Vienna International Airport and other Vienna, Austria Transportation Tips

'Mode': TO
Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: Vienna International Airport (Schwechat) is the largest airport in Austria and the hub of Austrian Airlines, the national aircraft carrier.

Other major companies operating on this airport : Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Emirates, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Swiss, TAROM.

Airport services :
* Wireless LAN
* VIP & Business Center
* Lounges
* Shopping
* Restaurants, Cafes, Bars
* Luggage Service
* Airport Tours
* Post Office, Banks, Exchange
* Medical Center, Pharmacy
* Business Aircraft Charter Service

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Phone: +43 1 70070
Website: www.viennaairport.com

'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Westbahnhof is the main railway station in Vienna.
* domestic - direct trains from/to : St. Polten, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Linz, Klagenfurt
* international - direct trains from/to : Paris, Hamburg, Berlin, Dortmund, Munchen, Basel, Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrade

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'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Sudbahnhof is the second railway station in Vienna.
* domestic links - from/to : Wiener Neustadt, Graz, Villach
* international trains from/to : Bratislava, Warsaw, Sopron, Gyor, Budapest, Ljubljana, Kosice, Venice, Hamburg, Rijeka

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: There are 5 underground lines in Vienna :

U1 Reumannplatz - Kagran
U2 Karlsplatz - Schottenring
U3 Ottakring - Simmering
U4 Hütteldorf - Heiligenstadt
U6 Floridsdorf - Siebenhirten

The metro is fast, clean and convenient.

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Website: www.wienplan.com

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: Vienna has one of the oldest (more than 100 years !) and largest tramways network in the world (32 lines, standard-gauge, 1435 mm).

Valid tickets :
* single trip (Einzelfahrschein) : 1.5 EUR
* 4-trip (Streifenkarte für 4 Fahrten) : 6 EUR
* daily (24 Stunden Wien Karte) : 5 EUR
* 3 days (72 Stunden Wien Karte) : 12 EUR
* 1 week (Wochenkarte) : 12.50 EUR
* 8 days (8 Tage Karte) : 24 EUR
* monthly (Monatskarte) : 45 EUR

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Phone: +43 1 526 60 48
Website: www..wienerlinien.at

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: Vienna has an excellent public transportation system. The buses (85 lines) are punctual and clean.

Valid tickets :
* single trip (Einzelfahrschein) : 1.5 EUR
* 4-trip (Streifenkarte für 4 Fahrten) : 6 EUR
* daily (24 Stunden Wien Karte) : 5 EUR
* 3 days (72 Stunden Wien Karte) : 12 EUR
* 1 week (Wochenkarte) : 12.50 EUR
* 8 days (8 Tage Karte) : 24 EUR
* monthly (Monatskarte) : 45 EUR

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Phone: +43 1 526 60 48
Website: www.wienerlinien.at

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: These horse carriages are world famous.
Available trips in the city :
20 min. : 40 EUR
40 min. : 65 EUR
60 min. : 95 EUR

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Phone: +43 1 749 17 04
Website: www.fiaker.at
Other Contact: fiakerfahrt@aon.at

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: There are 2 options:

a) Short City Tour
Prices : Adults: 1 hour 12 EUR, 2 hours 15 EUR
Childrens: 7 EUR
This tour allows visitors who are short of time to get acquainted with the most important sights of Vienna, such as: the State Opera, the Hofburg, the Museums, the Parliament, the City Hall, the Burgtheater, the University and the St. Stephen's Cathedral.

b) 1-Day Ticket
Prices : Adults: 20 EUR
Childrens: 7 EUR
A Hop on - Hop off tour with 13 stops; the ticket can be bought from a hotel concierge or at the bus station.

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Phone: +43 1 712 46 83
Website: www.viennasightseeingtours.com
Other Contact: office@viennasightseeingtours.co

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Ship/Boat
Getting TO/AROUND: Founded in 1996, the Donauschifffahrt Pyringer-Zopper shipping company offer Danube boat tours with a summer ship (MS Schlogen, 120 persons) and a winter ship (MS Johanna, 50 to 380 persons).

1. Schwedenbrucke - start of the tour
2. Donaukanal - scenery
3. Power plant - Lock Freudenau
4. Pagoda
5. Ernst Happel Stadion - built in 1931
6. Donauinsel - 21 kilometers long, most important and largest urban recreation area
7. Jubilaumskirche - Reichsbrucke station
8. UNO-City and Austria Center - landmarks of the modern skyline of the growing city
9. Donauturm - 252 meters high, currently Vienna's tallest building
10. Millenium Tower - 202 meters high, opened in 1999
11. Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg - 483m and 423m high. They border the city towards the northwest
12. Lock Nussdorf - built around the turn of the century by Otto Wagner, modified in 1966
13. Waste Incinerating Plant Spittelau - designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser
14. Rossauer Kaserne - built in 1887, originally known as the Rudolfskaserne, favourite barracks of the famous Deutschmeisterregiment.

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Phone: +43 1 715 15 25
Website: www.donauschiffahrtwien.at
Other Contact: pyringerzopper@donauschiffahrtwi