Vienna and Around
You can cover Vienna by motorhome from a single pitch on the edge of the city — the centre is then an easy metro or tram ride away, with no narrow lanes. Five days are enough for imperial Schönbrunn, the historic core with St Stephen's Cathedral, the abbey at Klosterneuburg and the vineyards above the Nussberg with their view over the rooftops. Add two trips beyond the metropolis: to the spa town of Baden, part of the UNESCO Great Spa Towns of Europe since 2021, and to the rebuilt Roman quarter at Carnuntum. The programme works well with children, and everything that matters is open from April to October.
From Prague the route runs down the motorway towards Brno and on via Mikulov, so you reach Lower Austria around lunchtime. Before you tackle the city, stop in Klosterneuburg — the baroque abbey above the Danube holds the Verdun Altar, the archducal hat and extensive wine cellars. The evening then belongs to the riverbank and a gentle start to the trip.
In the morning you drive up the Vienna Höhenstraße to the Kahlenberg, which looks out over the whole city and the bend of the Danube. From there you can walk down through the vineyards to the neighbouring Nussberg, where simple taverns stand between the rows of vines with the centre in full view. The evening belongs to a heuriger down in Nussdorf or Grinzing — these wine-growing suburbs pour young wine from the surrounding slopes and serve cold platters with it.
A day without the vehicle. The whole historic core can be covered on foot: St Stephen's Cathedral with its viewing tower, the Hofburg, a circuit of the Ring past the State Opera and parliament, and the Naschmarkt in the afternoon. If you want paintings as well, add the Kunsthistorisches Museum or the Albertina. In the evening it is worth leaving time for a coffee house — they belong to the city just as much as the monuments do.
The morning belongs to Schönbrunn — the imperial apartments, the sweeping park and the view from the Gloriette. The grounds also house Tiergarten Schönbrunn, the oldest zoo in the world, which can easily fill a whole day with children. In the afternoon you drive south to Baden bei Wien: park outside the historic core, and the Kurpark, Beethoven's house and the rose garden in the Doblhoffpark make for a calm close to the day.
On the last morning you head east to Petronell, where the Carnuntum archaeological park has rebuilt part of the Roman quarter from the foundations up — a town house, public baths and underfloor heating all work exactly as they once did. The site opens seasonally and the dates shift from year to year, so check the current opening times at carnuntum.at before you set off; the day ticket is also valid for the Carnuntinum museum in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. Around midday you turn back towards Mikulov and Brno.
Austria, vehicles up to 3.5 t: a motorway vignette is compulsory. Under the ASFINAG price list valid from December 2025 the ten-day vignette costs roughly €12.80, the two-month one €32 and the annual one €106.80. A digital vignette bought online only becomes valid after a delay unless you expressly select immediate validity — buy it well ahead, or pick up the classic sticker at the last Czech service area. Vehicles over 3.5 t do not buy a vignette at all: they pay a distance-based toll by number of axles through the GO-Box on-board unit, which you register online at go-maut.at or at a sales point near the border. None of Austria's special toll sections (mountain roads and tunnels) lie on this route, so the driving itself costs you nothing extra. Admission fees are a separate budget line, though: the day ticket for Carnuntum is €15 for an adult, and the imperial apartments at Schönbrunn, Tiergarten Schönbrunn and the tours at Klosterneuburg Abbey each charge their own entry. If you shorten the way back via Bratislava, add the Slovak electronic vignette for vehicles up to 3.5 t, or Slovak electronic toll for heavier vehicles. In the Czech Republic vehicles up to 3.5 t need the electronic motorway pass, those over 3.5 t pay toll through an on-board unit.
MICAMPA Wien Wienerwald (formerly Camping Wien West), Hüttelbergstraße 80, Vienna-Penzing — in 2026 open from 9 March to 31 October and then again through the winter from 1 November · MICAMPA Wien Donau (formerly Aktiv Camping Neue Donau), Am Kaisermühlendamm 123, Vienna-Donaustadt — season roughly from mid-March to the end of October · Reisemobil Stellplatz Wien, Perfektastraße 49–53, Vienna-Liesing — a year-round site reserved exclusively for motorhomes · Donaupark Camping Klosterneuburg, In der Au 1, Klosterneuburg — open from mid-March to mid-November · Camping Wienerwald, Leopoldigasse 2, Sulz im Wienerwald — open from mid-April to mid-October, a quiet option in the woods south of the city
Wild camping in Austria is governed by provincial rules and in Vienna or its surroundings you should not count on it — you spend the night at a campsite or a dedicated motorhome site. Vienna is also one city-wide short-term parking zone: on working days from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. you pay in every district, and without a resident permit you may stay two hours at most. That is why it makes sense to park the vehicle in one place for the whole stay and get around Vienna by metro and tram; a Wiener Linien ticket for 24, 48 or 72 hours covers it. You only take the vehicle out for destinations beyond the city — Klosterneuburg, the Kahlenberg, Baden and Carnuntum. Things are more relaxed there, but even so you head for an ordinary car park outside the historic core.
The most dependable service point is Reisemobil Stellplatz Wien on Perfektastraße: it has drinking water taps, a waste water drain and disposal for both cassette and fixed toilets, and it is open all year, so it works outside the main season too. In season you can do the same at Donaupark Camping in Klosterneuburg, which is right at hand on the very first day. Before the journey home, top up the tank once more at the campsite — with full water you will reach the Czech Republic without hunting for a refill.
Adria Compact
On this route the vehicle spends most of its time at a campsite on the edge of Vienna and only heads out on half-day trips to Klosterneuburg, the Kahlenberg, Baden and Carnuntum. The Adria Compact is a compact low-profile motorhome — a body 2.12 m wide and under seven metres long fits an ordinary campsite pitch or a park-and-ride space outside town, and inside there is still a bathroom and a kitchen for a whole week spent in one place.
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