Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
9am-6pm Mon-Fri)
Helpful office with
Krems Tourismus
(
82 676;
www.krems.info
; Utzstrasse 1;
another branch
(
9.30am-6pm Mon-Sat, to 4pm Sun)
at the boat quay.
75 146; Steiner Donaulände;
Main post office
(Brandströmstrasse 4-6)
Getting There & Around
For boats, the river station is near Donaustrasse, about 1.5km west of the train station.
82 433;
www.rent.becker.at
;
Wachauer Strasse 30)
rents cars from €65 per
Autovermietung Becker
(
day.
Frequent daily trains connect Krems with Vienna's Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof (€14, one
Melk (hourly, one hour). The Wachau Ticket (€10) is available from the driver and gives
one day's unlimited travel on all buses (including Krems city buses) and the Danube fer-
ries.
Stift Göttweig
Brooding from its hilltop opposite Krems,
Stift Göttweig
(Göttweig Abbey; 02732-8558 1231;
www.stiftgoettweig.at
; Furth bei Göttweig; adult/child €7/3.50; 9am-6pm)
was founded in 1083 and re-
stored after a devastating fire in the early 18th century. Aside from the grand view back
across the Danube Valley from its garden terrace and restaurant, the abbey's highlights
include the
Imperial Staircase
, with a heavenly ceiling fresco painted by Paul Troger in
1739, and the over-the-top baroque interior of the
Stiftskirche
(Abbey Church), with a
Kremser Schmidt work in the crypt. Guided
tours
at 11am and 3pm take in the abbey's
Im-
perial Wing
(per person €2); the church can be viewed without a tour.
The best way to reach Göttweig is by train from Krems, though it's a steep walk uphill
from the Klein Wien station (€2.20, 10 minutes, every two hours).
Schloss Grafenegg
About 10km east of Krems near the road to Tulln stands
Schloss Grafenegg
(
www.grafenegg.com
;
Grafenegg 10; adult/child €5/3; 10am-5pm Tue-Sat, mid-Apr-Oct)
, a castle with the look and feel of
an ornate Tudor mansion set in English woods. Built in a revivalist (neo-Gothic) style by
Leopold Ernst in the mid-19th century, it is now a venue for exhibitions and concerts but
you can explore the interior, which includes a chapel and decadent state rooms. The
