Travelers Tips
If you are going to the U.S.
Bringing Food, Plant and Animal Products into the U.S.
(http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/travel.html)
Taking Your Pet to the U.S.
(http://www.customs.gov/travel/pet.htm)
Animal Importation Rules of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/animal.htm)
Our Travel USA Page
(http://www.usembassy.at/travelUSA.html)
If you are coming to central Europe:
We field general questions about our countries of responsibility and since
we travel a lot are also often asked general tourism information.
You can find most of it right here, on these web pages. If you are planning
a trip to the region, you'd be wise to check out these pages.
Austrian Farm Holidays
(http://www.farmholidays.com/uab/e/index.html)
an alternative to traditional hotels, more like a bed and breakfast with
the cows thrown in at no additional charge
Austria National Tourism Office
(http://www.anto.com/) official web
site
Budapest Week On-Line
(http://www.budapestweek.hu/)
glitzy and slow to load, but up-to-date information on what's happening
in the Hungarian capital
Budget Travel's General Europe Travel Information Website
(http://www.budgettravel.com/europe.htm)
lots of links to other sources of information, highly recommended
Croatian Tourist Information Service
(http://www.htz.hr/) the Croatian Tourism
Information Service's official web site, many nice features and links
Croatian Tourism Line
(http://www.hina.hr/CTL/frames.html)
good links and information
Czech Info Center
(http://www.muselik.com/czech/frame.html)
not restricted to travel information
Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(http://www.czech.cz/) includes
tourist information
Domovina Net
(http://www.domovina.net/Menu/english_ba.html)
news and information from Bosnia, some interesting links
Hungarian National Tourist Office
(http://www.hungarytourism.hu/)
official tourism board
Hungary Info
(http://www.hungary-info.com/)
business-oriented, includes on-line Hungarian-English dictionary
Slovak Tourist Board
(http://www.sacr.sk/) official
site
Slovenia Tourist Board
(http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/)
nice site for information on visiting Slovenia--be sure to ask for the
"Catalogue of Touristic Farms", as a farm stay is a pleasant
and inexpensive alternative to tourist hotels
Travel Library
(http://travel-library.com/)
awfully close to a one-stop information shop for travellers
Vienna Tourism Board
(http://wtv.magwien.gv.at/e/index.htm)
upcoming events and how to get tickets to them, museums, accommodations,
places to eat, and more--don't miss this page if you are planning to visit
Vienna
City Net Pages: Very good links to information about your next travel
destination, places to stay, things
to see, what to wear, what to watch out for.
CityNet Austrian Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/austria/#cities)
CityNet Bosnian Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/bosnia_and_herzegovina/#cities)
CityNet Croatian Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/croatia/#cities)
CityNet Czech Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/czech_republic/#cities)
CityNet Hungarian Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/hungary/#cities)
CityNet Slovak Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/slovakia/#cities)
CityNet Slovene Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/slovenia/#cities)
Lycos City Pages: In addition to giving basic background about the cities,
these pages contain many good links to on-line information about the countries
and cities in them, and include links to newspapers, radio stations, and
other news sources.
Lycos Austria Hungary City Page
(http://cityguide.lycos.com/europe/austriahungary/)
several cities and places in Austria and Hungary
Lycos North Central Europe City Page
(http://cityguide.lycos.com/europe/nocentral/)
several cities and places in the Czech and Slovak Republics (Poland, too)
Lycos East Adriatic City Page
(http://cityguide.lycos.com/europe/eastadriatic/)
capital cities of Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia, as well as Serbia and
Albania
Airline, Ferry and Train Schedules in the Region:
General train schedules
(http://www.budgettravel.com/eurorail.htm)
General ferry schedules
(http://www.budgettravel.com/eurofery.htm)
Austrian Airlines
(http://www.aua.com/)
Austrian Railways
(http://www.oebb.at/)
Croatia Airlines
(http://www.ctn.tel.hr/ctn/index-en.html)
Croatia Ferry Schedules
(http://www.jadrolinija.tel.hr/jadrolinija/info/english/menu.htm)
Croatian Railways
(http://www.tel.hr/hz/hengl.htm)
Czech Railways
(http://www.cdrail.cz/default.htm)
German Railways
(http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/detect.exe/bin/query.exe/e?)
Hungarian Railways
(http://elvira.mavinformatika.hu/index2.htm)
Italian Railways
(http://www.fs-on-line.com/eng/index.html)
Vienna International Airport
(http://www.vie.co.at/englisch/airport.asp)
On-Line Telephone Directories:
Austria White Pages
(http://www.etb.at/) in German only
Austria Yellow Pages
(http://www.gelbeseiten.at/english/index_e.htm)
now in English, too!
Croatia
(http://imenik.hinet.hr/) in your
choice of eight languages including English
Czech Republic White Pages
(http://www.iol.cz/TLF/index.htm)
in Czech only
Czech Republic Yellow Pages
(http://www.zlatestranky.cz/e_alpha9.html)
now in English, too!
Hungary
(http://www.matav.hu/tudakozo/istart_e.html)
in English and Hungarian
Slovakia White Pages
(http://www.zoznamst.sk) in Slovak
only; VERY slow connection
Slovakia Yellow Pages
(http://www.yellowpages.sk/)
available in English and Slovak
Slovenia
(http://tis.telekom.si/cgi/ptis.exe?DOC=advanced_e.html&LANG=ENG&PAGE=WHITE&CP=1250)
Exporter Assistance:
Organic Foods
(update) (http://www.useu.be/agri/organic.html)
Food Irradiation
(update) (http://www.useu.be/agri/irradiation.html)
Pesticides & Other Contaminants
(update) (http://www.useu.be/agri/pesticdes.html)
High Quality Beef Quota
(update) (http://www.useu.be/agri/beefquotas.html)
U.S. Establishments
(new Equine Semen List) (http://www.useu.be/agri/estab.html)
USEU Reports:
Poultry report
(semi-annual) (http://www.useu.be/agri/poultry.html)
Livestock report
(semi-annual) (http://www.useu.be/agri/livestock.html)
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