Melk Transportation Tips by globetrott

parking at the monastery

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'Mode': TO
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: There are various possibilities to park your car. The easiest is, when you follow the signposts for "Stift Melk" It takes you to a large parking for 100 buses and hundreds of cars and most of the places are under shady trees.
Another large parking is next to the ship-station - you may see it on my 2nd picture, that I took from the monastery. - both of the 2 parkings are free of charge and don't have time-limitations !
Of course you may park also in the centre of town, but parking there is limited by time (90 minutes)
When driving on the highway / Autobahn A1 you will see Stift Melk already from a big distance. There is a seperate exit for MELK !!
When driving along the Danube at the left shore of the river you may see Stift Melk only a few seconds, and most drivers never get this moment.
In Melk there is one of the few car-bridges across the Danube.

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Transportation: cruising to Melk

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on Dec 28, 2005

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'Mode': TO
Category: Ship/Boat
Getting TO/AROUND: Melk is a regular stop for almost every cruise-ship on the Danube and besides of the hotelships going across Europe there is a regular cruise-schedule for the Wachau ( the Danube-valley between Melk and Krems).
Such a cruise will take almost the whole day, when you go to and fro Melk and I may highly recommend to take the ship to Duernstein, explore that lovely little village with an interesting monastery and a castle-ruin high above the valley. Several inns are to be found there, where you may taste the local wines. When you started at Vienna you may take back the train from Duernstein to Vienna.
cruises on the Danube
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DDSG - Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft
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Wachau
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Brandtner Schifffahrt

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Transportation: DDSG versus Brandtner

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DDSG: long queus, when boarding

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Ship/Boat
Getting TO/AROUND: There are 2 major shipping-companies for cruises between Krems and Melk - in the so-called "Wachau". In order to make it more confusing, their ships mostly have the same time-table, instead of going at different times in order to make it more efficient for the customers. Obviously their timetable is matched well with the schedule of trains and buses.
DDSG is a big company - it is the "Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft" and they offer tickets in combination with OEBB ( the autrian train-system) Their ships are always quite full and you have to queue already, when getting onboard. BUT they have a lot more space on the outside-decks.
Brandtner Schiffahrt is a private company with smaller ships, less space at the outside-decks, but the better service in the restaurants.
Choose for yourself what is more convenient !

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Transportation: coming to Melk by train

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on Dec 28, 2005

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'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Coming to Melk by train is easy, when you take the main train-line between Linz and Vienna. Simply make sure, your train will stop in Melk as well - NOT every train does. Some trains even go through a tunnel and you will not see the monastery at all !
The one-way-ticket 2nd class from Vienna is 16,20 Euros
Direct trains need about 100 minutes and will leave
Vienna-Westbahnhof at least once per hour !
At the other bank of the Danube is a different trainline. These trains run between Vienna-Nord ( Franz-Josephs-Bahnhof) and St.Valentin. You have to cross the Danube by ship in order to get there - all cruises start and end with that station.
THIS is also the train that takes you - e.g. at the end of a cruise - home to Vienna from Duenstein or Krems !!

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Transportation: Biking along the Danube

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