Bregenz: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 78 - 198 Hotel Messmer
 Located in the centre of Bregenz, Hotel Messmer is only 100 metres from Lake Constance and a 5-minute walk from the Festival Hall. It features a sauna… MoreEUR 79 - 250 Hotel Kaiser
 Situated in the pedestrian zone right in the heart of Bregenz, 200 metres from the Kunsthaus and Lake Constance, Hotel Kaiser offers you charmingly fu… MoreEUR 98 - 280 Hotel Schwärzler
 City hotel at the bottom of Gebhardsberg, a 20 minutes walk off the pedestrian area of Bregenz which can be reached in 5 minutes by car. This hotel of… MoreEUR 40 - 167 JUFA Bregenz
 The Jugend- und Familiengästehaus (Youth and Family Hostel) Bregenz is only 500 metres away from the train station and a 3- to 5-minute walk from Lak… MoreEUR 62 - 232 Mercure Bregenz City
 Overlooking Lake Constance, Mercure Bregenz City offers comfortable rooms with flat-screen TVs. It is ideally located in the city centre of Bregenz, n… MoreEUR 52 - 111 Hotel Ibis Bregenz
 The Ibis Bregenz is ideally located next to the main train station, only a 5-minute walk from the city centre, Lake Constance, the Bregenz Festival an… MoreEUR 84 - 270 Hotel Germania
 The stylish and comfortable Hotel Germania, fully refurbished in early 2007, is just a stone’s throw from Lake Constance and the city centre of Breg… MoreEUR 55 - 140 Gasthof Hotel Lamm
 Gasthof Hotel Lamm is only a few minutes’ walk away from Lake Constance, the Festival Hall, and Bregenz’s casino. Parking is available free of cha… MoreEUR 85 - 350 Best Western Premier Hotel Weißes Kreuz
 This friendly and hospitable hotel enjoys a quiet location in the heart of Bregenz, only a few steps from the train station.
Best Western Premier Ho… MoreEUR 65 - 180 Hotel Central
 Hotel Central is located in the pedestrian zone in the heart of Bregenz, only a few steps away from all important attractions of Vorarlbergs capital.
… MoreEUR 51 - 279 Hotel Garni Bodensee
 Situated at the doorway to the city centre of Bregenz and only two minutes from Lake Constance. Our rooms are newly renovated.… MoreEUR 50 - 197 Hotel Garni Helvetia
 The Hotel Garni Helvetia is a family-run, non-smoking hotel in the heart of Bregenz, only a few minutes´ walk from the festival house and the la… MoreEUR 78 - 179 4-Länder-Hotel Deutschmann
 This comfortable, friendly hotel is close to the centre of Bregenz and Lake Constance, only a 5-minute drive away from the Festival Hall.
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Bregenz: Guide
Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg in Austria.
Understand
Bregenz has about 28000 inhabitants and has roots back to roman times. The city was originally founded by the romans back in 15 BC (known as Brigantium).
Get in
By plane
Zurich-Kloten: quite big airport, about 1 hour with train/car (100km).
Friedrichshafen: smaller, but closer, about 40km from Bregenz. Approached by some bigger companies like Condor and Ryanair (to/from Stansted London).
Munich: Biggest airport around. About 2 1/2h to Bregenz.
Altenrhein: Switzerland, about 20km to Bregenz; few connections to Vienna etc.
By train
The Hauptbahnhof is located in the north of the city close to the lake and the city center.
From Lyon/Genf, Strassbourg/Basel, Milano/Luzern via Zurich.
From Stuttgart/Ulm and Munich through Lindau.
From Vienna, Salzburg, Venice/Italy: via Innsbruck direct or with change in Feldkirch (about 35km). On this line trains leave about every 2 hours.
Prices: Vienna to Bregenz ca. 60€ (full price)
By car
From direction Vienna: On the A1 via Salzburg via Germany. In Rosenheim/Ger you have to decide if you drive via Munich (almost only motorway, but sometimes heavy traffic) or via Innsbruck (have to pass the arlberg mountain- 13€ tunnel).
From Chur/Zurich: about 10km to the swiss motorway.
From Ulm/Stuttgart and Munich via Lindau, motorway tangents Bregenz City.
By bus
Check out f.e. Eurolines from Vienna, Berlin etc.
Get around
There are a number of buslines in the city, more or less helpful to get around. In summer, bycicles are maybe the best way, as Bregenz is quite small.
It is possible to travel along the lake shore with railway both swiss and german direction.
If you want to visit the near Bregenzerwald, a mountainous area south-east of Bregenz, take the busses leaving from the railwaystation, or take the train to Dornbirn and switch there.
See
Bregenz is located at the northern edge of the Alps, between Lake Constance and the Pfänder (1064m), foothills of the Alps and offers a very versatile landscape. In the West lies the Rhein-delta, a huge valley dividing Switzerland and Austria. In the south you can see the close mountains of Switzerland and south Vorarlberg county. In the north, overlooking the biggest lake in the Alps, the Bodensee or Lake Constance, you see the mellow hills of the Allgäu of Baden-Württemberg and Bayern in Germany.
Check for contemporary art exhibitions.
Do
In summer, Bregenz offers many possibilities. The Bregenzer Festspiele is a famous open air festival for Opera and Operette. Its stage is build on a island in the lake. In summertime Bregenz is splendid for swimming in the lake, hiking, cycling etc. and several other sports. Don´t miss the view from the top of the Pfänder: you can either walk (ca. 2-3h) or take the cablecar (10min).
Absolutely terrific are the sunsets in Bregenz, pretty much from any place at the lake. The shore is anyways a very popular place for residents to gather and spend the evening.
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