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Semmering and the Vienna Woods
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Semmering and the Vienna Woods

Eight days of villas and a UNESCO railway landscape: Vienna Woods, Baden, Semmering, Rax, Schneeberg. Tesla in Vienna and Wiener Neustadt; the pass is a garden more than a mountain.

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Season: Year-round. Semmering villas are loveliest May-June and September. Rax cable car can pause in high wind.

Eight days of villas and a UNESCO railway landscape: Vienna Woods, Baden, Semmering, Rax, Schneeberg. Tesla in Vienna and Wiener Neustadt; the pass is a garden more than a mountain.

Day by day

Day 1

Vienna

Overnight Tesla. Tomorrow the woods begin.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Vienna) — typical arrival 30%, about 20 min to 80%. Why stop here: Vienna. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Vienna Woods
Vienna WoodsPhoto: Uoaei1 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 3

Baden

Sulphur and a park of plane trees. Destination charger.

Why stop hereWhy stop here: Baden. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Baden
BadenPhoto: Haeferl / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 at)
Day 5

Semmering

Grand hotels in the trees. Charge in Wiener Neustadt.

Why stop hereWhy stop here: Semmering. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Rax
RaxPhoto: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 6

Payerbach

The viaduct in the window. A quiet night.

Why stop hereWhy stop here: Payerbach. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Schneeberg
SchneebergPhoto: Elisabethkirche_Schneeberg.jpg: Hendric Stattmann derivative work: Amada44 ta... / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Day 8

Vienna

Last Tesla. The woods are still in the rear-view.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Vienna) — typical arrival 30%, about 20 min to 80%. Why stop here: Vienna. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Kahlenberg
KahlenbergPhoto: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Quiet charging pauses

  • Tesla Supercharger in Vienna — a calm stop on this leg, about 20 min.
  • Tesla Supercharger in Wiener Neustadt — a calm stop on this leg, about 24 min.

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