Travel to Graz Here is a link to the Austrian train system information page (in English and German) and here is a link to the German train system (English and German available). Here is a map showing the relation of the main train station in Graz Hauptbahnhof to the city center Jakominiplatz . Street car lines are red and bus lines are blue. Note that the 31 bus can be taken at Jakominiplatz which travels to the Castle bus stop at Ankerstraße . Here is a map showing the relation of the airport of Graz to the Hauptbahnhof and Uni-Graz. Arriving by train Arriving in Vienna at the Wien Südbahnhof take train to Graz Hauptbahnhof. Information on train schedules are linked above. Arriving at the Graz Hauptbahnhof you can take a cab at about 20 Euro or by street car and bus at about 2 Euro. Street cars run very often. From the Hauptbanhof take street cars #3 or #6 (from 19:44 in the evening use street car #1 or #7) to Jakominiplatz and from Jakominiplatz take Bus #31 in direction Webling . Exit at Ankerstraße. After leaving the bus follow this map with information about the short walk from the bus stop to Castle St Martin. The map illustrates the walk on Ankerstraße to the Fußweg (footwalk) and then uphill to the castle. Arriving by car When arriving in Graz use the highway Knoten Graz-West and take the exit Straßgang . follow this map. Arriving by plane Arriving in Vienna at Wien Schwechat airport there are buses every 30 minutes ( at 25 and 55 minutes of the hour for about 5 Euro) directly to the main train station Wien Südbahnhof . You can also walk (5 minutes) to the city train Schnellbahn S7 and take this (every hour) in direction (richtung) "Südbahnhof " for about 1.5 Euro. In either case from the Südbahnhof take train to Graz. Arriving in Graz at the Graz Airport Thalerhof you can travel to St. Martin by cab (around 15 Euro) or you could take special buses to the main Graz train station Hauptbahnhof . From the Graz Hauptbahnhof follow travel directions to St. Martin given above in Arriving by train. Street car information All street cars go to Jakominiplatz and in general run very regularly from about 6 a.m till midnight and costs 1.45 Euro. In traveling by street car from the Hauptbahnhof, you need only find the direction which is toward Jakominiplatz. At Jakominiplatz transfer to bus #31 in direction Webling. Bus information connecting city center to Castle St. Martin Travel by bus #31 to St. Martin from Jakominiplatz (near the center of the old city) in the direction toward Webling. You should exit at station (haltestelle) Ankerstraße . If you see Harterstraße you missed your stop but the bus is near the end of the line and will start a return trip back at Webling. After leaving the bus follow this map with information about the short walk from the bus stop to Castle St Martin. The map illustrates the walk on Ankerstraße to the Fußweg (footwalk) and then uphill to the castle. Useful maps for reaching Castle St. Martin and Dokterbauer are also provided here. Here you can find an overview map that shows the general orientation of Straßgang and Webling area of Graz which is the area in which the castle is located. Here you can find a middle scale map with information about the location of Castle St Martin. This map can be zoomed out to get an overview map of Graz. Here is a second scalable map showing the autobahn orientation near Straßgang. Here you can find a close up map with information about the streets near the autobah exit and also the short walk from Castle St Martin to the bus stop for the bus #31 which takes you to the center of the old city and which runs till midnight. Here you can find visitor information about the University of Graz including an overview map of Graz and a map of the campus. Here you can find (search under hotels) map information about the location of Dokterbauer Gasthaus and its relation to St. Martin (scale out). The bus #33 goes from Jakominiplatz and stops right at Dokterbauer. overview map of Graz and a map of the campus. Here you can find information about the address of Dokterbauer and other locations in Graz. Acknowledgement: Thanks to Lorenz Windholz and Wolfgang Maass of the TU- Graz for letting us use some local maps and graphics.