Germany Travel Forum

Hi I would like to visit Germany next year in 2009 but I am not sure which is the best area to visit. I have been to the The Black Forest which was nice but I would like recommendations. I like visitng museums and shops etc, and I am learning german but it is not very good as yet as I hope to learn in September. Any in put would be most helpful. Many thanks.

Can you also recommend any places to stay which are not too expensive and are not in dodgey area's?

Is it possible to get a taxi from Munich to St Moritz in Switzerland and will the price be realistic? I have heard that it can be driven in 3-4 hours but I am not a driver. Also the train is not realistic to me due to the time it takes and the number of changes. Advice much appreciated :)

Hi

I am travelling from Salzburg to the castle, and was hoping to take a train to Fussen, but on bahn.de there are many options, one of which is: Fußenberg, Wenzenbach - is this the right station? Or would it be better to travel to Hohenschwangau instead?
I notice both take a similar amount of time.
Also I would like to go to the bridge for a view of Neuschwanstein but have my elderly mother travelling with me (very active but in her 60s) and I do not want her to walk. is there a better way of getting to the top and is it possible to take a horse and carriage?

Hello,

A friend wants to go to Ikea in Sindelfingen or Ludwigsburg but dont know how to with public transport, can anyone help?

Sindelfingen would be a better option for her, however it seems not so possible to get to without a car.

The Ludwigsburg branch is further but when I look on the web, there seems to be 3 buses stopping just outside. Where do these buses depart from? Can she get the bus from Ludwisburg/Tamm S-Bahn Station or Stuttgart Hbf?

Can she check the bus schedule somewhere?

Thanks!

what would be the best and cheapest way to go to amsterdam.. on a weekend...so that i can spend the max. time over there

Where exactly is Frankfurt Hahn airport in relation to Frankfurt city? I understand it is more than a fair distance away but what sort of distance are we talking about? It's west of the city isn't it?

I'm checking to see if there are any reasonably priced flights from Frankfurt to Budapest but at the moment Frankfurt Hahn is the front runner.
Any thoughts VT members?
Thanks
DG

Hi together,

some friends of mine and me, all from Hamburg, would like to go to the Ostsee one weekend and camp there one night. Preferably at the beach and NOT at a camp site. Is this possbile in your opinion?

We know that it is not allowed, but it would still be nice to do it anyways. In other parts of the world noone would care ALTOUGH it is not allowed. This might be different here in Germany I guess. We'd just sit around in the dunes with a keg or case of beer and get the tents up around 1 hour before sunset and take them down again early in the morning. Has anyone done this before? Anyone been caught?

We'd come by train and/or bus from Hamburg. Any recommendation where exactly at the Ostsee it might not be so crowded and therefore possible to do this from Saturday to Sunday one weekend?

If all of you are strictly recommending NOT to do it, tell me. And which camp site/ where would you recommend then instead?

Regards and Danke in advance,
Phil

Hi All,

I am moving to Erlangen this september for studying and I need to settle on renting a room these days.

Does anyone know a nice district to settle in? I would love something that could be both close to university (within 10 - 15 min by bus) and at the same time close to city center or any busy area (i dont like calm outskirt districts).

Does anyone know such district? please tell me the name... The follwing are the districts i found and I dunno which is best:

Am Anger
Alterlangen
Bruck, pop. 20,000
Büchenbach
Burgberg
Dechsendorf
Eltersdorf, pop. around 3,200
Frauenaurach
Häusling
Hetzles
Hüttendorf
Innenstadt
Kosbach
Kriegenbrunn
Neusses
Röthelheim
Schallershof
Siedlung Sonnenblick
Sieglitzhof/Buckenhofer Siedlung
Steudach
Tennenlohe

Thank youuuuu
Dina

Hi I am waiting for confirmation about a job in Landstuhl to begin July/August for 2 years. Help!? I've heard it's easier to get a car over there but I can only drive automatic. Are they gently used small, reliable cars that are automatic? Anyone have an idea where to look and how much they cost? My job there will require I drive about 1000 miles a month to military families in the areas. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. I am excited and stressed at the same time!!!
peggy plilygrace@hotmail.com

we want go to bodensee area on june, somebody introduce some pension or guestroom to us? thanks advance.

