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Public Transportation Munich
96 Reviews Munich has one of the best and easiest-to-use public transport systems in Europe. While you can buy single tickets and "stripe tickets" (see the MVV website), the best deal for most tourists is to...
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Public Transport Hamburg
38 Reviews Hamburg is a pretty big city, Germany's second largest, and so getting around between neighbourhoods can require use of the excellent public transport system. There is a combination of U-bahn, S-bahn...
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Public Transport Düsseldorf
25 Reviews All you loyal readers of my Cologne page (thanks again to both of you) may recall that in March 2009 the Cologne city archive building collapsed, killing two people and damaging or destroying...
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Public Transport Stuttgart
25 Reviews At your first opportunity buy yourself a Stuttcard, your 3-day passport to a discounted break in the city, available from the tourist office in town or at the airport. You will benefit from free or...
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Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund - KVV Karlsruhe
2 Reviews Karlsruhe's townscape would not be complete without the yellow trams. They take you (almost) everywhere in town and its surroundings. There is no better way of getting around. Trams travel every 10...
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Getting There... Koblenz
13 Reviews We arrived by boat from Rudesheim which was a fantastic experience. On the boat we had commentary about all the castle's and little villages on the banks of the river Rhine and cost us 13 euro each to...
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Getting There By Train Leipzig
17 Reviews The main station at Leipzig is one of the worlds largest railway stations with a length of 298m, 24 platforms and 45m wide arches. Until 1934 the station had a Saxon and Prussian administration....
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trains Mainz
9 Reviews The red train crossing the bridge in this photo is the S8, which has come from Hanau by way of Frankfurt and the Frankfurt airport. From here it will go on to Mainz Süd (south station), Mainz...
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Airport - Connections and Airlines Munich
70 Reviews Munich's Franz Josef Strauss Airport (Airport Code: MUC) is located about 35 km (20 miles) to the north of Munich. In addition to being a hub airport for Lufthansa, the airport is used by many...
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Trains Hamburg
27 Reviews The InterCityExpress (ICE) trains coming in from the south stop at three different stations in Hamburg. The first is the Central Station. I don’t usually get off here, but I have changed trains here...
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Trains Düsseldorf
17 Reviews Photos: 1. A third-generation ICE train in Düsseldorf main station 2. An ICE train going through Montabaur station on the new high-speed line 3. The Loreley and the Rhine River from the train on...
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Trains Stuttgart
9 Reviews Stuttgart has a busy station, and with its location at the heart of central Europe, close to the borders of three nations, it has plenty of direct national and international trains. Some direct...
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Hauptbahnhof - the main train station Karlsruhe
1 Review Karlsruhe is easly reached by train. Normally you arrive at main train station and from there you can reach almost every point of the city and a lot of destinations in the surrounding suburbs by trams...
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Riding the Trains Koblenz
6 Reviews There is an InterCity train once an hour from Mainz to Koblenz. Half of these are direct trains from Frankfurt am Main. These trains take the scenic route through the Rhine Valley, passing by...
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Getting Around By Public Transport Leipzig
8 Reviews You can easily walk around the Old Town upon your arrival in Leipzig from the main train station. Most of the main sights/museums are there so you don’t have to worry for public transportation....
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cruise lines&ferries Mainz
2 Reviews Do note that Cruise line do not run in Winter or are limited to boring tea time cruise. Do check if the cruise are running if you are planning for a Rhine Cruise to visit the Rhine River castle and...
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By train Munich
62 Reviews Munich's Hauptbahnhof, or main train station, is quite an amazing transportation hub. You can think of it as 4 stations in one: The main tracks for the longer trains (tracks 11-26); two...
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Airport Hamburg
18 Reviews Hamburg has the oldest operational airport in the world, one that continues today to be a major transport hub. Germany's main airports are in Frankfurt and Berlin, but Hamburg handles plenty of...
