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How to reach Melk

By rail:
Coming to Melk by train is easy, when you take the main train-line between Linz and Vienna. Simply make sure, your train will stop in Melk as well - NOT every train does. Some trains even go through a tunnel and you will not see the monastery at all ! The one-way-ticket 2nd class from Vienna is 16,20 Euros Direct trains need about 100 minutes and will leave Vienna-Westbahnhof at least once per hour ! At the other bank of the Danube is a different trainline. These trains run between Vienna-Nord ( Franz-Josephs-Bahnhof) and St.Valentin. You have to cross the Danube by ship in order to get there - all cruises start and end with that station.

By Road:
Many tourist groups come to Melk with the bus. It is a comfortable driving possibility and an agreeable travel modality, to admire in silence the lovely setting. On the highway A1 or on the national highways B1, B3, and B33, one can reach the town Melk, from miscellaneous directions. For approximately 30 bus and 250 small cars, it is park possibility, in the big Stift parking place. The modern buses, this to, in or from Melk drive, are an important transportation possibility for this town.The town Melk is placed at the Danube valley, 85 km far from Vienna. By car, is very simple, to reach this place. From east or west, one can drive to Melk, over the highway A1 (exit of Melk), or over the national highways B1 or B33. From north, one can drive over the Danube Bridge over the national highway B3. From Vienna, one can on the highway A1 drive, in direction Linz until Melk. The trip, on the highway is agreeable, and doesn't last long and the magical routes over the national highways, drive through a splendid landscape.

Best Buying Melk

Wines from Austria’s Wachau area have sometimes been called the “smile on the face of Austria”. We found that “smile” in a wine shop on a small street in Melk. We strolled along the cobblestones and gazed on old Burgher houses, wine taverns and townhouses dating from the 16th to 18th centuries. Down a quiet alley we discovered the Wein & WachauUrsula Hackl, our “Wein Verkauf” (wine buyer/seller) was extremely knowledgeable about the local wines and patiently described the numerous varieties of the area. Since we live in California’s Napa Valley, we find a special pleasure in discovering satisfying wines during our European visits. We like to enjoy our “Souvenir wines” along the way. By sipping our souvenirs throughout the trip, we don’t have extra baggage to take home. We purchased 3 bottles of tasty Austrian wines and a remarkable German-made corkscrew to add to our corkscrew collection. The Shop offers wine seminars throughout the year and has a tastefully decorated sales room and art display above the shop. Located just a few steps off the Main thoroughfare at 5 Kirchengasse, 3390 Melk, Austria. Gottwald, a comfortable and unpretentious wine shop with an extremely friendly atmosphere. In the year 1301 a man named Ritzling, whose vineyards were near the Danube, planted grapes which he cultivated into Germany's Rhineland and then brought back to Austria under the name Riesling. Today more than 1,000 winegrowers belong to the Wachau cooperative and their headquarters is located in a 1719 castle outside the city of Dümstein near Melk.

Near Airport

The nearest Airports will be Munich and Vienna (for international flights)

Near Railway Station

Melk train station :

Walk from the train station to Melk Abbey, Time to walk: ca. 10-15 minutes

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