It is a former imperial summer residence of the Habsburgs, with vast gardens, as well as, the Tiergarten (Vienna Zoo), The Palm house, The Desert House, located in the Sundial House and the Wagenburg, a museum of carriages and vehicles, to name but a few. There are many more attractions to keep you busy for quite a few hours or days! Continue reading Schönbrunn Palace→
We discovered today just how easy it was to use the transport system into Vienna, as well as travelling around the city, especially using the U-Bahn, underground system. Not only that, the service was efficient, clean, affordable and frequent. Continue reading Vienna→
We had read about a river cruise along the Danube from Vienna city centre to Bratislava in Slovakia, a city that neither of us had visited before. Booking on line is so easy to do nowadays that we wasted no time checking out possible round trip timings on the day we thought would be perfect weather wise, preferably not on a weekend.
Twin City Liner Cruises seemed a good option. They offer 5 different departure times from Vienna and 5 return times, with a choice of seat reservation prices. Unfortunately due to the lateness of our booking, our only option was 2 seats in the Captain’s Lounge area, €90 round trip, each. It was a little more than we had expected to pay but we didn’t intend having the opportunity again, so went for it. Continue reading Bratislava, Slovakia→
Today we decided to move on. We hadn’t decided where to go until just before we left. The options we had given ourselves were either Warsaw or Vienna. The latter won on forecast temperature for the next week or so.
The facilities at Sokol Praha have been very good but it is, without doubt, the noisiest site we have stayed at so far. The nearby roads and proximity to an airport, coupled with tree cutting on the site, make finding peace & quiet impossible.
The final straw was a man with the loudest, and smelliest, leaf blower ever starting work just outside the van at 7:50 in the morning.
Our campsite was conveniently located close to bus and rail connections linking directly to the city centre. They also offered a free minibus to the station, from 08.30 to 11.00, although it was only a short 12 minute walk.
We were able to purchase our train tickets from reception and went for the 24 hour fully inclusive ticket, giving us unlimited travel on all forms of public transport. At a cost of 110 CZK each, about £3.75, we thought this was a bargain. We were also provided with a comprehensive leaflet detailing different public transport links from Camping Sokol Praha to the centre of Prague and back. Continue reading Prague, the city of a Hundred Spires→
A Diary Of Our Caravan Tour Around Europe
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