2-3 day side trip from Vienna and return to Vienna

Opinions on going either from Vienna to Salzburg for 2 days or to Budapest..Any other suggestions. I like to travel on or near water if possible and read about the Hovercraft to Budapest. Is it great?

Would prefer a package deal but can manage on my own for a couple of days

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I honestly never took a boat to Budapest, but many others reported that it was not really exciting or comfortable. All rivers have sections with nice scenery but also ones with unimpressive landscape along. If you decide to go to Budapest, I would consider the train.

If you go to Salzburg you could contemplate visiting the lake district (Salzkammergut Area) which is located close by. In the %26#39;Salzkammergut%26#39; I would focus on St. Wolfgang (cute village by the lake with a famous cog railroad bringing you to a great lookout), Bad Ischl (the summer residence of the emperor), Hallstatt and Obertraun (Dachstein Mountain and Ice Caves).

http://www.stwolfgang.at/

http://www.badischl.com/

http://www.oberoesterreich.at/hallstatt/

http://www.dachsteinwelterbe.at/

www.dachsteinwelterbe.at/index.php?id=41%26amp;L=1

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I loved Prague and highly suggest it for a side trip. You can also take a train there in 4 hours if you don%26#39;t want to drive.

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Brno is just up the rail line - about 1.5 hours, and it is like a mini, more medieval, version of Vienna http://www.brno.cz/index.php?lan=en - plenty of things to do and see there, including a UNESCO world heritage site. There is also a large lake with boat trips to Veveří Castle, which is great if you go in the summer. …wikipedia.org/wiki/…99ehrada.JPG

The hydrofoil to Budapest is actually a bit dull until you reach the final stretch from the Danube Bend down to Budapest, but it also depends on the weather.

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