Things to see on drive from Munich to Frankfurt

Hi, my daughter and I will be driving from Frankfurt to Munich and then back to Frankfurt the last weekend in February. We only have Saturday and Sunday to visit Munich and surrounding. My thoughts are to take a tour to Salzburg on Saturday and then drive to Fussen (for the castles) before starting back to Frankfurt. Can you advise please things to do and see on the drive from Fussen to Frankfurt? From what I%26#39;ve read we would want to drive the Romantic Road, so if you could point out some sights along that stretch not to miss I would greatly appreciate it.

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For a few days Munich, Salzburg and Fuessen are a fairly long way away, and you wouldn%26#39;t have much time to enjoy yourselves, you%26#39;ll be doing a lot of driving. You might limit yourself to the Rhine gorge NW of Frankfurt, or some of the Romantic Road.

The highlights of the Romantic Road are the Residence in Wuerzburg, the walled medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, and Neuschwanstein Palace by Fuessen. The Romantic Road isn%26#39;t romantic at all, just some places along it, so there is no real need to drive it to see the highlighhts, just use the A7 autobahn which kind of parallels it as it is much faster than a two-lane road. A short distance off of the A7 are also Ulm with its record height church spire, Ottobeuren with a beautiful church that contains more beautiful Baroque religious items than can be easily comprehended, and the Steiff Museum in Giengen who invented the teddy bear.

Although I would never recommend visiting many places on the Romantic Road in summer because of all of the foreign tourist hordes, in February there will be few of them and Neuschwanstein in the snow is lovely.

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Booking Train Seats in Advance, December

Hi, my partner and I will be in Europe for our honeymoon in December this year.

I was wondering if it is adviseable that time of year to pre-book seats on all of our trains or will we be able to go to the station and jump on board.

We will be travelling on a Eurail Global Pass. In Germany, we will be doing the following trips - Innbruck to Munich, Munich to Nuremberg, and Nuremberg to Amsterdam.

Do you still pay a reservation fee if booking at the train station on the day?

Thanks in advance!

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Depends when in December. I%26#39;d for sure book seats for the one long leg, the Nuremberg-Amsterdam trip. Assuming that you are travelling first class with a Eurail pass, you won%26#39;t need reservations for the two shorter trips (unless it is a peak travel day like, for example, Dec 23...)

Of course you pay a reservation fee if you book at the station, and if you are unlucky there might even be no more seats available. Book these in advance.

We have had some Aussie posters here who had been told by their travel agents that a seat reservation costs more than 40 €. This is plain wrong and a ripoff. A seat reservation on DB trains is 4 € per seat when booked online on http://www.bahn.de, the website of German railways (English version available), the same price as at the station. Look up your connection and proceed as if you wanted to book tickets. At a certain point the system will ask you if you want a ticket with reservation, a ticket without reservation, or a seat reservation only - tick the third option.

Bookings can in theory be done 89 days in advance. Since the timetable changes in early December, however, you will have to wait till the new timetable is online, which usually happens in mid to late October.

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Innsbruck to Munich

There are 2 routes. The main one via Kufstein and a more scenic one via Mittenwald.

eisenbahnen.at/bilderalben/karwendelbahn.sht…

On the Mittenwald route there are only regional trains where seat reservations are not possible at all. However as these trains start in Innsbruck it won%26#39;t be a problem to find free seats if you%26#39;re there in time.

Munich to Nuremberg

Needs just 1 hour by ICE. I would not reserve for this leg.

Nuremberg to Amsterdam

You can reserve seats for this trip e.g. already in Innsbruck or Munich.

Seat reservations online are only possible for domestic trips inside Germany. Thus in this case from Nuremberg to Oberhausen. The chance that your seat will be given to someone else for the rest of the trip is however small.

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December isn%26#39;t a very busy month in Europe. I would skip the seat reservations and sit where the spirit moves.

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%26gt;December isn%26#39;t a very busy month in Europe.

Unless it%26#39;s around the Christmas holidays and New Year%26#39;s which is peak of peak travel time...

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Gelsenkirchen Veltins arena

We are going to a Schalke match. How easy is it to get to Gelsenkirchen HBF after the match? Is it walking distance?

Thank you

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dear peter,

i asked a co-worker, a huge schalke-supporter. he said that it is quite far away, no walking distance. but there is a strassenbahn going directly from the hauptbahnhof to the veltins arena and reverse!

have fun - tom

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15 minutes by tram. Trip is covered by your match ticket.

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Apartment in Munich

I will be in Munich for 5 nights in June 2009. Traveling with wife, son, and his girlfriend. Rather than getting two hotel rooms, I am looking for more affordable option of renting an apartment for our visit. Would like to have someting centrally located. Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Hi,

June is a beautiful time. You think of looking for the suburbs where you can get %26quot;Ferienwohnung%26quot;. These are small appartments with kitchen. Downtown Munich will not really offer this. If you look into the suburbs you can get to City Center by S-Banh within 25 Minutes and you have the country side with connection to the lakes and mountains.

Just an idea!

Sunny

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Not having any real knowledge of the city, which areas would you suggest I look at? Do you know of any apartments in the area?

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Look at Hubmann on the south side of the river near tram and metro stops I believe. There are some positive reviews on this site and we are thinking of staying there later in year. ALternatively try the Holiday-Rentals site

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HighTest Beer in Munich?

My DH likes his beer with a bit more alcohol. What type of beer should he order? What brand would you recommend?

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Order the local beer served in the particular establishment you are visiting. (Most of the breweries in and around Munich have their own biergartens and/or restaurants).

Drinking in Munich isn%26#39;t for getting drunk -- it%26#39;s for appreciating the centuries-old craft of producing excellent beers.

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Some of the Winter / Seasonal brews are higher (6.5 to 8.1 % ABV) that average beers. Most beer in Munich are indeed to be enjoyed, not intended for drunken contests.. Most are between 5.2 and 6.3%...

Also, a few of the Dopplebocks may be around 7%//

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Thanks for the feedback.

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Here the restaurants/pubs tend to be tied to a brewery in many cases so brand isn%26#39;t the issue.

To go for high strength, often the dearest beers are the more potent. Also any that end %26quot;ator%26quot; tend to be interestingly strong.

In Augustiner places for example, Edelstoff is about 5.30 Euro per litre (yes, litre- which is why perhaps strong is not optimum for enjoyment) whereas the lower strength Helles is about 5.

Aventinus, not from Augustiner, is 8 per cent, so per litre could have interesting effect.

You can get light coloured beer, dark coloured beer, and also wheat beer (light or dark or intermediate) of varying strengths. Augustiner is often indicated as being a good brewery, but it%26#39;s all down to taste.

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Ethelemen, thanks for being non judgmental, I appreciate just the facts. will remember your advice!

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Also look for Starkbiers which are sold at many biergartens usually 6 to 8 % or maybe stronger. Some of the stronger beers are bottled so you may to ask and look out for some of the smaller breweries eg Andechs have a bar in the Frauen kirche area that has some excellent beers

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Taxi from Tegel Airport to Moevenpick Hotel

About how much could this trip come to cost?

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I would say around 15-20 euro.

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Dusseldorf to Luneburg by train

A group of four of us will be in Dusseldorf in November and are wondering if its possible to catch the train from Dusseldorf to Luneburg with a one night stop on the way to explore somewhere new.

Can anyone advise if this is possible and suggest a spot to stop for one night.

Any help would be appreciated.

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YOu might stop in Bremen or Hamburg , both very interesting towns

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