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
***If you are more than 8 people (Group), you must first enquire at the hostel before booking. We are NOT obliged to honor group bookings (that also goes for groups that split their booking)!
***Cash payment preferred upon check-in. Credit card is slightly (3%) more. Thanks!

Directions

From the WEST BAHNHOF train station: just 3 min walk! Exit trains straight ahead & follow signs to 'Mariahilferstrasse'. As you exit 1 level below, you will have a Vapiano's Restaurant on your left and a large blue building on your right. Turn right on the Mariahilferstrasse. Walk 2 minutes & take 2nd left onto Haidmannsgasse (SATO Restaurant is on the corner at # 151). Take first right onto Robert Hamerlinggasse. Welcome!!!

MEIDLING BAHNHOF: Take Metro U-6 4 stops to the WEST BAHNHOF. (Exit 'Aeussere Mariahilferstrasse'. On Mariahilferstrasse, turn right. Do NOT cross the big intersection! (station will be on your right). Walk 2 minutes & take 2nd left onto Haidmannsgasse (SATO Restaurant on corner). First right onto Robert Hamerlinggasse. Welcome!!!

AIRPORT: Airport Bus to WEST BAHNHOF every 1/2 hour (5 AM-11:30 PM)

BY CAR: Coming from the West Autobahn (A1): follow signs to City Center (ZENTRUM) until you reach the Schoenbrunn Castle (a large, beautiful yellow castle, on your right after an underpass. Ritht after the castle turn left, follow the street until the second traffic light & turn right onto Mariahilferstrasse

Facilities

Internet Access, Wheelchair Friendly, Linen Included, Towels, Luggage Storage, Common Room, Lift / Elevator, Bike Parking, Free Carpark, Web access in Room, Breakfast