of Tyrol, in the Achen Valley. It's located along the banks of the Lake which gives it its name - Achensee.
The small town itself sits opposite of a scenic backdrop of tree covered mountains. I don't know what the population of the city was but it didn't look to be too big.
There wasn't much of a town to see really other than some scattered homes and a church located a little ways out from the main strip. There were a few restaurants though, as well as resort hotels and some touristy shops. Not a lot else.
That was okay by us since we weren't there for shopping or anything. We were mainly just there to see the lake and some pretty scenery.
The houses of the area were wooden cottages that reminded me of what we had seen in Switzerland and Bavaria Germany during previous trips.
Shortly after arriving we stopped at one of the restaurant near the water for a drink and a snack.
I had a Dunkel beer and an apple strudel, two quintessentially Austrian treats in my opinion. I came to love both of them during our trip in the country. I wish that I had a case of Dunkel beer right now in fact.
There were a lot of sail boats on the water and a ferry boat that did visitor tours as well.
Boating appeared to be the main thing to do in town.
Sitting down on the waters edge or on a lawn chair of one of the waterside resorts would be another one.
The water was deep and blue and looked crystal clear around the edges. It looked very refreshing and there were a lot of people swimming that day in a few different locations.
There was quite a bit of parking down by the lake front, which was a major plus for travelers like us. We didn't have an issue finding a place at all. I don't recall if we had to pay for parking or not. My wife usually takes care of that on the different parking apps so I can't always remember.
My favorite part of the town was the beach front lookout tower located off to one side of the main strip. As soon as I saw it when driving in, I knew that I had to climb it to see the view of the area. It was a simple thing and was free to do, but the view up there was absolutely incredible so that was a major plus about the destination in my opinion.
The tower was made out of wood and steel and had a large platform on top that could accommodate a decent amount of people.
It wasn't busy up there at all when I went up, so for a time I basically had the whole thing to myself.
It was several stories high so I got a really good look at the surrounding area.
It was especially nice when the sun came through the clouds and gave off some great lighting for photos.
I saved the last two pictures for the very end of the post because of how well they turned out. Every once in a while you get a perfect symphony of events for photography, like a scenic location of water and mountains, combined with the right fluffy white clouds in the sky, with clear air and the right lighting. I feel like this was one of those moments and I'm pretty happy with how the two pictures turned out. They really showcase how beautiful a location Eben am Achensee really is and why I say that it was one of the most scenic locations that we saw in the country.