I will be travelling to Monchengladbach for the Germany V Wales football match in October. I am aware that Weeze Airport is not in Dusseldorf but are there good transport connection from Weeze to Monchengladbach? How much will it cost? How long will it take? Where would be a good place to stay for a couple of nights, easy route to football ground and close to sight seeing opportunities? Thank you in advance for answering any of the above questions.

Does anyone know of a good psychiatrist or psychologist in Aachen? I need an E-mail address and phone number- it is for a friend of mine who will be there this summer. Thank you.

Hi folks, I am staying at the Holiday Inn in Passau which is opposite the station I think, how far is Steinbachstr from there? Can I walk it? Thanks.

Hi,

does anyone know of a skydiving company operating in (or close to) Hamburg? I tried google, but found myself going in circles with no results.

I am looking at the possibility of doing a tandem skydive for my 25th birthday next month and am just looking at costs, etc., at the moment.

So if anyone knows of a company and/or website that could help me out, can you please let me know.

Thank you,

Cassie

Could you please give me a rough idea how expensive it would be to travel between Bremen and Dusseldorf on public transport? I have cheap flights to Bremen from the UK but it might work out to be false economy if it's expensive to travel between the above cities. (might aswell get a direct flight).

Thank you in advance.

Good Day VTs

I'll be staying @ Strasbourg for 2 nights in the begining of August 2008.
my Q iss:
How long does it take to get to Strasbourg from Munich?

Hi everybody, I arrange a surprise travel for my friend who loves brand GAP. Approximately 6 years age I lived in Munich and a huge GAP store could be found near to the Rathouse. Is it still right? Or GAP withdrawn from Germany? Could you please send your answer ASAP? Many thanks. Judith

What is the best option to pick up a European cell phone at the airport in Frankfort - I will be in the Lufthansa terminal. I am looking for a very inexpensive phone with "pay as you go" service, but I want to be able to plug it without an adapter or converter.

I have two options - buying the phone (I want to be able to keep it for whenever I'm in Europe and just add to it) ... or I could keep my phone and
just turn it off, and hope it lasts for the week.

I do not want to get into a SIM card or the like because I prefer not to have to deal with adapters, etc - to me this is not an option I want to pursue - I'd just like to get a phone.

If there are no justifiable options (as far as price) - I'll just keep the one I have with has all the right bands.

Thanks.

we would be staying for 4 nights in germany.1 night in germany and 3 nights in munich.we would like to see the rhine valley,romantic road and triol in austria.is it possiple cover all this in 4 days.pls help me plan.
train,bus or car which is the best option for travelling.

Hi everyone..

Arriving on 27th June from Scotland-celebrate my friends upcoming wedding.

Found a lot of the hotels expensive -found a website for bed and breakfasts-anyone know about the site: www.bed-and-breakfast.de

They recommended a place in the Aldstadt area- Stephaniviertel and one a little further out in the Bremen Neustadt: both areas nice-what would u say?

Any help or advice for things to do and also re nightlife would be welcomed-cheers

Kash

Hi,

A group of 8 of us has booked travel and accomodation in Munich for Oktoberfest on the weekend of 3-5th October.

All of the tents seem to be fully booked. For any of you who have been before I would love to know:

- can you can queue up for tickets?
- are there tent ticket touts and are the prices ridiculous?
- are there any tents that you can get in without a ticket?

We are considering cancelling our flights if we aren't going to be able to get in anywhere, would be like a kid with nose prossed up against sweetie shop if we can't get in there, but all REALLY want to go.

Any tips most appreciated.

Liz

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with my search to find an area to rent an apartment in Berlin.

