Vienna Transportation Tips by globetrott

tram Nr.1 and the parliament

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Take tram Nr.1 or Nr.2 in order to go around the Ringstrasse and hop on and off as often as you want to.
Nr 1 is going around Ringstrasse to the Kai ( that is the part of Ringstrasse next to the Danube-Canal) and back again to the Ringstrasse.
You will pass by sights like the parliament ( on my picture), Opera, Hofburg & Heldenplatz, University, Rathaus, Volkspark Votivkirche, Boerse, Schwarzenbergplatz...

Tram Nr 2 is going into the opposite direction - you simply cross the Ringstrasse and take the tram at the other side to go back...
It is certainly the best to have a dayticket, so you may as well go back a few stations.

Make sure, you get into the tram nr.1 or Nr. 2 , as there are also other trams partly using the track on Ringstrasse and leaving to the outskirts of Vienna afterwards...

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Website: www.wienerlinien.at

Bike & Viennabike: Citybike Wien - rent a bike !

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Written by globetrott

on May 20, 2004

rent a bike in Vienna

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Category: Bicycle
Getting TO/AROUND: THIS is a funny way to explore Vienna !
All you have to do is
REGISTER with an Austrian Bancomat-card (ATM-card), registry is just 2 Euros.

the 1st hour is free
2 hours = 2 Euros
3 hours is 4 Euros
4 hours is 8 Euros
every extra hour is 4 Euro afterwards.

Get your bike at one of the many bike-stations ( most of them are close to tourist-attractions in the centre ) and give it back at ANY station, so you need NOT go back, where you started.

When your bike is stolen - you have to pay 600 Euros.

The link below is just in German, BUT the way I understand it, it will not work with a foreign ATM-card !!
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Last year a similar company started with bikes that you could rent for a DEPOSIT of 1 Euro and get back the money...

...BUT 99% of the customers did not return the bike and lost that 1 Euro that way.

;-)) I could have told them in advance !!

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Website: http://www.citybike wien.at/

Bus,tram&Metro: Hietzing - the art-nouveau Kaiserpavillion

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on Jan 1, 2004

U-bahnstation Hietzing

'Mode': TO
Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: The " Kaiserpavillion " was once built especially for the emperor Franz Joseph, so he may take the subway and have his very own station.

He used it ONLY ONCE !

Today it is a small museum, open only in the afternoon and most people will pass by without noticing.

On my pic :The subway station Hietzing with the platform for the ordinary people , and on the top the pavillion of the emperor, to be entered from outside only today !

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Website: www.wienerlinien.at

Bus,tram&Metro: The Kaiser's Subway station

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Written by globetrott

on Jan 1, 2004

The Kaiserpavillion in Vienna

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Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: This is Schoenbrunnerstrasse by night . On the right the walls of the castle and the station of the Kaiser with a special baldachin-entrance, where the Kaiser could enter his carriages, as there was ONLY ONE place, the Kaiser would go walking....

Even the streetlights were made in a special way, just for the emperor

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Website: www.wienerlinien.at

Transportation: Wiener Spaziergaenge

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on Jan 1, 2004

meeting-point for walkingtours

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Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: "Wiener Spaziergaenge" is a rather new company offering Walkingtours through Vienna.
Most of these tours have themes, nott beeing covered by other tour-companies.
Opposite of the Opera , next to Hotel Bristol there is a small covered shopping-arcade, go there and you will see this sign like on my picture and a list of excursions offered.
3rd man
Eros & Habsburg - scandals of the good old times
Sigmund Freud & jewish Vienna
and a lot more - simply click on my link and search for the long list of tours offered by them !

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Website: www.wienguide.at

Transportation: The Kaiser's carriages at Sch�nbrunn-castle

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on Nov 11, 2002

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: Have a look for the old Kaiser's Carriages in Schoenbrunn castle - there is a seperate museum only for the horse-carriages and the last automobil of the emperor

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Fiaker: take a Fiaker

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Updated by globetrott

on Jan 1, 2004

Take a Fiaker

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Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: rent a " Fiaker " in order to make a sightseeing tour of Vienna
Such a Fiaker-ride will be rather expensive, so you better ask for the price first.

Different " types " of carriages are offered:
The one on my pic is mainly for Marriages and rides in autumn and spring, when the weather is not always warm enough for one of the more common totally open carriages.

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Website: www.wien.at

Transportation: Vorteilscard <26

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on Dec 11, 2006

on my pic :Schoenbrunn palace

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: When you don't have a Eurail,Interrail-ticket etc. yet and intend to go by train from Vienna to Salzburg, Graz, Hallstatt etc - and when you are still under 26 years of age it makes sense to buy a "VORTEILScard <26" !
It is a ticket that you may get at any train-station. You pay 19,90 Euros, bring a passport-pic and will first get an interim-paper ticket, later by mail you get something looking like a credit card. Already the paper ticket entitles you to buy and use tickets for half-fare right away!!
On the distance Vienna-Salzburg you may save around 19,90 Euros one-way already !! because the ordinary ticket is 39,80.
This ticket makes sense for any tourist under 25 years planning to travel by train in Austria!!
In case that you have no permanent address in Austria, where they could send the final ticket, give them your hotel address, a friends-address etc. - it will take several weeks until you get the final card, BUT you have to have an address ready, otherwise the counter might refuse to sell that ticket.
That ticket is valid for 365 days and you might even use it again in your next vacation in Austria.

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Website: www.oebb.at

Transportation: Vienna to Prague by bus for 18,70 euros one way

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Written by globetrott

on Dec 11, 2006

Prague is a great day-excursion

from Vienna

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'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: There are several buses from Vienna to Prague !
This one is leaving 2 times daily, all of the year from outside of station U3-Erdberg - Erdbergerstrasse 202 in A-1030 Wien :
dep. in Vienna 08.00a.m. - arrival in Prague 12.45 noon
dep. in Vienna 05.00p.m. - arrival in Prague 09.45p.m.
place of arrival in Prague : Bus-station FLORENC place#4
for the way back :
07.00a.m. dep. in Prag and arr. in Wien at 11.45a.m.
and 05.00p.m. dep., arriving in Vienna at 09.45p.m.
reservations are highly recommended, but of course you may as well just try to get a seat without reservation.
Prices vary a bit :
one way : 18,70 ( 22,00 ) euros
students >26 and seniors 60+ pay 16,80 (18,70) euros
return ticket : 33,00 ( 39,60 ) euros
students <26 and seniors 60+ pay 30,30 ( 35,70) euros
the prices in the brackets are taken, when you reserve not longer than 2 days in advance. The cheaper prices are when you reserve more than 2 days in advance !!
Tickets & reservation in Vienna:
Reisebuero CEDOK
A-1010 Wien - Parkring 10 / entry in Liebenberggasse
(Opposite of Gartenbau-Kino, just a little hint for the local people)
tel: +43 1 512 4372 Fax: +43 1 512 437288
mailto: travel@cedok.at

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Transportation: Vienna-Bratislava for 9 euros return

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Updated by globetrott

on Jun 19, 2008

Bratislava - just 1,5 hour by bus

from Vienna

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