With some great road trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore all that Spital am Semmering, 40 miles away, has to offer. Stuhleck Ski Lift, Zauberberg Ski Resort and 4-er Sportbahn Blauer Blitz alone make the drive out worth it. The locals will also probably point you toward Wiener Neustadt, 45 miles away. If you only have time for one thing here, let it be Hauptplatz. (But we’re also big fans of Dom and Casemates.)