Vienna Travel Forum

I have just found out that my plans in Vienna this September have been, in some parts, double booked. It's a long story so I won't bore you with the details, suffice to say that I have to choose between a day trip to Sopron on my own steam, or a half day tour to the Vienna Woods/ Baden/ Mayerling etc. Since I will not have a car the best way to do the Vienna Woods seems to be by tour bus which is not my usual choice, but in this case seems to be my only choice. The trouble is that the two clash and I can't juggle them around the rest of my plans because the rest of my plans are set in stone and I wouldn't want to change them anyway. Okay folks, which would you choose and why? I really need your help on this one. Thanks in advance.

Kate

Sopron is quite easy to get to by train (1.10 to 1.30 hour every 30 min), popular with Austrians for shopping, cheap diner, cheap dentist..., has a nice towncenter, but i think the Viennawoods tour is more interesting (even if not liking tours)
http://www.oebb.at/pv/de/Servicebox/Fahrplanabfrage/index.jsp

My problem is that I only have one day spare to do both, so thanks for your info and vote, I need all the help I can get.

I totally agree. Wienerwald is more worth it! I have been going to Sopron for massage. If you'd like to visit it, 2 hours is enough to see everything. You can take a taxi right in front of the train station and negotiate the price. Many of the drivers speak German. You can combine Wienerwald and Sopron but you will be very exhausted at the end of the day. The trip from Vienna to Sopron is more than 1 hour so transportation alone takes more than 2 hours of your time. On the other hand, the view is very nice, so also not a bad decision if you combine both.

I think I'll pass on doing both, I promised myself that there would be no rushing or pressure on this trip. After all, there's always next time. Thanks for your vote.