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kreuz (16km, 4½ hours to Peilstein). From the Schwarzensee/ Peilstein bus stop, it's a
half-hour hike and from Weisenbach it takes 1½ hours.
Getting There & Away
To really get under the skin of this region, it's best to have your own bicycle or car, but
trains and buses will carry you to the main centres. The main road through the area is the
A21 that loops down from Vienna, passes by Heiligenkreuz, then curves north to join the
A1 just east of Altlengbach.
Bus connections are from Baden bei Wien to Heiligenkreuz (€2, 20 to 30 minutes, sev-
en daily on weekdays) or from Baden to Schwarzensee (€5.70, one hour, six daily
Monday to Saturday).
To get here by train, take the S1 or S2 from Wien-Meidling via Perchtoldsdorf (€2.20,
11 minutes, four hourly) to Gumpoldskirchen (€3.80, 27 minutes, hourly) and the S50
from Wien-Meidling (or S60 from the Westbahnhof) to Purkersdorf (€3.80, 20 minutes,
hourly). Indirect trains from Baden bei Wien to Weissenbach -Neuhaus (€5.80, 50
minutes, seven daily Monday to Saturday) require a change in Leobersdorf.
Baden bei Wien
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With its sulphurous mineral springs (lending it an egglike smell in parts) and its lush
green parks, gardens and woods, this spa town on the eastern fringes of the Wienerwald
is a picturesque anomaly. Baden has a long history of receiving notable visitors; the Ro-
mans came here to wallow in the medicinal waters, Beethoven blew into town in the
hope of a cure for his deafness, and in the early 19th century it flourished as the favourite
summer retreat of the Habsburgs. Much of the town centre is in the 19th- century Bieder-
meier style. Note that Baden goes into partial hibernation between October and March.
The centre is about 15 minutes by foot from the train station. Follow Kaiser-Franz-
Joseph-Ring west and turn right into Wassergasse.
