Hi,
In August 2009, the family (me, wife, 2 kids) will be travelling from Munich to Zell am See.
I am looking for the cheapest / easiest way to travel.
Doing my own research I have found I could do:
1) Munich to Salzberg by Train using the Bavarian ticket. Cost = E28 - just the single ticket needed.
2) Salzberg Railway station to Zell am See by Postbus No:260. Cost = E10.60 / adult.
Is this the best way, or do people have better suggestions ?
Note: we will be travelling on Saturday, and be doing the return journey on a Saturday also.
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Hi there. From Munich I went by train but didn%26#39;t go through Salzburg. It%26#39;s quicker not to go through Salzburg - most of the routes I was shown didn%26#39;t go through Salzburg, but a few did at certain times.
However there was a train every hour and a half approximately, throughout the day, so it wouldn%26#39;t be a problem to many to take the more direct route.
I don%26#39;t know the price or timing of going through Salzburg, but the route I took by train is surprisingly cheap.
I changed at Worgl (Woergl), which is in Austria in Tyrol.
I booked and paid online at www.bahn.de - the German rail site, rather than Austrian trains.
The return journey was no cheaper than buying 2 singles - the tickets are added together.
I just missed the 19 Euros outward price - within around 30 days of travelling the price went up to 29 Euros. I got the 19 Euro price for returning Zell am See to Munich.
Total return price Munich to Zell - 48 Euros, just missing the cheapest 38 Euros price by a few days.
madalex sent me a question asking if these prices were for the first part of the journey, before the change, but no, the prices were for the whole journey. I understand that it would be asked, the prices are great for international rail travel, especially considering the often high rail prices in Germany.
There was no problem changing in Woergl. The second train was about 10 minutes late, though that made little difference. I hadn%26#39;t booked seats, only a few passengers on either train had booked seats.
These are great prices for the most expensive times re: visiting, accommodation wise at least - but no difference on the train - I travelled on 20 December and returned, Zell am See to Munich actually on New Year%26#39;s Eve.
The best advice is to book online at bahn.de over a month in advance. Prices are great. The journey was easy and comfortable. No better way to travel! You do have to have your credit / debit / prepaid card when showing your printout of the online ticket on the train - that%26#39;s standard practice. I was asked for it.
Coaches aren%26#39;t this cheap. Transfer time was very good. I was really pleased I could go to stay in Kitzbuhel for 4 days at the end of my holiday, instead of being in Zell / Kaprun all the time, and still use the return part of the ticket as Kitzbuhel was a stop from Zell to Munich. So I did that.
I really recommend going to Saalbach if you ski. It%26#39;s better than Kaprun. And it%26#39;s quicker and more convenient. The free resort bus from Zell to Kaprun really took all day (significantly longer than I was used to in going from one end of the huge European resort Serre Chevalier to the other, furthest end, in Austria it was well over an hour).
Saalbach takes 31 minutes on the bus (normal bus, not free) from Zell and is a better ski resort than Kaprun. It%26#39;s better than Zell too in my opinion, though staying in Zell gives you a great choice of Zell, Kaprun and (better and much easier than Kaprun) Saalbach, and also the quite small Leogang resort.
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Really do make the effort and go to Saalbach if you like the idea, it%26#39;s really recommended. I%26#39;ve no doubt most would enjoy it more than Kaprun, though it may seem easier to get on the free resort bus to Kaprun from Zell, because it says %26#39;Europa Sport%26#39; region, and you may think this is basic %26#39;while in Rome%26#39; stuff. You%26#39;d be missing out - by all means it%26#39;s a good idea to enjoy Kaprun for a day - going early. Europa sport is not really a resort for hopping on the bus between the areas during the day and the free resort bus kind of stops completely from late morning to after lunch.
I was disappointed with Kaprun. Also, the intermediate and easier skiing in Kaprun is some in the lower part, where the town is (not nearly as good as Zell, though Zell%26#39;s not my favourite resort either), and then also at the very top of the Kitzsteinhorn gondola. It takes ages to get up there. You can%26#39;t ski down to the bottom. There are two long gondolas to go on to get up there and one at least (probably two if you%26#39;re not at least a solid upper intermediate skiier) to take to get back down, and they close not long after three.
Kitzsteinhorn doesn%26#39;t offer much time for skiing. The lower glacier part is really upper intermediate skiing and visibility is often terrible - it%26#39;s a dangerous place. I%26#39;ve called it a place for on piste voyeur skiiers before - I remember being good enough once to ski nearly reasonably enough to make it worthwhile (even then it was years beyond me with lots of anticipated experience each year). But this year, I just got down, sliding some of the way, to the top of the first gondola - in that terrible weather (and nearly anyway) it was for quite advanced skiiers only (probablyrather than even better intermediates), and skiiers who have been skiing a lot in the time before. I am, as usual, back to being a lower intermediate skiier again who is learning to ski on red slopes slowly. This was so far from suitable for me.
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I see you%26#39;re going in summer - a mistake on my part -oh well, maybe you%26#39;re interested in skiing sometime!
I hope it%26#39;s helpful to some, maybe I%26#39;ll copy and paste, posting it again in a skiing thread.
I hope you enjoy your time in Austria.
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Hi factual5, thanks for all your info !!
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