Bad Gastein is an Austrian spa and ski town in the High Tauern mountains south of Salzburg. The Zittrauer Tisch is a two-summited mountain (the lower summit (2409m) being referred to as Tischkogel; it’s here, not on the highest point, that the summit cross was put up) that is one of the clearly shaped and dominating peaks of the central Gastein valley. It’s fairly easy to get up to and offers beautiful views of the Gastein valley and surrounding mountains. The quickest way to get to the summit is to take the Stubnerkogelbahn cable-car from Badgastein to the summit of the Stubnerkogel (2246m) and follow the path descending to the Zittrauer Scharte (also named Jungerscharte, 2163m) and leading fairly steeply up the grassy slope to the Tischkogel and along the summit ridge to the Zittrauer Tisch (duration: 1 hour) (https://www.summitpost.org/zittrauer-tisch/638475#:~:text=The%20quickest%20way%20to%20get,and%20along%20the%20summit%20ridge)
We took the train from Salzburg and stayed in a youth hostel in Bad Gastein, close to the train station and Stubnerkogelbahn cable-car.
