Hostel Ruthensteiner

Hostel Ruthensteiner is the 'friendly' non-smoking hostel with the great international atmosphere just 4 minutes walk from the Westbahnhof Train Station! Open 24hrs/ day, all year! Within walking distance of both the City Center and beautiful Palace Schoenbrunn, this is the perfect place from which to discover Vienna! Friends and family-run and 'one of a kind, not one of a chain!', ours is the ideal hostel for the individual traveler or small family groups. Come visit us!

Special features include:

*Free use of large, new self-service kitchen and barbeque
*Beautiful gardens for relaxing, enjoying an drink from the bar, making new friends and playing oversized chess with our handmade wooden figures.
*Unlimited, 24h free hot showers

*Free lockers (€10 refundable deposit)
*Free map upon check-in
*Musical instruments for your use
*High-speed Internet
*Free wireless with your own laptop
*Smoke-free environment
*Self-service laundromat
*New, relaxed bar serving the best draft beer in town,
cocktails, wine and non-alcoholics!
*Walking and bike tours that leave directly from the hostel!
(also the famous an all-day 'Grape Grazing/Biking' tour to
the Wachau wine-growing region in the Danube Valley!
*Bicycle Friendly- large room for bike storage
*Book Trade & Games
*Breakfast offered for 2.50 Euros
*'Art from Around the World'

We have all sorts of accommodations to appeal to everyone from 4-8 bed dorms (both mixed and single sex) where you can use your own sheets or sleeping bag or rent ours for only 2- for the first night. We also have beds in double bed, 2,3,4,5,6 and 8 bed rooms including linens and several new rooms with private shower and toilets in the room).

If you cannot find availability for a specific night and want to extend your stay, this is usually possible! Please just remember to ask before or upon check-in! Thanks!

We can't wait to have you stay with us!!!

***Please remember that our hostel is NON-Smoking. Cash payment preferred upon check-in. Thanks!

Directions

from WESTBAHNHOF: (renovations in process) just 3-4 min walk! Exit from the trains to the right, down the stairs and out to the right to the street. Turn left (Gerstnerstrasse) and walk down to main street- the Mariahilferstrasse. Turn right on main street. Walk 1 minute and take the 1st left at the light onto Haidmannsgasse (SATO Restaurant on the corner). Take the first right onto Robert Hamerlinggasse. House # 24 is just down on the right! Welcome!!!

SÜD BAHNHOF: Take Tram 18 to direction BURGGASSE and get off at station MARIAHILFERGÜRTEL (one stop before Westbahnhof) On the left hand side there is a huge, domed church and our hostel is one street behind it. Walk up Haidmannsgasse, then left on Robert Hamerlinggasse. We are at #24. Welcome!!!

FRANZ JOSEF'S BAHNHOF: Take Tram 5 or U6 to WEST BAHNHOF

CITY CENTER-STEPHANSPLATZ: Underground U3 to WEST BAHNHOF (Take Exit 'Aeussere Mariahilferstrasse'. When you come up to the Mariahilferstrasse, walk away from Europa Platz away from the City Center. Go to the 2nd light and go left on Haidmannsgasse. (SATO Restaurant is on the corner). Walk down one street and take first right onto Robert Hamerlinggasse. We are House #24 on the right.

AIRPORT: Airport Bus to WEST BAHNHOF every 1/2 hour
(5 AM-11:30 PM):(renovations in process) just 3-4 min walk! Exit from the trains to the right, down the stairs and out to the right to the street. Turn left (Gerstnerstrasse) and walk down to main street- the Mariahilferstrasse. Turn right on main street. Walk 1 minute and take the 1st left at the light onto Haidmannsgasse (SATO Restaurant on the corner). Take the first right onto Robert Hamerlinggasse. House # 24 is just down on the right! Welcome to Hostel Ruthensteiner!!!

BY CAR:

Coming from the West Autobahn (A1): follow the signs to the city centre until you reach the Schönbrunn Castle (a large beautiful yellow building that will be on your right after an underpass).
Directly opposite the castle turn left, follow the street until the second traffic light and turn right onto Mariahilferstrasse. At house # 151 turn right onto Haidmannsgasse. Robert Hamerlinggasse is the first street down on the right, but because it is a one-way street, you will need to go to the second right and go around the block (right, right, and right again!) Welcome!

Coming from the south, east or north:

Look for signs saying 'Guertel' and follow the directions to the Westbahnhof Station. From there, drive the Mariahilferstrasse away from the City Center and follow the above directions.

Facilities

Internet Access, Bicycle Hire, Bar, Towels, Security Lockers, Luggage Storage, Guest Kitchen, 24