Hotels in Vienna

Hello. I%26#39;m going to Vienna for the 1st time for 5 nights over the New Year. I was considering as hotel options the K+K Maria Theresia (872€), Best Western Kaiserhof(960€)and K+K Palais Hotel(872€). Which do you consider the best option as for: location to get to know the city with fewer use of transports; area with choice of restaurants around; quality of the hotel? With those prices do you have any better sugestion for bed and breakfast?

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I would choose the K and K Maria Theresa.

this in the Spittelberg area just near to the Rathaus ( City Hall ), Museum Quarter.

A short walk to the Ringstrasse and many sightseeing opportunities.

Close in but mostly quiet area. Many nearby dining and shopping opportunities.

Falkensteiner Hotel Am Schottenfeld

How long would it take to walk into the city centre from this hotel..is it a nice walk,i.e safe area.Also the breakfast at this hotel is very expensive,are there any nice cafes/resturants in the area that serve a good breakfast??

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Most parts of Vienna can be regarded as very safe although common sense is always needed. I would only be careful around train stations in the late evening and some subway stations (e.g. Karlsplatz Interchange %26gt; Open drug scene) especially if you are a woman. The 7th district, in which the mentioned hotel is located, is one of the rather expensive ones and perfectly safe. You can walk down to the central district (Innenstadt) within 10-15 minutes. If you don%26#39;t fancy walking you can take bus #48A. Just bear in mind that bus 48A uses different streets for outbound and inbound. Center-bound buses take Burggasse, while outbound buses take Neustiftgasse. I can%26#39;t name you specific cafes/restaurants there as I live elsewhere but I can assure you that you won%26#39;t have problems finding decent places. This area is fairly fancy or %26quot;in%26quot; with a population that likes to dine out. You would also be close to Spittelberg where you find numerous places.

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Thanks for your advice.Im so excited about the trip now!

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You are not far some good restaurants- especially if you look in the Spittelberg area-

example

siebensternbrau

www.7stern.at

Witwe Bolte

www.witwebolte.at

many cafes for a breakfast that is not expensive- many along Marishilferstrasse - ashort walk away- even a McDonalds that serves a standard breakfast.

You may wish to combine the breakfast with the journey toward sightseeing- tryinf g to remember , I think several places for breaakfast along Burggasee as you walk to city center .

City Center Hotel

We are trying to figure out where to stay for reasonably priced hotel for 3 nights in mid Nov. ??We will be visiting Vienna from Budapest and will return to Budapest on the 4th evening. Are there any evening trains to Budapest from Vienna ????

Any help or suggession will be very helpful. Thaking you all in advance

Girish Patel.

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Itinerary Planer of Austrian Railways ÖBB:

http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/e

Have you heard of the Vienna Excursion Ticket that is issued by the Hungarian Railway Operator MAV? It is a highly discounted ticket that - as far as I remember - additionally includes public transportation in Vienna. For more on that visit the Budapest Forum. Our colleagues of the Hungary Forum will be happy to assist. Regarding hotels in Vienna I suggest to use the search function as recommendations are given on a daily basis.

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As Mikey says use the search function on this forum or the TA Vienna hotel pages to look at hotels. The Vienna Tourist Board also has a hotel search function on the right hand side of the home page:

http://www.wien.info/en

If you%26#39;re struggling and want specific recommendations you%26#39;d help us if you confirmed dates, price range, type of hotel (traditional, modern, grand, boutique) and any special requirements (gym, pool, family rooms) etc.

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Thank you all

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My address in Vienna for over 20 years has been the Hotel Pertschy (a few steps off Graben). And when it is filled, then I stay at their sister hotel the Alba (formerly the Christina) right behind Schwedenplatz.

They have both upgraded from %26quot;pension%26quot; status in the past year, but they are still reasonably-priced for the expensive city of Vienna.

http://www.pertschy.com/cms/index.html

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Pertschy is a good place and a reat location-

others worth looking into

Pension Suzanne

perfect location and often mentioned here

Hotel Austria

Pension Kraml

all reasonable priced, clean , convenient

Salzburg football (or soccer) at red bull arena

Looking at attending the game Wednesday Sept 23rd in Salzburg. Just wanted to know if we can buy tickets at the gate, or if we need to pre-purchase, and how much tickets would be?

