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We offer a bright mansion in a rural and quiet municipality 45km from Vienna, in Kaumberg, Lower Austria. We have one very spacious living room, two bedrooms with king size beds. The house itself has two bathrooms with shower and/or bath tub and three toilets. There is a fully equipped kitchen on the ground floor. There is space enough in front of the house to park your car/s. The first floor directly leads into an 800 m² garden and a terrace. The house which has been completely renovated in 2010/2011 has a central heating system. You can have an active holiday with walks and cycling routes, or enjoy a holiday with finest barbecues in our spacious garden and surroundings. There is no wifi internet access.
“We loved it in this beautiful and tastefully furnished Mansion in a quiet village located about 40 Minutes by car from the outskirts of Vienna. Use Park and Ride and take the Subway into Vienna to do your sightseeing. Christine and Helmut were perfect hosts thinking of everything to make us feel at home. This was a great and recommendable exchange.”
We are Helmut and Christine, 58 and 54 years old, married with 3 children (Markus, a 24 year old boy, Julia, our 30 old daughter, and Florian, our 32 year old son) and two grandchildren. Christine works at home and Helmut is a consultant. We enjoy travelling when able to get away. Markus is studying in Vienna, Florian and Julia finished their studies and live and work in Vienna. We travel as a couple.
We made exchanges in Irland and the Netherlands in 2011, Finland and France in 2012, England and France in 2013, Italy and France in 2014, Slovenia, Switzerland and France in 2015, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Munic in 2017, Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina in 2018, Slovenia, Italy and Austria in 2019. All of them were very nice experiences!
We would expect to arrange an e mail exchange some way in advance in order to get to know our fellow exchangers and to see how best we can facilitate their stay in Austria and vice versa.
Our friends and neighbours are very friendly and contacts are very close-knit, would be on hand to offer advice for trips, for visiting the surrounding and offering a sight into the traditions of rural Lower Austria.
Sorry, no dog/cat household possible because of an allergy.
We normally accommodate max. 4 people during an exchange.
We are very respectful of other people's houses and belongings and would treat your property with the utmost care.
by foot:
On the one hand, the environs of the house offer facilities for walking, hiking and nature lovers, but at the same time, is characterized by its closeness to the capital, Vienna.
1 min walk to a soccer field, a skateboard park, tennis, mountain bike paths, children's play ground)
2 mins walk to the supermarket, café, post office, bank, restaurant, Church, doctor, play ground, sport facilities (soccer field , skateboard park, horse-riding, mountain bike tours, tennis, bike rental facilities) in the village Kaumberg (see website: http://www.kaumberg.at), museum of local history
30 mins walk to the famous Lower Austrian Araburg (The Castle of Ara) (see website: http://www.kaumberg.at)
by car:
50 mins drive to Vienna International Airport (see website: www.viennaairport.com)
45 mins drive to Austria's capital, Vienna, Vienna public transport system (underground system, bus, train, tramway, etc.), all the famous sights of Vienna (Schönbrunn, Staatsoper (opera), Prater (amusement park), St. Stephen's Cathedral, old town, etc.) see website: http://www.wien.info/en
30 mins drive to famous Baden, a baroque city, offers spa facilities (see website: http://www.thermen.at/therme_baden.htm), the famous Grand Casino Baden (see website: http://www.casinos.at)
25 mins drive to Bad Vöslau, offers spa facilities (see website: http://www.thermalbad-voeslau.at/home/home.php)
15 mins drive to Mayerling (Castle of Mayerling where the Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria commited suicide) see website: http://www.karmel-mayerling.org/
20 mins drive to Heilgenkreuz (Abbey of Heiligenkreuz) see website: http://www.stift-heiligenkreuz.org/
20 mins drive to Lilienfeld (famous monastery, see website: http://www.lilienfeld.at)
30 mins drive to the famous mountains Rax and Schneeberg
(see website: http://www.lower-austria.info/portal/en/)
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