Straddling the border between Lower Austria and Styria, this small resort is a 15 minute walk from the station at Semmerling zum Zauberberg. The main advantage of the resort is that it is only an hour and a half from Vienna's main rail station, changing at Wien Meidling (although check the online timetable as there are various different routings). Marketing itself rather quaintly as Zau[:ber:]g,the resort operates floodlit slopes at night - although the last train back to Vienna leaves well before the slopes close. The resort also boasts a run that has been used for the FIS World Cup.
![Snowboard and Ski Switzerland - Zauberberg Semmering Ski Zauberberg Semmering by train](http://www.swisswintersports.co.uk/images/zauberberg.jpg)