Or if you had any other tips for attending or purchasing tickets, any help is appreciated!

Cheers,

AJ

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You could pre-purchase tickets from the website of Red Bull Salzburg but it won%26#39;t be that easy as the booking process is in German only and you basically need to know where to sit. For you it is probably better to sit in any neutral sector. Soccer fans can sometimes be foolish.

redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/en/home.html

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Mikey_Vienna, thanks for the response.

Will the game be sold out though?

I kind of tried to navigate through the website, but as you said it was all in German and I think that I needed to have an account, which setting up in German seemed too difficult for this girl!

So how %26#39;foolish%26#39; are the stands, we can handle a little rowdiness, and would definitely cheer for the home team! But if we are talking being scared for our safety, then maybe I can just wait to get there to purchase in a less rowdy area???

Thanks again,

AJ

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This stadium was enlarged for the Euro 2008 matches to a capacity of about 30000. I think the capacity was a requirement to permit hosting one of these matches

This is much more than an average attendance for a league match there.This is also a week night that has a tendancy to find a little lower attendance perhaps.

Red Bull plays Sturm Graz now 3rd in the league while Red Bull is first.

If you go to the stadium a little early before the match that is scheduled for 19:30 , you should have no trouble getting a ticket in my opinion.

Prices range from about 14-25 euro.

The areas to avoid would be standing room and visitors section.

If you have any fears at all , they do have a family friendly area in the Norh west portion of the stadium. I believe that this area is even non smoking.

The stadium is just north of the city and immediately adjacent to the A-1 autobahn.

Very easy to reach by auto or public transport too.

Keeping the ability to buy a ticket when you are there allows more flexibility if travel plans somehow change or other opportunities are found too.

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Thanks again %26#39;vertical%26#39; for the help.

We will wait til game day to purchase tickets, since there%26#39;s no mad rush to get them.

And we likely will be taking public transport from the Alstadt or %26#39;old town%26#39; area. Hopefully we can figure it out and if not, I am sure the hotel staff will be able to assist as well..

Cheers, AJ

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Good

if you look to the Red Bull website under stadium

then click on direcrions

you can insert hotel address and get bus info- but probably just as easy asking at the hotel- chaeck - I think that your purchased ticket will also allow a free ride bck to the hotel area.

Enjoy- this is a nice activity and a reat stadium.

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should read

great stadium

some century TA gets a edit function

How many hours?

Hi

I would like to know how many hours I will need to visit these places:

- Fortress Hohensalzburg

- Mozart%26#39;s birth house

- Mozart residence

- St. Peter Cathedral

- Hellbrunn and trick fountains

Thanks!!

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Hello,

Salzburg is a tiny city so all the sights are close together. I would give an hour to seeing the fortress and a bit longer if you intend to take the guided tour.

Mozart%26#39;s birthplace is quite small. If you were pushed for time and needed to knock something off your itinerary I would leave this house out. Mozart%26#39;s Residence, across the river, is much better, with a good audio guide. Half an hour or so inside the house is about average, I think.

St Peter%26#39;s church isn%26#39;t the cathedral but it%26#39;s well worth a visit and also the cemetery next door is a wonderful sight. I%26#39;d give about 45 minutes for those.

Hellbrunn is outside the city and takes about 20 minutes to get there on the bus (much less if you%26#39;re in a hire car). The palace itself is not that interesting inside and can be viewed in 15 minutes. The trick fountain gardens are lovely and there%26#39;s a guided tour throughout the day. I%26#39;d give half a day or a couple of hours if you%26#39;re pushed for time. The bus to get you to Hellbrunn is No. 25.

The Salzburg card would be a good buy for you as it gives you free entry to these sights:

salzburg.info/en/service/infos/detail.htm…

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Many thanks LizR!

I was a little confuse and I thought that the Cathedral an St. Peter were the same place.

Is it a good idea to visit the Cathedral too? How many hours I need to visit it?

