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Travel to your Holiday in Austria Walkers are naturally concerned for their environment and are increasingly worried about the impact of air travel on global warming and use of scarce resources. With the time taken up by airport security, the time saving compared with rail travel is small. The nearest parts of Austria can be reached in a single day by train from London and the Southeast, provided that you make an early start. However, it will often make sense to take your journey in a more relaxed fashion and stop in an attractive city on the way. Apart from the suggestions below for stopovers rather closer to the UK, cities such as Regensburg, Nuremburg, Wüzburg, Frankfurt, Mainz, Munich, Augsburg, Ulm, Stuttgart and Heidelberg are all en route between Austria and the UK. Please phone us on 01946 861652 for more information.

If you need to travel to London, it makes much more sense to take an afternoon train to Brussels, Aachen or Cologne and spend the night there: much more interesting and cheaper than a night in a London hotel. The only extra cost is the price of your hotel. You can also travel to the Salzkammergut and the Tirol via Paris and Strasbourg at a small additional charge and either of these will also make a pleasant en route stopover.

Of course, you have total flexibility as to how you travel to your holiday, but for a relaxing journey from the very start, you need surface travel. From an Inter City train or a modern ferry you enjoy the scenery and slowly immerse yourself in another culture.

We therefore offer a full range of surface travel options, allowing you to choose what suits you. Please contact us if you want to buy a holiday without travel.

Please note that our financial protection scheme is not allowed to cover air travel and therefore we are unable to supply air travel as part of our holidays. All non-air travel supplied by us as part of your holiday is, of course, fully protected.

Rail Only via Brussels or Paris

The easiest way to travel is by Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel. There are trains throughout the day to both Brussels and Paris and both are worth an overnight (or longer) stay. You continue your journey from Brussels via Aachen and Cologne, two fine cathedral cities also well worth a visit. From Paris your route is via Strasbourg, another fine cathedral city with a unique Franco-German culture. In general, you travel to Austria via Brussels and Cologne, as this route is both quicker and cheaper, but you can travel via Paris to the Tirol and the Salzkammergut if you prefer. However, you can always choose to travel by a different route from that suggested. You can even travel out via Paris and back via Brussels, though this does cost a little more. All prices are based on second class travel throughout. You can upgrade to first class if you want. Please see our brochure or phone us on 01946 861652 for more information.

Rail & Sea

Sail from Newcastle to Amsterdam, Hull to Rotterdam or Zeebrugge, or from Harwich to Hoek van Holland with onward rail travel. The crossings from Hull and Newcastle are overnight only, that from Harwich operates by day and by night. Rail & Sea travel can be a very attractive option when travelling from northern England or from Scotland. A particularly pleasant option is to travel to Austraiby ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam, followed by a full day in the Dutch capital. In the evening you catch the overnight sleeper from Amsterdam to Munich, from where you continue your journey after breakfast.

By Car We offer inclusive prices for self-drive customers via Harwich to Hoek van Holland, either by day or overnight. We can also book you on the ferries from Hull and Newcastle as described above, as well as from Dover to Calais. We can book you into a wide range of comfortable, family run hotels when travelling by car, as you will need to break up your journey. Please note that if you want to use motorways in Austria you must buy an Autobahn-Vignette  before entering Austria. These are available for a ten day stay and can be bought at service areas on German motorways near the border.

Extras Sleeping Berth on Ferries Accommodation must be booked when travelling overnight. Cabins with private facilities are offered on all ferry routes. Meals on Ferries You can now pre-pay your meals on board at a useful saving compared with shipboard prices.

Air & Rail

If you want to fly, there are services from most UK airports. In the price table for each holiday there is the price including rail travel from the most convenient airport. Flights often leave very early or very late in the day, and it may not always be possible to travel between the holiday area and the airport on the same day as your flight. Unfortunately we are not able to provide tickets for local transport from Austrian airports to their local rail stations. The most convenient airports for our holidays are Salzburg and Linz in Austria (mainly served by no frills airlines) and Munich in Germany. Innsbruck is convenient for the Tirol. Please note that under current legislation there is no financial protection covering air tickets bought directly from an airline, including purchases from the airline's own website. This means that if the airline with which you are booked ceases to operate, you stand to lose your money. You may be able to buy Scheduled Airline Failure Insurance separately, or it may, sometimes, be included with your travel insurance policy.

Add-ons to Private or Business Journeys Equally, if you going to Austria or south eastern Germany anyway, perhaps for a wedding or on business and want to spend a few days walking before returning to the UK, we will supply the rail tickets needed to get you to where you plan to take your walking break.

For enquiries about travel to your holiday, phone 01946 861652