We are going to Wengen for one week in September and one week to St Johann im Pongau - not far from Salzburg. We are wondering if it is better to get a car from Switzerland to Austria or to take the train. There are three of us and we are wondering what would be most cost effective.
Also, wondering what side trips or things to do you would recommend. We do love hiking, golf, shopping, sightseeing, wine and beer tasting etc!
Thanks.
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We will be traveling in June of next year and would love to hear how you do and where you would recommend going after you return from your trip! Have a wonderful time!
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While there be sure to visit Werfen...beautiful area and the castle is very neat...I think you may still be able to catch the Falconry show at 3:00 each afternoon.
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Check prices and convenience. In August, 4 of us are spending a week in Munich and a week in Interlaken. For us, it was about $175 per person for the train trip, plus 8 hours on the train. We decided it was worth renting a car for three days and do a little extra exploring. Not sure of the added gas costs yet, but it seems less expensive to rent a car and pay the one way destination charge. I used Autoeurope, they seem to be having the best deal.
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Everyone%26#39;s giving such good advice. Yes, AutoEurope is best. As long as you don%26#39;t go down into Italy or over into the former Eastern Countries, your weekly rental will be amazingly low.
Golfing - hmmmmmm, that%26#39;s tough. But there is a nice Golf course over near Berchtesgaden up on the %26quot;Obersalzburg%26quot; mountain.
Shopping . . . . Salzburg is the best. They are a wonderfully stylish people, the Austrians. You may even consider buying a piece of their %26quot;Tracht%26quot; clothing.
As for Beer tasting, try visiting the beer hall in the basement of the church which is on the %26quot;Old City%26quot; side of the river. With the river at your back, facing the fortress above you, head to your right up along the river. You%26#39;ll find the Augustinerbrau Beer celler. FRESH beer, served to your by Monks from wooden kegs. An absolute MUST if you%26#39;re going to be in Salzburg.
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As for how to get from Wengen to St. Johann ...
www.sbb.ch gives the following route:
Wengen-Lauterbrunnen (local train) - 7 minutes
Lauterbrunnen-Interlaken (local train) - 20 minutes
Interlaken-Zurich (InterCity) - 2 hrs, 5 minutes
Zurich-Salzburg (EuroCity) - 5 hrs, 40 minutes
Salzburg-St. Johann (local train) - 55 minutes.
Departure is at 0953, arrival 2100.
Now there%26#39;s probably an easier way to do this, which is to rent a car to get you to Zurich, then you have a little more choice of trains. There%26#39;s remarkably few Zurich-Salzburg expresses, but one leaves at 0940, arriving in Salzburg at 1529, which means a saner arrival time.
I%26#39;m not particularly clued-up on rental car prices but you might find that the cost goes up if you want to travel internationally, especially as Switzerland is not part of the European Union and Austria is.
I would suggest if that is the case that you consider renting a car in Switzerland to get you to Zurich, take the long train journey to Salzburg and then hire another car in Salzburg to get you to St. Johann.
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thank you all for your wonderful advice. We did decide to rent a car from Autoeurope in Zurich and keep it for the week - it was only a few more dollars to rent for the whole week rather than 3 days which we originally thought about doing. We will drop it off in Salzburg. FYI - The drop off fee was $250.00 .
Thanks for the tip about Italy. I knew the Eastern Europe countries would be more costly but I didn%26#39;t know that italy would be also when renting a car.
We are really excited about the trip and will let you know if I pick up any tips while there. Thanks.
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How long do you figure that it will take to drive from Interlaken or Zurich to Salzburg? Maybe I should consider that too, although I will have to do all the driving myself.
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Good sources for driving directions/distance/time/cost are Michelin at: viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controll…
or map24 at: http://www.us.map24.com/
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