Getting here from the UK
There are many ways to get to our apartment in Gosau. The easiest we’ve found and the quickest is to fly to Salzburg and then hire a car. It takes about an hour and a half from Nottingham East Midlands to Salzburg on the plane and then it’s a one hour drive from the airport to the apartment. Please use Google Maps to download a map/directions from the airport to the flat. It’s quite simple to drive. You take the motorway south from the airport (A10 signposted Villach/Graz) and take the exit for Golling. You then head for Abtenau (on the 162) and once through there pick up signs for Russbach and Gosau. Once in Gosau, you come to a t-junction and you turn right. About a kilometre up the valley road you go past the Hotel Sommerhof. Immediately afterwards there is a right turn just after the skishop. The sign says ‘Bergblick apartments’. Ours is in the second block set back from the road. Please park anywhere in the car park at the back of the apartments. Our apartment is number 13 with the name Wilson in the name marker. Please ring the bell and you will be greeted by our housekeeper Monika or one of her colleagues.
You can also travel by train, for more information see RailEurope. Or you can drive all the way. This is something we did, having caught a ferry to Dunkirk then driven at a leisurely pace through Belgium and Germany and finally across the border into Austria. Total drive time is approximately 12 hours from the channel ports.
Many low cost airlines fly to Salzburg from airports in the UK. Try SkyScanner or MoneySavingExpert Flight Checker to find out which companies fly from your local airport to Salzburg. These websites also compare prices so you can use them to look for the cheapest deal possible on the dates you wish to travel. Austria is not a big country and there is nothing to stop you flying into Innsbruck, Linz or Klagenfurt or even Munich in Bavaria if you can get cheaper deals on flights. It just means your drive from the airport will be a bit longer (2-3 hours). For cheap car hire try TravelSupermarket. This website will compare the best deals available across a range of different vehicles and car hire companies.
