Neeti_Macker

A warm hello,
we are planning to travel to Austria in early june. travelling with 2 boys(4 and10yrs). making igls-innsbruck as base. planning to fly in at Vienna and stay 1 night.move to igls from there and do day trips to innsbruck, salzburg and Munich from there.total stay intended-7nights.(1 night-vienna and 6 nights igles).do i really need to move base to munich and salzburg or will day trips suffice considering the age of my kids. should we take austria rail pass and seprate tickets to munich. are there any cheaper flights between innsbruck and munich or train works fine. pl also suggest is second class fine or should we travel first class and do we have any good rail pass option for the family besides the general Austria pass.

response asap would be highly appreciated.
thanks

molker

Based on your inquiry - staying in salzburg or close by makes a much better base than Igls/ Innsbruck.
But I would consider some more time in Vienna - much to see and do there including much for kids.

Some special reason that you pick Igls?-
It is a small village above Innsbruck. For most all thingsd you need to tsake the tram down into Innsbruck 15 minutes or so.

Staying by Salzburg allows easy sightseeing there - the Lake District etc.

And using the Bayern Ticket - 29 euro for 2 - 5 persons traveling together a cheap way to viasit and return from Munich as a day trip.

The Bayern ticket has some restrictions - regional trains for travel and weekdays after 9 AM to begin journey - but a bargain.

Vienna- Salzburg 2nd class is fine - discounts - minimax fare for those traveling together . Yo can check but point to poinr ticket is probably cheaper than passes.

train info

www.oebb.at

Cowboy1968

ditto what molker said.

7 days is hardly a long time to discover only Vienna + Salzburg + surroundings.

There is tons to see and do around Salzburg on both sides of the border - especially to keep younger kids entertained, e.g. the famous ice caves, salt mines, mountain climbing, or taking cable cars, hiking, boat trips on lakes, rides with narrow gauge steam trains and so on, and so on.

I would spend two nights in Vienna, then take the train to Salzburg, and maybe rent a car for 2-3 days to explore the immediate surroundings. There is no need to go 200kms each way to see something interesting..

pja1

Hi,

Is there a reason you chose Igls as your place to base? Won't be much "going on" in Igls either. I agree that basing near Salzburg makes much more sense. I'd even skip the day trip to Innsbruck. If you want to see beautiful mountain scenery, day trip to the Berchtesgaden area from Salzburg.Here you can take a lake cruise on the Konigsse, take ride on the Jennerbahn cable car, tour a salt mine, go to the Eagle's nest (Kehlsteinhaus), etc. That's just in the Berchtesgaden area. Then there's the Salzkammergut just south of Salzburg. Beautiful lakes and scenery. Last year we went to the Advent Market in St. Gilgen, which is a charming little town on the Wolfgangsee. Beautiful area.

Paul

bobthenavigator

I agree---Igls is not your best bease location.
I would stay at St. Gilgen and add Hallstatt to the mix. Igls is cute but too isolated.