Help in Erlangen

Will be in Erlangen,Germany 3/30/09 thru 4/3/09 with the fourth member of our party in training. Looking for some must see day trips or interesting ideas within 50 miles of Erlangen. We will have a car but are open to public transportation if it makes more sense.

Thanks

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Herzogenaurach

herzogenaurach.de/aktuell/…bildprospekt_E.pdf

Apart from being a nice town, it is more famous as headquarter of Adidas and Puma. And the factory outlets of these and others.

herzogenaurach.de/Wirtschaft/shopping/werksv…

Bamberg

http://www.bamberg.info

The city with the most listed buildings in Germany. And the secret beer capital of Germany.

Nuremberg

www.nuernberg.de/internet/portal_e/index.html

The big city in the area. Museums, shopping etc.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

http://www.rothenburg.de/

The most famous small medieval town in Germany.

Albeit the distance is a bit more than 50 miles.

Erlangen, Herzogenaurach, Nuremberg and Rothenburg are all inside the VGN, the public transport network of the Greater Nuremberg Area.

http://www.vgn.de

VGN offers mini group day tickets (TagesTicket Plus). Valid for 1-6 persons, albeit only 2 of them must be older than 18 years. Price depends on the number of zones you need. The version covering the whole VGN area is EUR 14,20. If bought on a Saturday this ticket is also good for Sunday.

To Bamberg you can use the Bavaria Ticket. A day ticket for 2-5 persons for EUR 28,00. Validity

Mo-Fr: from 9am till 3am next day

Sa,So: from midnight till 3am next day

Both tickets cover all local public transport. Regional trains (RB, RE), S-Bahn, U-Bahn (metro - exist in Nuremberg only), trams (exist in Nuremberg only), buses.

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