Hostels Austria and Switzerland : The Only Comprehensive, Unofficial, Opinionated Guide

by Paul Karr and Martha Coombs

• ISBN13: 9780762706129
• ISBN10: 0762706120
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

This comprehensive guide to hostels--both affiliated and "independent"-- throughout Austria and Switzerland contains all the information budget-minded travelers need to find the right accommodation

Author Biography

Paul Karr is an award-winning writer Martha Coombs is a writer, vocalist, and cook who works in North America and abroad

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
How to Use this Book	1	(9)
A Short History of Hostelling	10	(3)
How to Hostel	13	(6)
Transportation	19	(8)
Phones	27	(2)
Money	29	(2)
Speaking French, German, and Italian	31	(4)
Other Resources	35	(4)
The Hostels	39	(2)
Vienna	41	(16)
EASTERN AUSTRIA
Admont	57	(2)
Annaberg	59	(1)
Bad Grosspertholz	59	(1)
Drosendorf	60	(1)
Freistadt	61	(1)
Graz	62	(2)
Grundlsee	64	(1)
Judenburg	65	(1)
Klosterneuburg	66	(1)
Krems an der Donau	67	(1)
Lackenhof am Otscher	68	(1)
Maria Lankowitz	69	(1)
Mariazell	70	(1)
Melk an der Donau	71	(2)
Murau	73	(1)
Neuberg an der Murz	74	(1)
Neu-Nagelberg	75	(1)
Neusiedl am See	76	(1)
Oberndorf an der Melk	77	(1)
Pernitz	78	(1)
Rechnitz	78	(1)
Riegersburg	79	(1)
St. Sebastian	80	(1)
Schladming	81	(1)
Ternitz	82	(1)
Ulmerfeld-Hausening	83	(1)
Wiener Neustadt	84	(3)
SALZBURG and CENTRAL AUSTRIA
Aigen im Muhlkreis	87	(1)
Bad Aussee	88	(1)
Bad Gastein	89	(2)
Bad Ischi	91	(1)
Bad Kreuzen	92	(1)
Bad Leonfelden	92	(1)
Braunau am Inn	93	(1)
Bruck An Der Mur	94	(1)
Ebensee	95	(2)
Engelhartszell	97	(1)
Faak am See	98	(1)
Finstergrun	99	(1)
Grunau im Almtal	99	(2)
Hallein	101	(1)
Hallstatt	102	(1)
Heiligenblut	103	(1)
Hinterstoder	104	(1)
Kaprun	105	(2)
Klagenfurt	107	(2)
Linz	109	(3)
Mondsee	112	(1)
Neustift im Muhlkreis	113	(1)
Obertraun	114	(1)
St. Gilgen	115	(1)
St. Johann im Pongau	116	(1)
St. Martin am Tennengebirge	117	(1)
St. Michael im Lungau	118	(1)
Salzburg	119	(9)
Spital am Pyhrn	128	(1)
Spittal an der Drau	129	(2)
Steyr	131	(1)
Villach	132	(1)
Weissenbach	133	(1)
Wels	134	(1)
Weyer	135	(1)
Weyregg	136	(1)
Zell am See	137	(4)
WESTERN AUSTRIA
Bregenz	141	(2)
Feldkirch-Levis	143	(2)
Gerlos	145	(1)
Hard	146	(1)
Holzgauer Hof	146	(1)
Innsbruck	147	(5)
Lech am Arlberg	152	(2)
Maurach am Achensee	154	(1)
Oberndorf in Tirol	155	(1)
Pfunds	155	(1)
Reutte	156	(2)
Stummerberg	158	(1)
Uderns	158	(3)
EASTERN SWITZERLAND and LIECHTENSTEIN
Eastern Switzerland	161	(1)
Arosa	161	(1)
Basel	162	(2)
Bern	164	(3)
Bienne/Biel	167	(1)
Braunwald	168	(2)
Chur	170	(1)
Dachsen	171	(1)
Davos-Wolfgang	172	(1)
Engelberg	173	(2)
Figino	175	(2)
Filzbach	177	(1)
Frauenfeld	178	(1)
Gersau	178	(1)
Hospental	179	(1)
Jona	180	(1)
Klosters	181	(1)
Kreuzlingen	182	(2)
Leissigen	184	(1)
Locarno	185	(4)
Lugano	189	(4)
Pontresina	193	(1)
Richterswil	194	(2)
Romanshorn	196	(1)
Rorschach	197	(1)
St. Gallen	198	(1)
St. Moritz	199	(2)
Santa Maria im Munstertal	201	(1)
Schaffhausen	202	(1)
Seelisberg	203	(1)
Stein am Rhein	204	(1)
Thalkirch	204	(1)
Unteriberg	205	(1)
Valbella	206	(1)
Wildhaus	207	(1)
Winterthur	208	(1)
Zug	209	(2)
Zurich	211	(5)
Liechtenstein	216	(1)
Schaan	216	(3)
WESTERN SWITZERLAND
Avenches	219	(1)
Baden	220	(2)
Beinwil am See	222	(1)
Brienz	223	(1)
Brugg	224	(1)
Bruson	225	(1)
Chateau d'Oex	226	(1)
Delemont	227	(1)
Fribourg	227	(2)
Geneva	229	(3)
Gimmelwald	232	(3)
Grindelwald	235	(3)
Gryon	238	(1)
Interlaken	239	(8)
La Chaux-de-Fonds	247	(2)
Langnau	249	(1)
Lausanne	249	(3)
Lauterbrunnen	252	(3)
Le Bemont	255	(2)
Leysin	257	(1)
Lucerne	258	(4)
Mariastein	262	(1)
Montreux	263	(2)
Neuchatel	265	(1)
Saanen	266	(1)
Sainte-Croix	267	(1)
Sion	268	(1)
Solothurn	269	(1)
Vallorbe	270	(1)
Vevey	271	(2)
Wengen	273	(3)
Yverdon-les-Bains	276	(1)
Zermatt	277	(3)
Zofingen	280	(2)
PAUL and MARTHA'S PICKS	282