http://www.hotel-jadran-bled.com/

The Jadran Garni Hotel is close to Lake Bled, which has the longest swimming season of any alpine lake. The hotel is a wonderful starting point for a relaxing stroll in the local countryside and other interesting excursions. There is a large car park next to the hotel. The Grand Hotel Toplice, its sister hotel, offers a thermal pool as well as a host of wellness programmes. A private lido is close by.

The A on the map below is the location of the hotel in Bled.

http://www.gruenerbaum.cc/?cid=1 

Embedded between the impressing mountains and the picturesque lake of Hallstatt is the village of Hallstatt, which can look back on 4500 years of eventful history.
The historic marketplace is the geographical and social centre of Hallstatt. The lakeside hotel Grüner Baum, which was mentioned in a document for the first time in the year 1700, is the most impressing building at the marketplace with its façade; the other side of the hotel opens to the lake with its inviting terrace.

The hotel is shown in A on the map below, the train station is on the other side of the lake and you have to get a boat across the lake.

http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-6154-novotel-wien-city/index.shtml 

Novotel Wien City enjoys a premium location in the heart of the historic city centre overlooking the Ringstrasse. This modern upper-midscale hotel offers 122 air-conditioned rooms, 2 suites, 2 exclusive boardrooms, an exceptional restaurant with a bar, agym and sauna. Stephansplatz is only 500 m or 10 minutes walk away. Relax in the nearby Stadtpark (City Park) or on the lively banks of the Danube Canal. Parking is available nearby and there is an underground station right outside the hotel.

Austria & Slovenia : Vienna (A & G) to HallStatt (b) to Lake Bled (D) to Piran (E) to Ljubljana(F) to Vienna (G)

Greece  : Athens (A) to Paros (B)

Depart Hallstatt at 9:11am, arrive into Lake Bled at 3:47pm

6 Hours and 36 Minutes

This is a map of the Vienna West Train Station also known as Wien Westbahnhof. It  (Vienna West Station, or Vienna Western Station) is a major Austrian railway station, the starting point of the Austrian Western Railway (Westbahn) for trains to Salzburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Zürich, Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrad, etc. As well as long-distance routes, local trains (S-Bahn-line S50 ) and two underground (U-Bahn) lines reach the Westbahnhof ( U3 and U6 ).

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We are looking at catching a train from Vienna to Hallstatt – a distance of only 311km. The route we have chosen has 1 stop along the way and takes 4:04.

It departs at 8:44am and arrives at 12:48pm – From what I can find online it will cost 47.50 Euro each for a second class seat.

We are using http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp to find trains and their schedules and prices.

Well the basic idea is the following:

• April 22 – Travel from Christchurch, New Zealand to Vienna, Austria.
  • Christchurch to Sydney
  • Sydney to Bangkok
  • Bangkok to Dubai
  • Dubai to Vienna
• April 23 – Arrive in Vienna (probably buggered after 30+ hours) and stay for 3 nights
• April 26 – Travel by Train to Hallstatt and stay for 3 nights
• April 29 – Travel by Train to Lake Bled in Solvenia and stay for 3 nights
• May 2 – Travel to Ljubjlana, Solvenia and stay for 3 nights
• May 5 – Travel to Piran, Solvenia and stay for 3 nights
• May 8 – Travel to Trieste, Italy and stay 3 nights
• May 11 – Fly from Tieste to Rome and then onto Athens, Greece
• May 11 – Stay in Athens for 2 nights
• May 13 – Travel by Ferry to Paros Island and stay for 7 days
• May 20 – Fly from Paros to Athens
• May 20 – Fly from Athens to Dubai and overnight courtesy of Emirates
• May 21 – Fly from Dubai directly to Sydney, Australia
• May 22 – Fly from Sydney Australia to Christchurch, New Zealand