Bamberg Transportation

There are two park & ride areas in order to arrive at the center of old town on a bus, and save the agony of finding a parking spot, or paying an exorbitant amount-like at Information center the costs is around 10 Euro for the day. There are only about 1100 parking spaces in the center.
The two park and ride are south of the town about 2 miles and north off A70 and Hallstadt Strasse. They do not operate on Sundays, and last bus is 6PM. Cost to park is about 3 Euro for the day and the bus is 1 Euro. A Bamberg card if purchased give free bus rides as part of the deal

This is the a bridge that is connected to arrive at the island or for those for those that park off premises since no/little parking there. It intersects with Obere Konigstrasse, the main street coming into the center of old town.

Keep it to the VT visitors so it does not get deluged. We found a place that was only three blocks east of the information center, and it is free street parking for a length of about 5 blocks; maybe 30-40 spaces. This is shared by local residences so it may not always seem easy to find a parking place, but we had no problem when arriving to the old center around 10-11AM daily.

It is located on Hainstrasse which is the main street after crossing the river over Liutpoldbrucke. Closest intersection is Richard Wagner strasse that crosses the river to the island

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Bamberg is not near any of the major Autobahns. But it is nevertheless well connected to the network: the A70 from Schweinfurt (connecting to the A7 there) to Bayreuth (connecting to the A9) runs along the northern edge of the town. The A73 on the eastern side of town connects Bamberg to Nuremberg (connecting to the A9).

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Bamberg is very conveniently located for train journeys, either as a day trip from Nuremberg, or as a stop-off en route to Berlin from Munich. Bamberg is served by both regional trains, which can take you to places like nearby Coburg, and also the main ICE link from Munich to Hamburg. This means you can be in Bamberg in half an hour from Nuremberg, in two hours from Munich and in four hours from Berlin. Bamberg is also in Bavaria, along with Nuremberg and Munich, so you can also take advantage of the Bavarian Regional Ticket (Bayern Lander Ticket), which allows you to travel all over Bavaria with up to a total of five people for a whole day for only 22 euros.

If you are arriving in Bamberg by train, you will want to take a taxi if you are staying in the old part of Bamberg. It is not far by taxi - perhaps a 5 minute ride, with the fare less than $10 E (around $6E I think).

We found that the taxi service was excellent. We called from our cell phone in various parts of the city and they were there within 5 mins. The drivers were helpful, were happy to speak English, and were very nice. The price from Spezial Keller to Lange Strasse was 5 euro. We only had one night to explore so our time was important to us.

Distances to Bamberg from:
- Nürnberg: 63 kms.
- Frankfurt: 212 kms.
- München: 230 kms.
- Prague (Czech Republic): 366 kms.
- Madrid (Spain): 2.085 kms.

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