Address of the house: Austria, Metnitz A9363, Marktplatz 16.

By car
From Riga by car - 1600 km, you need 22 hours without a hurry. In December 2008 the fuel prices in Austria were approximately 1 EUR/l, so fuel expenses for an average car one-way are around 120 EUR. You can drive either through Slovakia or the Czech Republic. It’s obligatory to buy a vignette at the filling station! Price is around 6 EUR. In Austria a vignette for autobahns is also necessary - around 7 EUR for 10 days. If you get tired on the way, you can stay overnight in Poland – for instance, at the FOX hotel 100 km from Warsaw in the direction of Austria. The accommodation prices are 60-110 PLZ (around 29 EUR, it is recommendable to choose the more expensive rooms on the 1st storey) with a breakfast. http://www.hotelfox.pl/index.html
We advise you to use a TomTom navigator or the interactive ViaMichelin map (the older version of TomTom doesn’t recognize the house number 16, but you can enter number 1 - it is the opposite house).

By bus – If you are a bigger bunch of people, we can provide our BUS with a driver. Price, time – anything can be arranged. You can also rent a bus yourself, of course.

By plane – airport connections:
Vienna airport to Metnitz: 282 km, the approximate driving time 3 hours and 15 minutes.
Franz Josef Strauß airport in Munich to Metnitz: 347 km, the approximate driving time 3 hours and 50 minutes.
Venice airport to Metnitz: 319 km, the approximate driving time 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Malpensa airport in Milan to Metnitz: 568 km, the approximate driving time 5 hours and 40 minutes.
Frankfurt Hahn airport to Metnitz: 707 km, the approximate driving time 7 hours.
Klagenfurt airport to Metnitz: only 60 km, and the approximate driving time is 54 minutes. (interchange: Frankfurt Hahn – Klagenfurt, London – Klagenfurt, Stockholm – Klagenfurt)
If you are a bigger bunch of friends, it is useful to rent a car. Car rental in Austria: from 149.00 euros per week (a credit card is required - VISA, Mastercard, the deposit can reach as much as 800.00 euro) www.weekrent.com, www.budget.com

You can rent a car at the airports of Vienna, Munich, Venice, Frankfurt Hahn and Klagenfurt.

By public transport – the most convenient way to reach Metnitz is from the airport of Klagenfurt. The flight from London arrives in Klagenfurt at 7 p.m.. Then you have to go by train to the Friesach town. The train departs from the central station of Klagenfurt at 8:04 p.m. or, if you can’t get it to this train, then the next train departs at 10:28 p.m. The length of the drive is approximately 50 minutes. Ticket prices: from 11.30 euros. You can drive from Friesach to Metnitz with a cab, the distance is around 15-17 km. You can go also by bus, however it runs infrequently - mostly in the mornings.
On the way back you can ride a bus from Metnitz to Friesach, if it is a working day or a Saturday (the bus doesn’t run on Sundays). The bus departs from the Kerschbaumer stop at 7:53 a.m. and 12:25 p.m., the duration of the drive is 25 minutes. The train from Friesach departs at 11:07 a.m., 11:45 a.m. (a faster train, so it rides only 36 minutes to Klagenfurt), 1:07 p.m.. A flight from the airport of Klagenfurt flies out at 4:50 p.m.. Please, check all public transport departure times once again here: http://www.oebb.at
Getting there from Vienna: A direct train to the Friesach town departs from the Wien Meidling railway station at 4:30 p.m.. The length of the drive is 3 hours and 15 minutes, and the ticket price is from 36.40 euros. You have to take a taxi to get from Friesach to Metnitz.
On the way back from Metnitz you must drive out with a bus at 6:11 a.m. from the Kerschbaumer stop. The length of the drive is 27 minutes. The trainto the Wien Meidling railway station in Vienna departs rom Friesach at 7:06 a.m.. On the way a transfer from one train to another in a small town Bruck/Mur is needed, time until the next train is 10 minutes. It is enough to cross over to another platform. The total driving time is around 4 hours. The train arrives in Wien Meidling at 10:58 a.m. Further information in the Austrian railway home page: http://www.oebb.at
Getting there from Munich: The train to Friesach town departs from the central railway station of Munich at 4:22 p.m. The length of the drive is 6 hours and 30 minutes, with one interchange in the middle. You have to take a taxi to get from Friesach to Metnitz.
The train back from Friesach to the central station of Munich departs at 4:59 a.m. The driving time is 6 hours and 40 minutes. Further information in the German railway home page: www.db.de

Taxi within the territory of Gemeinde (rural municipality) of Metnitz costs 3.20 euros, irrespective of the number of kilometres covered. This service is convenient if you wish to see one of the taverns in the vicinity.