Drive/Walk to the B1/Wiener-Bundesstraße (5.5 km). After 1.7 km on the B1 turn right onto Obere Weißgerberstraße. Join the Dampfschiffstraße, after 400m turn left onto Franzensbrückenstraße and follow it until you reach the roundabout. Take the second exit to the Prater.
If you arrive by car: this area is a short-term parking zone. Please buy a prepaid parking voucher at a local tobacconist (€ 1,00 per hour - as per 1st of May 2012). Additionally you can find a variety of charged parking areas.
Take the U4 (green line) from Schönbrunn to Schwedenplatz (direction Heiligenstadt, 9 stops). At Schwedenplatz change to line U1 (red line) in direction Leopoldau and exit at Praterstern (2 stops). The Prater is within 200m from the station.