Couple of questions:
Am thinking of flying into Frankfurt and somehow taking a train into Munich. Is that a scenic route? Would it take very long?
Once I arrive in Munich I want to visit the Bavarian Alps somehow. Is this easy to do if you do not have a car? I am from California and I would love to see the picturesque mountains this time of year.
We are going in the beginning of January, is this a crazy time to go because of the cold or does the city have its winter charm?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
|||
DB timetable
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
From: Frankfurt Airport
To: Munich
Direct ICE trains need 3:36.
Scenic is only part between Stuttgart and Ulm through the Swabian Alb
The ICE3 trainsets used for the direct connections are among the most comfortable and technical advanced trains on tracks
railfaneurope.net/pix/…pix.html
With nice weather you can see the mountains from Munich.
…uni-karlsruhe.de/Exkursion2005/2005muenchen…
A nice deal is the Bavaria Ticket. Valid one day for all local public transport in Bavaria. On weekdays however only past 9am.
The version for 2-5 persons costs EUR 25,00.
Can be bought from any ticket machine in Munich.
You can use it to visit Neuschwanstein Castle
http://www.neuschwanstein.de
http://www.hohenschwangau.de/552.0.html (a nice winter pic)
with the DB timetable use
To: Hohenschwangau
Or to the Zugspitze, Germany%26#39;s highest peak.
www.zugspitze.de/zugspitze/rundreise_en.php
To: Zugspitze
The Bavaria Ticket covers only the part to Grainau, for the Zugspitzbahn to the top of the mountain you need an extra ticket. But at least you%26#39;ll get EUR 4,00 discount when showing the Bavaria Ticket.
Something for nice weather. Zugspitze provides than great views. On top of the Zugspitze it can be really cold (today -5 to -9 °C, but it could be well below).
|||
Rissy,
Abalada gave all that you need to know to visit Munich and the Bavarian Alps. This time of the year (especially if you are not accustomed to winter driving) it is easier to do if you DON%26#39;T have a car. Take the train to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and on to Mittenwald, or alternatively a local train to Salzburg and change in Freilassing to a train to Berchtesgaden. Another nice place and cheaper than teh Zugspitze is the Wendelstein - take a train to Bayrischzell and a cable car from there. Zugspitze is spectacular and much higher but Wendelstein is right in the front chain of the mountains above the plains.
Also nice destination: Tegernsee, a beautiful lake at the foot of the mountains.
Schedules for all of this can be found at www.bahn.de
|||
Although now an %26quot;ex-local%26quot;, I think both abalada and altamiro gave you good advise. The Wendelstein suggestion is very good. It maght be a bit less hectic than Garmisch and the Zugspitze. The DB (Deutsche Bahn = www.bahn.de) station for the Wendelsteinbahn (the cog railway) is Brannenburg, on the Munich - Innsbruck line, just past Rosenheim.
Any of these places make only sense if the weather is clear. If it is not, go to the Deutsche Museum in Munich. You can spend DAYS there, without getting bored.
The Tegernsee, in winter, in my opinion, would be the least interesting destination in January.
|||
Treplow,
you are right that the Wendelstein cog railway is even more spectacular than the cable car from Bayrischzell, but the problem is that the Wendelsteinbahn station is about 2 km from the Brannenburg station while the cable car from Bayrischzell has it´s own rail station (the last one before Bayrischzell itself). In Brannenburg there are only some infrequent bus connections between the rail station and Wendelsteinbahn. And Brannenburg is too small to expect a taxi queue at the station. I have however seen some waiting taxis at the Wendelsteinbahn lower station. It might make sense to get up via Bayrischzell and down to Brannenburg and then take a taxi to the train station.
|||
That%26#39;s a very good suggestion. I usually drive to the Wendeslsteinbahn, coming from Aschau, etc. Then 2km is no distance, but hoofing it is a different matter.
No comments:
Post a Comment