Attractions in Upper Austria

We%26#39;re visintg Gmunden soon to take advantage of the low fares from UK with Ryanair. There%26#39;s a fairly easy train journey from Linz to Gmunden - has anyone tried that ?

We will probably visit Salzburg, St Wolfgang, Bag Ischl. Are there any other things you would recommend ?

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Hi! Linz to Gmunden is absolutely no problem! Just get on the bus 601 (to Linz Europaplatz) at the airport. Get off at the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) where you can easily change to a train. You can get the ticket straight away from the bus driver, just tell him %26quot;nach Gmunden über Attnang%26quot;. The ticket is valid on all means of public transport, 2nd class.

In Gmunden, there is a tram waiting in front of the railway station that brings you directly to the centre, the ticket should also include this tram. (some say it%26#39;s the smallest tram in the world). There are also taxis available. Have a look at http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en

From: LNZ

To: Gmunden Franz Joseph Platz ...(that%26#39;s in the centre of town)

Salzburg, St. Wolfgang and Bad Ischl sounds good. I can also recommend you Hallstatt, which is a small village between steep mountains and lake Hallstatt. If you go there, don%26#39;t forget to visit the %26quot;Gebeinhaus%26quot; next to the catholic church (the one higher than the evangelic)... Have a look at www.tiscover.at/hallstatt (English version link on top).

If you want to go there by public transport, I%26#39;d recommend you to go by train from Gmunden to Hallstatt (you should get a ticket for this from the tram driver, if not, get it at the rail station.) If rail stations don%26#39;t have a ticket window or a self-service machine, you can get tickets from the conductor (and for a small fee also if you don%26#39;t have time to buy tickets before). From Hallstatt rail station to the village, you have to cross lake Hallstatt on a boat which leaves some minutes after the train has arrived. Single fare of the ship is € 1,90, mind that the last ship leaves Hallstatt at 17.50. If you don%26#39;t want to go by ship, there%26#39;s also a bus service available, just enter the details in the timetable link...

Hallstatt also has a salt mine... tiscover.at/at/…intern.html

Hope that I could help you a little bit!

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Adding to what Robbie said, after my trip.

The trains and buses worked well and we met a number of people from USA and other countries travelling the same way.

Trains run at least once every hour on each line. They are not all on time but they hold the connections for you so although we travelled on several late trains we never missed a connection.

The bus from Linz airport to Linz rail station runs every hour on the hour ON WEEKDAYS. Another time, we%26#39;d take a taxi here to give us more time to get rail tickets. We didn%26#39;t manage the trick of booking the train ride on the bus, but we did book a train/bus ticket at the train station one day. There are various discounts available and the ticket man usually sorts all that out for you and issues the cheapest ticket. The connections as noted above a usually held until you get there, note you usually have about 5 minutes to make it.

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I know it%26#39;s stupid, but the airport bus only runs on Mon-Sat hourly, on Sunday there%26#39;s only one ride (to and from the RyanAir flight to London).