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Airport Düsseldorf
21 Reviews With its own railway station, Duesseldorf Airport offers a comfortable alternative to get to the Airport by car. Over 350 trains, from street cars to the high-speed ICE, stop daily at the Duesseldorf...
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Airport Stuttgart
11 Reviews Stuttgart has its own airport, and it is well served for a city that is outside the main air traffic hubs. For budget flights one of Germany's main carriers, German Wings, now runs one of its central...
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Baden-Airport Karlsruhe
2 Reviews Unfortunately, there are no direct flights from the North of England to Karlsruhe, so I had to catch a train from Sheffield to London Paddington (which was on time, but 20 minutes into the journey,...
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Frankfurt-Hahn to Koblenz Koblenz
2 Reviews Despite the fact that there is a perfectly good airport located between Koblenz and Cologne, which has a direct rail link to the city most visitors will come to Koblenz via the airport at Frankfurt...
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Facts / General Information Leipzig
9 Reviews the leipzig airport is one of the most modern in Germany but it is also one of the emptiest. I guess they overestimated the flights that would come here... it's huge, dwarfing any of Berlin's 3...
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freeways Mainz
1 Review Mainz is about 30 minutes by car from the Main-Rhein airport in Frankfurt. Hire a car at the airport or use the train in order to get to Mainz. Most sights are in walking distance and you don't even...
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Take the bike Munich
16 Reviews Rent a bicycle at the main train station (Hauptbahnhof), Radius Bike Rental (near track 32), ride to Nymphenburg palace, Olympic park, BMW museum, English Garten and back to the train station. Perfect...
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The most simple to read and on time system train service thoughout Germany. The ice line express will get you to your destination at half the time of car travel. Their is nothing better than train travel in Germany ecause it gets you city to city, central
Ticket machines are a nuisance. They are different from city to city and Verkehrsverbund to Verkehrsverbund. Even locals struggle with them. In a new place even we need a lesson to deal with these things for the first time. So don't hesitate to ask people around you for help if you don't get by. So here are a few basic rules that are valid for most of them - since there is such a wide variety of systems there might be exceptions from the rule.As a rule of thumb, these things always want two bits of information from you, and these must be entered in the right order: 1. destination, 2. what kind of ticket. The machine then displays the price. Have the money ready because they don't hold on to your entry very long, they cancel it after about 30 seconds if they are not 'fed' with money. 1. Where do you want to go? City and Verkehrsverbund ticket machines want a number or letter for the...
Train prices in Germany have increased significantly since I lived here, with trips costing roughly as much in Euros as they used to in Deutsche Marks (nearly double). But you can save some money if you plan ahead and book specific trains in advance. Here are your money-saving options in Germany:Sparpreis 25: As the name suggests, you get a 25% discount on the regular fare. This fare requires booking of a specific train (or series of trains) at least 3 days in advance. Also, you must book a round-trip. Other restrictions apply; check the website for details. Sparpreis 50: As you would expect, this fare gets you a 50% discount. Also as you would expect, restrictions are more stringent than the Sparpreis 25, primarily involving a weekend stay. If you depart on a weekend day, you are allowed to return the same day, however.Surf&Rail: German Rail has taken a page from the discount airlines,...
Before you buy a traditional ticket, consider your options on the local trains. There are special all-day fares if you stay off the fast trains (marked ICE, EC, IC, IR, and D) and take the slower trains (marked IRE, RE, RB, and S). On some routes, the trip is not that much slower (though you might need to change trains a few times) and you can save a lot of money; examples that come to mind are Munich-Salzburg (valid on these tickets as long as you don't go beyond Salzburg) and the German portion of the Munich-Prague trip (to the border station of Furth im Wald). Here are the options you have to choose from:Schönes Wochenende Ticket: This ticket, whose name translates to "nice weekend" or "happy weekend," is valid on any weekend day from 12PM - 3AM for up to 5 people aged 14 and older (parents may bring their children under 14 years old at no extra cost), for all local trains in the...
