Location:
Chalet Heidi is in the picturesque village of Scheffau, at the foot of the Wilder Kaiser Mountains and has excellent access into SkiWelt - Austria's largest ski resort and summer wonderland.
Scheffau lies roughly midway between St Johann and Wörgl on the B178.
The village is actually 1km north of the main road and is well sign posted. Go through the village passing the church to your left, with the Guest House Maikircher directly in front of you. Look out for our "Chalet Heidi" signs.Take the right turn infront of the guest house. Follow the road around and take the 2nd turn on the right (sign posted). Chalet Heidi is at the end of the lane.
By Plane (routes are changing all the time so please treat this as a guide) (updated July 2010)
The nearest airports are Salzburg, Innsbruck and Munich. Also, Memmingen is 2 1/2 hours away but has some excellent cheap flights from Stansted There are numerous companies operating from numerous UK airports to Austria including:
Ryan Air - Stanstead and Dublin, to Salzburg. Stansted to Memmingen
Thomson Fly - Gatwick, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, Manchester, Stansted and Bournemouth to Salzburg
Thomson Fly - Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick and Stansted to Innsbruck
FlyBe - Manchester, Exeter, Southampton, Belfast and Birmingham to Salzburg. Manchester to Innsbruck
BMI - Belfast, Gatwick, Cork and Dublin to Salzburg
BMI Baby - Birmingham to Salzburg
EasyJet - Gatwick, Stanstead and Edinburgh to Munich. Liverpool, Bristol and Gatwick to Innsbruck. Gatwick to Salzburg
Lufthansa - Gatwick, Heathrow, London City and Manchester to Munich
Jet2 - Dublin and Leeds to Salzburg
BA - Heathrow and Gatwick to Munich. Gatwick to Salzburg. Gatwick to Innsbruck
Aer Lingus - Dublin, Belfast, Gatwick and Cork to Munich. Dublin to Salzburg.
Austrian Arrows - Belfast, Dublin, Birmingham, Cork, Exeter, Leeds/Bradford, East Midlands and Southampton to Innsbruck
Austrian - Birmingham to Innsbruck, Cork, Dublin and Knock to Salzburg
Lauda - Birmingham and Dublin to Innsbruck
Monarch - Gatwick to Innsbruck. Gatwick Manchester and Dublin to Salzburg
We are happy to help you search for flights and give our recommendations.
We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the above information, but we do try to keep it up to date. Airlines are increasingly vague about future routes and keeping up to date is difficult. For airport information, including arrival and departure information try the following sites which we have found to be useful:
Stansted Airport Manchester Airport Birmingham Airport Bristol Airport Leeds Airport Gatwick Airport
By Car (detailed instructions are sent out with our guest information)
From Salzburg: From the airport travel S.W. on the B178, entering Germany for a time and back into Austria, follow the B178 towards St Johann. In St Johann head West to Scheffau, still on the B178. (time 65 mins)
From Innsbruck: Pick up the A12 motorway east all the way to Wörgl (vignette required). Leave at Wörgl and follow signs to Soll or St Johann on the B178. Scheffau is shortly after Soll. (time 70mins)
From Germany: You can reach Scheffau from Germany without having to pay any toll fees. If you leave the motorway at junction Kufstein Süd, you drive approx 12 km on the B173 ("Eiberg-Bundesstraße") in the direction of "Felbertauern, St. Johann". After 9 km you will find yourself on the B312 ("Lofer-Bundesstraße"), from there you need to drive another 3 km beside the Wilden Kaiser mountain range until you get to Scheffau.
By Train
The nearest railway stations are: Kufstein, Wörgl or St.Johann - then get a Postbus or a Taxi to Scheffau.
Taxi Gatt: Tel.: +43 5358 8112 or +43 664 320 55 77 Taxi Stefan; 0043 5333 6161 or mobile 0043 664 5115658