Graz
Getting There/Around

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Getting There:

By Air:

The Graz Airport ( GRZ ) ( http://www.flughafen-graz.at/ ) provides service for Graz and houses the following airlines:

Austria Airlines ( +43 316 5 1789; http://www.aua.com/at/deu )
Austrian Arrows ( +43 316 24 31 00; http://www.aua.com/at/deu )
Lufthansa ( +43 316 291 669; http://www.lufthansa.at/fly/at/de/index )
Ryanair ( http://www.ryanair.com )
Swiss International Airlines ( +43 316 0810810 840; http://www.swiss.com/web/IE6 )
Styrian Spirit ( +43 316 05 08 05 0; http://www.styrianspirit.com )
Welcome Air ( +43 512 295 296 300; http://www.welcomeair.at )
Intersky ( http://www.intersky.biz ).

Although the most convenient way to travel to Graz is via the Graz Airport, visitors can also fly into the Vienna International Airport ( VIA )( +43 1 7007 0 1300 Wien Flughafen/ http://www.viennaairport.com ) or the Heraklion International Airport ( http://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/irak.htm ), which offers flights provided by 80 international airlines including:

Air Berlin ( +1805 737 800/ http://www.airberlin.com )
Air Canada ( +51766 17633/ http://www.aircanada.ca )
American Airlines ( +1 800 433 7300/ http://www.aa.com/ )
British Airways ( +43 1 79567567/ http:// www.britishairways.at )
Delta ( +1 800 221 1212/ http://www.delta.com )
Frontier ( +1 800 432 1359/ http://www.frontierairlines.com/ )
US Airways ( +1 800 428 4322/ http://www.usairways.com )

From the Vienna International Airport take the shuttle bus ( Airport Transfer Service: +43 1 7007 35910 ) to the Wien Suedbahnhof ( Vienna Southern Train Station ) and take a train to Graz ( 4 hr travel time; EUR30-35 per trip ). From Wien Suedbahnhof, there is a train every hour to Graz Hauptbahnhof ( Graz Central Train Station ). See the Vienna International Airport website for more details.

Shuttle buses include:

Airportshuttle C&K Service ( +43 316 29 51 51 ) provides transportation services to and from the airports in Graz and Vienna and within the city of Vienna.
Graz Airport Bus ( http://www.flughafen-graz.at )

Taxi companies include:

Taxi cabs can be easily located outside terminals and do not typically require advance booking. Cab fare to central Graz is approximately EUR20.

World Wide Service ( +43 316 71 1098; http://www.graz-taxi.at/Kunden.htm ) offers advance booking for taxi and car hire services.

Rental Car companies include:

Avis ( +43 316 0800 0800 8757; http://www.avis.com )
Budget ( +43 316 800 472 3325; https://rent.drivebudget.com/Home.asp )
Hertz ( +43 1 795 32; http://www.hertz.com )
Arac ( +43 316 812 920
Car Hire Buchbinder ( +43 316 717 3300 )
Denzel Drive ( http://www.denzeldrive.at )
Europcar ( +43 316 821 364 )
Sixt ( +43 00800 1111 7498; +43 316 283600; http://www.e-sixt.com )

By Train:

OBB Austrian Federal Railways ( +43 316 51717; http://www.oebb.at )
Die Bahn ( DB ) ( http://www.bahn.de )
Swiss Federal Railways ( http://www.sbb.ch/ )

By Bus:

Grazer Verkehrsbetriebe ( GVB ) ( schedules: +43 316 887 411; prices: +43 316 887 408; http://www.gvb.at )
Verbund Linie ( http://www.verbunlinie.at/ )

By Car:

All vehicles need toll stickers on Austrian highways ( http://www.vignette.at ). See the website for details.

Graz can be accessed by the following highways: A1, A2, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A21, B113, S16.

Route planning services:

Route Planner Europe ( http://www.reiseroute.de/europ_uk.htm )
Route Planner ( http://www.shellgeostar.com/ )
Route Planner ( German ) ( http://portaleweb.de/Auto/Routenplaner/ )

Getting Around:

Mobil Zentral ( +43 316 820 606; http://www.mobilzentral.at ) is the Austrian Mobility Centre, providing information on all forms of public transportation in Styria as well as custom trip planning services.