Deutsche Bahn (DB), or German Rail, is very efficient and easy to use. There are direct rail connections from Frankfurt Airport, while other airports such as Munich and Stuttgart are connected by the S-Bahn (commuter rail) to the main rail lines. Eurail "Global" passes are valid on the rail system, as are the Eurail Selectpasses (the ones that include Germany, of course...). Before you use your pass be sure to validate it at a DB counter or travel center (they are at most major airports in Germany). NOTE: If you are staying near the airport you flew into, you might want to purchase an inexpensive ticket, rather than use up a day of your railpass validity.Should you choose to purchase point-to-point tickets, you can do so on the web, at ticket machines in train stations, at a ticket counter, at an authorized DB travel agency, by phone, or even on the train itself; the conductors even have...
...when the train stops! Many tourists have told me about this and just last night I saw it happen again: The trains pulls into the station, some tourists get up from their seats, take down their luggage, collect their handbags, pick up their newspaper and start walking towards the door. Only by the time they've reached it, the train is moving again and the poor tourists are stuck until the next stop.Last night an American couple was very upset, but there was nothing the conductor could do about it, they had to travel for another 30 minutes, then go back, losing a lot of time and money.With the exception of a few dead-end train stations like Frankfurt/Main for example, trains will only stop in the station for a few minutes, just long enough for people to get off and get on.You have to be ready to get off when the train pulls into the station.
Travelling by trams is an excellent means of transportaion to see Kassel City and its suburbs. They are used as mass rapid transit together with local buses mostly by the locals. The trams in Kassel City are actually light rail vehicles known as Regis Citadis which run on tram tracks and rail lines from the Kassel City Centre to Warburg on the outskirts of Kassel City. These trams were introduced to Kassel City in the years 2004 and 2005. You may e-mail to the following address for more information regarding tram schedules, fares etc:- tourist@kassel-tourist.de
Travelling by boats along River Elbe which cuts across the city of Hamburg is a wonderful means of transportation in the city. The boat tour along River Elbe from Hamburg docks is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city of Hamburg. There are several boat tour operators at Hamburg docks to choose from. You may enquire the route the boat will take and choose wisely! One of the most popular tour operators in Hamburg that we can recommend is Hadag Seetouristik und Fährdienst. The details of the tour operator are listed below. Several special tours organised by Hadag are quite interesting and extraordinary. Please visit their website below for more information. You may also e-mail to the following address for more details regarding Hadag Cruises:- info@hadag.de. Nevertheless it is advisable to purchase HVV group ticket which entitles you to one whole day's travel from 9.00...
If there was one country where you want to rent a car, this is it. If you love driving, and love driving fast even more - do it. DO IT.There only thing more exciting than driving 140MPH down the Autobahn, is the rush you feel when the little yellow Ferrari blows your doors off as it flies past you as if you were standing still.
In 2009 a "Train of Commemoration" is going through Germany from station to station to commemorate the transportation of thousands of children to the Concentrations Camps in the 1940s. The train of Remembrance stops at various trainstations in Germany showing in its waggons pictures and things of the children. The stories of this children stand for the unimagible suffering of Thousands, who were vivtims of deportation. This part of history has been almost forgotten until this train was created. For more please see this webpage.
Circus - The Hostel Berlin
7 Reviews and 710 Opinions Having previously stayed in the Central and Western Ku'Dam area I decided on my 3rd visit to stay in...
Kempinski Hotel Airport Munchen Munich
7 Reviews and 482 Opinions I stayed here one night when my flight was cancelled due to technical reasons. This hotel is a high...
Hotel Domstern Cologne
4 Reviews and 245 Opinions We stayed at the Hotel Domstern for two nights, based on online reviews. Always a bit hesitant when...
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Q: Is May a good time to travel down the rhine river? What is the best and most scenic stretch to travel along? How would you...
A: I would look at www.d-k.de. website. They have Great Boat Trips starting at Dusseldorf or Cologne all the Way to Mainz, passing Koblenz And Lorelei .... The strech...
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