Train from Prague to Vienna

Question

I am going to Prague again for a few days in a couple of week with a friend, we are thinking of catching an early morning train at about 7am from Prague to Vienna. Has anyone done this journey? Its a few minutes over 4 hours and really inexpensive at about 40E. Also, as we will have limited time in Vienna, whats best to see? I was thinking maybe a city tour on an open bus or somethng to make the most of the time we have there?! Any tips, ideas or suggestions would be very welcome!

Answer 1

I'm sure the train will be smooth, fast, and comfortable.  No problems.  just make sure you are at the right station to catch the train. When you get to Vienna, I enjoyed just wandering around the center, but I don't know much about that, but the Austrian train website is great:

http://www.oebb.at/en

Answer 2

I have not done the rail travel, but I have been in both towns.

Vienna has city tour buses, the hop-on hop-off kind.

You can get several different tickets, one that is just one tour in the bus on the central route, one that allows you to hop off for a few hour and one that is valid for 24 hours if I remember right.

I think for you the one hour, = stay on the bus, is the best one.

When I was there the bus was open, but it has a roof and windows that can be closed if the weather make it needed and the company has closed buses too.

This is the company:

http://www.viennasightseeing.at/index_en...

You can pick up the circular tour at any of its stops, but the central point for the 3 is at the Oper, (which also has an U bahn station and is easy to reach.

If you fancy something special, (more expensive but if you share it with 4 not too much,) think about a fiaker tour.

They have several starting points in the town, you can opt for different length of tours and I found if worth the money.

When running a google search I found several links, but not one to what seems an official site.

The Vienna tourist information was a little hard to find, it is near the Oper, it lacked signposts, but for only one day in town you may not even want to go to it.