Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Salzburg airport
( 858 00;
www.salzburg-airport.com
; Innsbrucker Bundesstrasse 95)
, a 20-minute bus
ride from the centre, has regular scheduled flights to destinations all over Austria and
Europe.
(
www.jet2.com
)
.
BUS
Salzburger Verkehrsverbund
(SVV;
www.svv-info.at
)
makes it easy to reach the province's smaller
villages. Buses depart from just outside the Hauptbahnhof on Südtiroler Platz, where
timetables are displayed.
Bus information and tickets are available from the information points on the main con-
course. For more information on buses in and around Salzburg and an online timetable,
see
www.svv-info.at
and
www.postbus.at
.
Hourly buses leave for the Salzkammergut:
Bad Ischl
€10.10, 1½ hours
Mondsee
€6.30, 53 minutes
St Gilgen
€6.30, 49 minutes
St Wolfgang
€9.20, 1¾ hours
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
Three motorways converge on Salzburg to form a loop around the city: the A1/E60 from
Linz, Vienna and the east; the A8/E52 from Munich and the west; and the A10/E55 from
Villach and the south. The quickest way to Tyrol is to take the road to Bad Reichenhall in
Germany and continue to Lofer (B178) and St Johann in Tirol.
TRAIN
Salzburg has excellent rail connections with the rest of Austria, though the Hauptbahnhof
is undergoing extensive renovation until 2014.
Trains leave frequently for Vienna (€49.90, 2½ to three hours) and Linz (€23.70, 1¼
hours). There is a two-hourly express service to Klagenfurt (€38.70, three hours).
The quickest way to Innsbruck is by the 'corridor' train through Germany; trains de-
part at least every two hours (€37.80, two hours) and stop at Kufstein. Direct trains run at
