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STAYING IN SOPRON
If you're on a tight budget, staying just over the border in Hungary could save you a bailout of euros. Accom-
modation in Sopron, just 14km from Mörbisch, can work out vastly cheaper than on the Austrian side of the bor-
der, especially when reserving through popular booking websites. However, if you have a hire car and plan to
sleep in Hungary, make sure your hire company permits clients to drive vehicles across the border. It is possible
to reach Austrian lake communities from Sopron using public transport by changing from Vienna- and Wiener
Neustadt-bound trains onto local buses.
Purbach am See
02683 / POP 2700
Purbach am See, 17km north of Rust, is another pretty town along the lake. Its small,
compact centre is filled with squat houses and it is still protected by bastions and three
gates - reminders of the Turkish wars. While there isn't a lot to see in the town - nor has
it direct access to Neusiedler See - it's nice to soak up the slow pace of life and wander
from one wine cellar to the next along historic Kellergasse and Kellerplatz, both outside
the town's walls.
The
tourist office
(
9am-7pm)
has information on ac-
5920;
www.purbach.at
; Am Kellerplatz 1;
commodation and wine.
Sleeping
Camping Purbach & Jugendherberge
( 51 70;
office@gmeiner.co.at
;
camp sites per adult/child/tent/car €5/3.50/2.90/3, dm €20; Apr-Oct)
If you
need a place to stay, look no further than this camping ground on the edge of the reed
beds.
CAMPGROUND
$
Gasthof zum Türkentor
(
GUESTHOUSE
$
)
A guesthouse situated right alongside the
3400;
www.foltin.at
; Hauptgasse 2; s/d €60/120;
old city wall in the historic part of town.
Weingut & Weingasthof Kloster am Spitz
( 5519;
www.klosteramspitz.at
; Waldsiedlung 2; s €75, d €120-140; )
On the northwestern fringe of
town among vineyards (follow Fellnergasse) is a small former monastery with a modern
HOTEL
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