I'll be in Berlin to do some internship/work experience in September 08 and am wondering where a good area is to rent in for someone on a budget (but not too small a budget)? I'd still like to be fairly central.

If anyone could give me some pointers as to where to look for an apartment (websites or good areas), or any other tips, I'd be very grateful. Thank you!

We will be visiting Baden-Baden on Sunday, May 18th. There are races on this day, we have never been to the horse races and are not sure what to expect. Should we buy the tickets at the facility or make reservations? What kind of dress can we expect? We have dinner reservations at the Zum Alde Got and where hoping to do some wine tasting prior to dinner. Any recomendations for vineyards?

Hi

I will be in Berlin for a few nights during the week in June. I am looking for some good places to go out and have a few drinks. I Can find plenty of trendy lounge bars etc but i am looking for a few bars/clubs for the 30+ crowd. i am staying around Tiergarten so any tips for places around here would be appreciated.

(Irish bars are good)

Tom

I am looking to travel from Trier to Berlin on the 24th June. Does anyone know the best transport options? I can't seem to find anything helpful!

Thanks very much.

Layla

I am looking to travel from Trier to Berlin on the 24th June. Does anyone know the best transport options? I can't seem to find anything helpful!

Thanks very much.

Layla

I have visited http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml and a couple of questions.
First, it looks like I could purchase my tickets before I leave, and save the time and worry of having change, is this correct? So assuming I'm buying my tickets before leaving (I'm pretty good at keeping schedules):

- I entered "FRA" as the choice of originations. Search ended up with two selections from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Regionalbf and Frankfurt (M) Flughafen Fernbf. Are any of these the main Frankfurt airport? Not sure about Fernbf, the Regional sounds like the wrong Flughafen!

- For Oberwesel, would the right choice be Oberwesel Bahnhof?

- As far as the train, there are ICE, S,RB and RB - but no train number. I know ICE are the cool white ones, but how do you tell apart S and RB without a train number? I am speculating the train number could surface after you actually purchase the ticket - but so far, no number. How do I know which is the right train?

So, any help confirming the right from/to stations and sorting out the train to get from Frankfurt airport to Oberwesel would be appreciated! Thanks!

I am not the kind of person that likes organised excursions, but I normally enjoy the tour walks. I had been reading a couple of external links of companies that organise them and we may take one (the stadard one) on the first day to give us an idea of the city by walking. I have found it in Spanish at insidetours.(If anybody does know any other company that does in Spanish please let me know!)

But as John Le Carre early books fan, I had always dream in visiting all that places one day (I know, it is not the same LOL)so I looked for more specific tours, but they are all in English. Do you know any company that does them in other languages? (I do not have problems with the english ones, but I prefer if possible in my mother tongue)

thanks in advance

hi all.i arrive at F J strauss airport terminal 2 at about 6pm 29/06/2008 and want to travel imediately or early the neext morning to vienna via a eurorail ticket.
is there a easy waty to get from the airport to vienna station-how long a trip cos i am concerned about arriving in vienaa quite late and then looking for train/hotel, or a train from the airport to a hotel near a train station close by and then back to the train station to get a train to vienna the next morning.My first time to the area.any ideas,recommendations will be appreciated.thanks.ammtaq

Hi,
We are flying to Frankfurt on the 5th of september. Our flight arrives at the airport at 21:40, and then we need to travel to Würzburg. I've checked on diebahn.de and have found that the latest trains to Würzburg leave at aprox. 22:00. We won't make it on time to the train since we have to pick up our luggage first. (There's a train leaving at 23.00 but that trip takes 6 hours vs 2 hours for the other trains)
I've been trying to find a webpage with bus schedules from Frankfurt to Würzburg but haven't been lucky. Does anybody know how to get to Würzburg from Frankfurt that late in the evening?
Also, after our stay in Würzburg we'll rent a car and drive to Prague. Can anybody suggest a route with the most scenic roads? and, do you think the Neuschwanstein castle would be on the way?

Many thanks for your help!