Schneeberg Travel Guide

 globetrott Says:  Semmering is just 15km from Schneeberg and it is a great area for hikings in great natural surroundings. Zauberberg (Magic mountain) is the name of a peak in the village of Semmering, where you can go up in a cablecar in summer and in winter. the skiing-slopes are rather for... 

 globetrott Says:  Schneeberghausdates back to the end of the 19th century and it still got that great furniture and architecture of that time. Its a restaurant and hotel nowadays, although it partly looks rather like a museum. Even the last austrian emperor, Kaiser Franz Joseph stayed there... 

 globetrott Says:  There is a newly built Schneeberghaus nowadays, but I am sure that they did not remove the historical Schneeberghaus there, where i could see some phantastic works of art, made of sugar and marzipan.Berghaus Hochschneeberg is a sort of "panopticum" of all sorts of things... 

 globetrott Says:  Remains of the steam-age of the SchneebergbahnWhile waiting for your Salamandertrain you might take a little walk to the backside of the station of the modern Salamander-train and in the open air you will see some great remains of the steam-age of the Schneebergbahn.Untill... 

 globetrott Says:  In such hights like on Schneeberg you will see lots of butterflies on a warm summerday and they obviously are waiting for tourists.This is a series of photos that I had made at Rax some time ago: Butterflies obviously enjoy licking the salt from human bodies or pants, the... 

 globetrott Says:  Elisabeth-Kirche at Schneeberg Sissi-Kirche is the small chapel next to the upper station of Schneeberg-Bahn. You can visit this small church freely and without restrictions during the day. Sissi, the wife of the Austrian emperor Kaiser Franz Josef was killed by an early... 

 amsor Says:  Schneebergbahn is a steep mountain-railway driving up Schneeberg and I very often was there in summertime in my childhood. I still remember well the steamtrains but nowadays there are mostly modern trains and steamtrains need to be reserved and will cost you some extra... 

 socrates_07 Says:  How to recognize VTers. Well, I didn't meet many of them but here you can see a typical behaviour when we where on the way to Schneeberg. You will see such photos later again. As I said, if you see 2 or more person in the same possition you almost can be sure that they must... 

 socrates_07 Says:  And I have to admit, I prefer the old one as well. Although the new one is more comfortable. Up to two times a day you have the possibility to take such a train. The price: 31 Euro. 

 socrates_07 Says:  Before we took the train back to the valley we entered a the mountain hotel. 

 socrates_07 Says:  If we didnt take pictures of each other or of the nature we checked the photo we took already. See, it was a very interesting train movement... 

 globetrott Says:  This stop at Buchtelwirt might have had its origin at the time of steamtrains, that needed fresh water before they could go uphill. And so this small mountain-restaurant called Buchtelwirt was built at exactely the place where the train stops for some minutes, at the... 

 globetrott Says:  Schneeberg-Krapfenis the most popular and best desert that you will get in the Berghaus Hochschneeberg and you will hardly find it at any other place ! When you enter the building, you will see some of them displayed, see my 2nd picture !Its certainly not a good choice for... 

 dannebro Says:  When ever I go to Schneeberg I take a rest in the restaurant on top of the mountain, because I really love their Schneebergkrapferl ! Try out Schneeberg-Krapferl, they are very sweet and unfortunately they also have much too many Kalories 

 globetrott Says:  NÖ-Card is the perfect prepaid tourist-ticket for the area around Schneeberg and Semmering and you save already when you just take the Salamander-train to Schneeberg (29,- euros return) and the cablecar to Rax ( 17,- euros return). This NÖ-card is always valid from April... 

 globetrott Says:  Schneebergbahn was the traditional name for the narrow-gauge steamtrain that was built in 1897. A few years ago the old steam-trains were replaced by faster, modern diesel-trains called "Salamander". They are also painted like Salamanders and it makes sense to reserve your...