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Travel to Salzburg

Flying to Salzburg

Airlines offering flights to Salzburg from the UK include British Airways, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, Flybe and Ryanair.

Travel by road

Summary:

Austria has an excellent network of roads. Traffic drives on the right and the minimum driving age is 18 years. Speed limits are 130kph (81mph) on motorways, 100kph (62mph) on main roads and 50kph (31mph) in built-up areas. Drivers must carry a European driving licence or an International Driving Permit and third-party insurance is mandatory. Tolls are payable on a number of mountain roads, tunnels, motorways and main roads. Toll stickers (Autobahnvignette), which must be attached to the windscreen, are valid for either 10 days, two months or one year and can be purchased from tobacconists, border-crossing points, filling stations and from automobile clubs ARBÖ (www.arboe.or.at) and ÖAMTC (www.oeamtc.at).

Emergency breakdown service:

ARBO (tel: 123); ÖAMTC (tel: 120).

Routes:

Salzburg is easily reached by road from all directions. Several motorways (including the A1 from Vienna and Linz and the A2 and A10 from Graz and Klagenfurt) go straight to Salzburg. Route 20 reaches the city from the north and west, and Route 159 arrives from the southeast.

Coaches:

Eurolines (tel: (01) 798 2900; www.eurolines.at) is the main operator, linking Salzburg with some 60 other cities in Europe. The coach station is located opposite the main railway station (Salzburg Hauptbahnhof).

Travel by rail

Services:

Salzburg's main railway station is Hauptbahnhof. From the station, buses depart to various parts of the city, including the Old Town (the Altstadt) and there is a taxi stand right in front of the station entrance. The station has a currency exchange, storage lockers, and booths for buying tickets.

Operators:

Salzburg's Hauptbahnhof is run by ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG (tel: 05 1717; www.oebb.at) and connects several major rail lines, with frequent east-west trains servicing Vienna, Munich, Innsbruck and Zürich and several trains heading south through the Alps into Italy. Trains arrive from Vienna (journey time - 3 hours) and from Munich (journey time - 2 hours) every 30 minutes from early in the morning until late at night.

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