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Extract from the Bad Hofgastein Travel Guides:
Lacking both the rural charms of Dorfgastein and the post-imperial splendours of Badgastein,
BAD HOFGASTEIN
is a predominantly modern spa resort fed by the waters piped down from the head of the valley, its clinic-like hotels grouped around a pedestrianized centre bordered by leafy parks. There's nothing of any vintage save for the late-Gothic
Pfarrkirche
on the main square. Inside, the high altar features an early sixteenth-century Madonna and Child by a follower of Michael Pacher, flanked by contrasting eighteenth-century statuettes - featuring, from left to right, ss Rupert, Dominic, Catherine and Virgil. The whol... read the whole Bad Hofgastein Travel Guides...
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