This postcard explains why I select Austria to be my first stop to travel to Europe. The Hallstatt looks so beautiful.
When I search for the flight, I found the most convenient way is to fly to Vienna and it may take 13 hours for a direct flight or around 20 hours when you transferred somewhere. To balance the time and the cost, I choose to transfer at Bangkok (3 - 4 hours) for the ticket price is NTD 27,000 and the total time is around 17 hours.
The flight will arrive at Vienna around 7 o'clock in the morning, so I book the train 3 hours later to go to Hallstatt directly. I plan to check-in there around 3 P.M. which can let us have enough time to take a rest and look around the small town, Obertraun, which is on the other side of the Hallstätter See or Lake Hallstatt.
Above sheet is the schedule plan of above which includes the flight and train number for your information.
When booking the train, you may select Flughafen Wien Bahnhof to leave from the airport or select Wien Hauptbahnhof to leave from the central station of Vienna. Because the custom of Vienna doesn't ask questions based on other Bloggers' sharing and my experience, if you plan to leave from Wien Hauptbahnhof you can have some time to buy sandwiches for your lunch.
大家可以參照下圖以建立地理上相關位置的概念，先搭火車從奧地利東側的維也納往西側的薩爾斯堡 (Salzburg，莫札特的出生地) 前進，在 Attnang-Puchheim 車站轉車南下，往 Hallstatt 的方向前進，抵達 Hallstatt 時要特別注意，如果是住宿在 Hallstatt 小鎮裡，那就在 Hallstatt 車站下車，沿斜坡下行，搭渡輪前往 Hallstatt，一般都是搭到 Hallstatt Lahn，這兒是小鎮的交通樞鈕，但如果像我為了省住宿費而住在 Obertraun (上特勞恩) 的話，就要多坐一站才行，不要像我先是為了省火車票的錢 (標準票價約 50 歐，早鳥票只要 20 歐)，直接訂票到 Hallstatt，之後為了省住宿費訂了 Obertraun 的民宿，結果又要再花 2 歐買 Hallstatt 到 Obertraun 的車票，記得先決定住宿再買火車票呀！或者火車票就直接買到 Obertraun 吧，(早鳥) 票價一樣！
Before going details, please find below snapshot which shows the locations of different cities. Vienna is on the east side of Austria, and you may need to take the train to go west (the destination usually is Salzburg where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born). Since we're going to Hallstatt, we'll need to change the train at Attnang-Puchheim to go south.
Before reserve the train ticket, remember to decide where you may stay, at Hallstatt or Obertraun? Obertraun is the next station after Hallstatt. If you just book the ticket to Hallstatt, you may need to pay extra 2 euro to go to Obertraun. If you haven't decided, I suggest you just reserve the ticket to Obertraun because the price is the same.
If you'll stay at Hallstatt, you may take off at Hallstatt station and use the ferry to go to the town, Hallstatt.
If you stay at Obertraun like me, just take the train to the next station and you'll need to take a bus, 543, to go to Hallstatt later.
若近期 (2019年第四季) 要到 Hallstatt 自助的朋友要注意，Hallstatt 往北的兩個隧道正在施工，所以公車班次的時間大受影響，上述兩班車，可能是每天最有機會準時發車的班次，若你要等待的是其他班次的公車，請有心理準備，可能至少會延遲 20，30 分鐘。由於整個地區景點分佈不算太大，應該都在 3 公里以內吧？或許有時候可以考慮用走的～如果你是輕裝，走路速度又快的話～
There is only one bus between Hallstatt and Obertraun, 543, so you don't need to worry if you might take the wrong bus.
To visit Hallstatt, my suggestion is to take the earliest bus, 0645, from Obertraun, which means you may arrive Hallstatt at 0700 before all the group tours. You may still meet some visitors who stay at Hallstatt, but most of them are still sleeping. At 9 o'clock, the time we left, the group tours are coming. You can see the most crowded Hallstatt then.
The host of the B&B told me that the tunnels to go north at Hallstatt is under construction, so the buses may be delayed during this time. If you plan to take the bus, you may need more patience.
There are several places you may go near Hallstatt, the salt mine and the cable car. The cable car will take you to the Giant Ice Cave, Mammut Cave and the Five Fingers. The salt mine is really close to the Hallstatt and you can go there by walk. The cable car (gondola) is at Dachstein, at the southeast of Obertraun, and people usually take the bus 543 to get there.
最後附上交通安排的相關網站：
For the public transportation, you may refer to below website to book the tickets.
1. 奧地利聯邦鐵路 ÖBB https://www.oebb.at/en/
a. 輸入起站，迄站地點，就可以按下 Book Ticket 查詢更詳細資料
2. Postbus https://www.postbus.at/en/
a. 點擊 Route information 可以查詢公車班次訊息
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