Kind Regards,

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The cathedral is just a five minute walk from St Peters. It is a beautiful cathedral and there is a museum there which the Salzburg card gives free entrance to. If you just want to walk around the cathedral and take in the beautiful interior I would say twenty minutes would be long enough.

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Salzburg is really tiny. If you are lucky and you have great weather, I am sure you can do all these sites (they are freally close to each other) easily in a DAY... we did itall in one day (I Guess primarily because thats all we had:) but its possible.

We spent the whole day and we had a late night train to Venice.

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Everybody, thank you very much for your answers! They are very useful for me

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If you want to know how long takes to travel between all locaties then have a look at

howmanyhours.com

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Yes, you can do these all in one day. But check the websites and the opening hours. Although I didn%26#39;t visit all the places you want to see, here is a report I wrote about what I did in one day:

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g190441-i391-k2998…

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Hi,

I had been to Salzburg in late August and visited all these places that you mentioned.

It is difficult to tell how many hours that you have to spare for each location. The Hellbrunn and trick fountains are around 20 minutes by bus. Then walk up to the park entrance may take another 10 minutes. The park itself is without particular, but visit to the trick fountain is by an hourly guided tour only. Some tours are in German and some in other languages. So, and if you would like to visit this place and together with the transportation time, you should spare around 3 hours (in my opinion) so that you can enjoy it.

As to Mozart%26#39;s birth house and residence and if you love music and understand a bit more of Mozart and his family, his parents, wife, child, etc., you may possibly wish to visit both. Both places are small but the Mozart%26#39;s residence is with audio guide. Moreover, you can see Mozart%26#39;s hand writing in his birth place.

St. Peter Church is very beautiful and close to St. Stephen Cathedral. 30 minutes would be sufficient.

For the Fortress, you may wish to take the funicular up there. Walk around the museum, photo taking, and eventually walk back to the city centre, you may have to spare 2 hours.

Visits to Mozart%26#39;s birth house, residence and funicular to Fortress are covered by Salzburg Card.

Railjet to Prague

OBB price appears to be 35 Euros for 2nd class on Sept. 22. Will it be more if we wait until we get to Vienna to buy tix?

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As far as I am aware, the Railjet does not operate between Vienna and Prague (it´s Budapest-Vienna-Munich as well as Vienna-Innsbruck now), so you´re probably taking the regular EC (Eurocity).

The Sparschiene Prague special offer starts at 29 EUR one way and I actually found that offer for some trains on September 22 still, so if you buy online now you´ll get off even a little cheaper (seat reservation included). Mind that Sparschiene tickets are non-refundable, non-changeable and you´d be bound to a specific train oebb.at/pv/…index.jsp .

If you buy on the day of travel, you´ll be charged the regular fee, which is 59 EUR one way.

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I must have searched Vienna to Budapest by mistake.

We will be in Vienna for a week so is it still better and easier to buy on-line now for 29 Euros?

Thank you for quick response.

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What is the difference between Praha_Holesovice and Praha HL-N? Headed to Prague Marriott.

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The trains from Vienna go to Holešovice, except the night train, the two evening trains and the supercity (which costs more). When buying your ticket from www.oebb.at it will automatically put the relevant station on the ticket, so don%26#39;t worry about that.

If you look in the Prague forum and put %26quot;Marriott%26quot; in the search box, this question has been answered many times!

Day Trip Vienna to Salzburg Ice Cave

I%26#39;m going abroad for the first time in a couple of weeks, staying in Vienna. I%26#39;d love to make a day trip to see the Ice Caves. However as I%26#39;m an inexperienced traveller I was wondering if someone could advise as to the easiest way to get there from Vienna using public transport.

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First and foremost you need to tell us which ice cave you intend to visit? There is an impressive ice caves in the Dachstein Mountain which is accessible from %26#39;Obertraun%26#39; in the Salzkammergut and another one close to the village of %26#39;Werfen%26#39;. Moreover I would question whether it makes sense to do that ex Vienna (although it is feasible). If taking public transportation you still need to walk from the station/bus stop to the cave entrance.