Regensburg Transportation

Regensburg is a very small city. Everything in the city centre is within walking distance. If you don't want to walk around the whole day you can also rent a bike. But be careful! You are not allowed to go everywhere in the city centre by bike. There are road sign which show you where you can go and where you can't.
You can rent a bike directly at the train station. It is about €6 for one day. Some hotels also offer bikes (e.g. the Courtyard by Marriott, which is not directly in the city centre).

I saw a lot of bikes and parkings for bikes. What I missed was the special lanes for bikes . But there are not in all places so much bike lanes as I am used to from Mannheim. In the parts of Regensburg which are in the valley it is probably no problem going by bike, But there are as well some parts of the town up on the hills, which makes biking perhpas a bit more "difficult".

A thing I want to do in the future is biking the Danube cycling tour. This tour leeds as well through Regensburg.

The autobahns A3 and A93 lead to Regensburg.
There are several parking places and car parks in Regensburg (e.g. Donaumarkt, Altes Eisstadion). Most of them are with costs. The one at "Altes Eissatdion" is for free. "Wöhrdstraße" (number 60) is the street where the parking place "Altes Eisstadion" is (for your route guidance system). It is next to the bridge called Nibelungenbrücke. To the city centre you walk about 10 minutes. It is a nice walk along the Danube.
Most of the sights in the city centre can't be seen by car. Regensburg has a large pedestrian area and many one-way and inaccessible streets.

Regensburg does not have an airport. The nearest airports are Munich and Nuremberg.
There are trains from these airports and allmost all larger cities in Germany and even Europe to Regensburg. Mostly you will have to change trains but this is usually not a problem.
A one-way ticket from Munich train station to Regensburg is €22,40. Almost the same from Nuremberg.
There is a way to save money. If you travel after 9am buy a "Bayernticket Single". It is €19 and you can use it the whole day after 9am for all trains (RE, RB, ALX, not ICE and not EC) within Bavaria. It is also a nice way to discover Bavaria. There is also a Ticket called "Bayernticket". It is €27 and valid for 5 persons after 9am everywhere in Bavaria. If you find someone who is also going to Regensburg you can maybe share the ticket and even safe more money.

In Regensburg you won't find a subway or a tram. You can just take the bus to go from one place to another place if you want to go somewhere outside the city centre. The bus terminal is directly in front of the train station. Buses in all directions leave there.
All hotels in the city centre are within walking distance. To the Youth hostel take Bus Numer 3, direction Wutzelhofen and leave at the station "Wöhrdstraße/Jugendherberge".
When you want to stop the bus you have to push the red button saying stop. Otherwise the bus won't stop.
A one way ticket (Einzelfahrt) is €1,80 (maybe a little bit more if you buy it in the bus). You are allowed to change the bus on the way to you destinantion. You are not allowed to stop somewhere and to drive on later. A one day ticket (called Tagesticke in Germant) is €3,80 (if you buy it at the machine, €5,20 if you buy it in the bus), allows you to use the buses as often as you want after 9am.

If you don't have much time at Regensburg or if you have problems walking a lot, take the city tour. The bus takes a lovely tour through the old city. It is guided in several languages and it lasts about 45 minutes.

schedule: april - october at the cathedral: 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 o'clock (juin: as well 17)
It costs 7 Euro, which is not much, as you get as well a coffee in "Haus Heuport", an old cafe in front of the cathedral.
You get tickets at the tourist information and I think as well in the bus itsself!

There are lots of yellow busses. That are the busses you can take when you want to go somewhere in Regensburg. There is a big bus station near the station. We never used the busses, as our hotel was near the old town, so we prefered walking.
The website below is the website of the public transport - only in german. You find there the schedule as well as the prices.

You can get to Regensburg with the train. The station is rather close to the old city, where you find most of the hotels. There is as well a bus stop at the station.
We went there by car, because I like to be independant and to visit smaller places off the beaten path, where I can't go by bus and train.