Official Website
More information is available on the official Karlstetten website at www.pony-wm2003.com
This website has an English language version.

Tickets and other information:
Tickets can be pre-ordered through the website or through the tourist office (details below).

Ticket prices are: Opening ceremony - free entry, Dressage (each day) - € 9.00 (non-seated) or € 14.00 (covered seating), Marathon, Cones and prize giving (each day) - € 14.00 (non-seated) or € 18.00 (covered seating). 5 day ticket (Wed-Sun) - € 32.00 (non-seated) or € 45.00 (covered seating).

Location:
Karlstetten is situated approximately 40 miles west of Vienna, near the town of St. Pőlten.

Driving Directions:
From the A1 (E60) motorway, take exit to St. Pölten Süd. Turn left, following the signs to Krems until you reach a roundabout. Still following the signs to Krems, turn left at the second traffic light (petrol station Shell, motor shop Wesely). Turn right at flower shop following the sign to Karlstetten. Through the village of Obermamau to Karlstetten. Turn right 200 m after the signpost of Karlstetten, then turn right after 50 m, then left after 50m (signpost indicating “Kutscherstüberl”) until you reach Rosenthal.

Tourist Office contact:
Doris Schuster
Mostviertel Tourismus GmbH
Adalbert Stifter Strasse 4
3250 Wieselburg/Erlauf
Tel.: 0043 7416 52191
Fax: 0043 7416 53087
E-mail: doris.schuster@most4tel.com
Website: www.mostviertel.info

Phoning Austria:
Save money when phoning Austria to book your accommodation or tickets by using Telediscount. Charges are the same as for a UK local call - 1 p/min at weekends, 2 p/min evenings and 4 p/min during the day. Just dial 0845 244 5445 then dial the full international number (e.g. 0043 7416 52191 for the tourist office). More info on the Telediscount website. The time in Austria is 1 hour ahead of British Summer Time.

Accommodation list:

Gerersdorf, (about 8 km to Karlstetten)

Gasthof Bertl
Evangelieplatz 1, 3385 Gerersdorf, Tel.: 0043-2749 2601, gasthof.bertl@direkt.at
beds: 24  price per person night: ~ € 21,80  including breakfast

“Kirchenwirt”
Hauptstraße 34,  3385 Gerersdorf, Tel.: 0043-2749 2612, gasthof.birgmayr.lechner@utanet.at
beds: 52  price/person/night incl. breakfast: ~ € 27,85

Prinzerdorf, (about 8 km to Karlstetten, right next to Gerersdorf)

“Zur Post”
Linzerstraße 1, 3385 Gerersdorf, Tel. Fax: 0043-2749 2440
beds: 52  price/person/night incl. breakfast: ~ € 13,81

Gasthof Kern
Bahnstraße 5, 3385 Gerersdorf, Tel. Fax: 0043-2749 2564
beds: 10  price/person/night incl. breakfast: ~ € 15,99

St. Pölten, (about 11 km to Karlstetten)

Austria Trend Hotel Metropol**** 
Schillerplatz 1, 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 70700  metropol@austria-trend.at
beds: 174  price/person/night incl. Breakfast: ~ € 60,35

Stadthotel “Hauser-Eck”***
Schulgasse 2 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 73336  m.hauser@eunet.at
beds: 45 price/person/night incl. Breakfast: ~ € 37,00

Hotel-Gasthof Graf***
Bahnhofplatz 7, 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 352757 Hotel.graf@wirte3100.at
beds: 56  price/person/night incl. breakfast: ~ € 33,45

Hotel “Seeland”***
Goldeggerstraße 114, 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 362461 Hotel.seeland@kfs.at
beds: 81  price/person/night incl breakfast: ~ € 30,00

Gasthof-Pension Böck
Teufelhoferstraße 26, 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 72906  Gasthof.boeck@pgv.at
beds: 70  price/person/night incl. breakfast: ~ € 31,50

Pension-Appartements „Mariazellerhof“***
Mariazellerstraße 8, 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 76995  m.hauser@aon.at
beds: 50, 6 Appartements,  price/person/night incl breakfast: ~ € 25,00

Pension-Restaurant “Alt-Wien”
Mariazellerstraße 42, 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 73317 Fax: 0043-2742 73317-7
beds: 42, 4 Appartements,  price/person/night incl. breakfast: ~ € 21,80

"Schlafgut"
Mariazeller Straße 80, 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 77252  schlafgut@schlafgut.at
beds: 39, 2 Appartements,  price/person/night incl. breakfast: ~ € 30,00

Pension „Elisabeth“***
Mariazellerstraße 164, 3100 St. Pölten  Tel.: 0043-2742 72714  m.hauser@aon.at
beds: 26  price/person/night incl. breakfast: ~ € 23,00