Looking for suggestions for a day trip from Vienna for the end of November using the train. We have two 6 year olds, so want to keep any train ride under 2 hours each way. Thanks in advance.
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Irving
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From Vienna’s main train station, take a direct train to Bratislava’s Hlavna station and a taxi to the old town.
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Magyarország / Rep of Texas
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Gyor; 1.3 hours
Budapest 2.5 hours
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From Vienna’s main train station, take a direct train to Bratislava’s Hlavna station and a taxi to the old town.
Due to track improvements in Slovakia this connection cannot be operated until mid December 2024. (Austrian trains will stop at the last station before the border.)
Trains to Bratislava are using an alternative route, ending in Bratislava Petrzalka station. From there you can take a bus to the city's center.
If you buy the special Bratislava Ticket you are entitled to use public transport for free in Bratislava for one day (busses, trams). It is as easy as in Vienna. There is no real need to take a taxi.
For the kids it would be fun to visit the UFO where you have an observation deck and a restaurant. It is a landmark now, being part of a bridge across the river Danube. Nevertheless, built about 60 years ago, is is an architectural crime, cutting through the old town very close to the cathedral.
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Magyarország / Rep of Texas
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For me the UFO in Bratislava was the single most interesting thing in Bratislava. The old town is a typical tourist old town. Looks like a thousand others and not the best example of such. But its not terrible either. Just wasnt worth a dedicated trip for me. ON the way to someplace else, fine. The restaurant in the UFO is sort of upper scale nice and pricy. The observation deck is interesting. But the ticket up to both is expensive. The bridge was not so much an aesthetic mistake as a functional one. Now its a rundown mess.