That said, the Stuttgart-Ulm line is being upgraded with a tentative opening date some time in the s.
If you travel in a group and want to save money, use a regional trains with combination of Einfach-Raus-Ticket and Bayern-Ticket. You can also buy through tickets with a change at Strasbourg, Stuttgart or Frankfurt for other departures if the direct train doesn't fit your plans. After a long and precipitous decline, Deutsche Bahn finally abolished their night train brand "City Night Line" with the December schedule change.
Prices vary from regular seats to bunk beds of varying room sizes but early booking can get you surprisingly affordable rates. There are now several domestic bus routes in and out of Bavaria, as well as a couple of international routes mostly serving the Balkans as well as countries from the former eastern bloc that have already existed pre The Romantic Road is another route that has already been served by buses before There is a pretty clear north south divide in the quality and price of transportation infrastructure.
While Munich and its environs enjoy one of the best public transit networks in Europe, Nuremberg has the most expensive single ticket for a trip within the city and rural Franconia is even more neglected with many places lacking adequate bus service and many former rail lines abandoned.
Trains are the main mode of transport for visitors since they easily connect towns with larger cities. You can use it also for private trains and most of local buses and city transport. On working days the ticket is valid the following day. On weekends it is valid from midnight. For general information about network tickets see Germany Network tickets. Bavaria is well served by the German autobahn network. The main grid is made up by the north-south autobahn A 9 , and the east-west autobahns A 3 , A 6 and A 8.
Going by car is sometimes the only way to get around, especially deep in Bavaria's rural and mountainous areas. In the countryside, roads are winding, tricky, and sometimes cut dramatically through farmland, but are otherwise EU-standardised and generally well-paved.
Intercity buses are mostly limited to longer distances than you'll commonly find in Bavaria, but they are a good option along the Romantic Road or for airport transfers. There are cruises by major riverboat cruise operators even though the original purpose of this costly and controversial canal was freight.
Of course all Bavarians understand and most speak standard German. However, in southern Bavaria, outside of Munich, Bavarian or Swabian is the native language of many, which can differ dramatically from standard German. In the north Franconian is the traditional language. In the cities including Munich standard German is the local language, but Bavarian-speakers and Swabian-speakers typically do speak standard German as well except possibly older people in the far south. Most people in Bavaria speak at least basic English, especially the younger generation, since learning a foreign language is compulsory in German schools.
Bavarian education policy stipulates the teaching of the British version first and foremost, but in reality the American has been more popular and more widely understood ever since Bavaria came to be home of many American soldiers as part of the American zone of occupation Ayer the war.
Media and the popularity of American football have ensured the continuation of this trend into the 21st century. Curiously, even when speaking English, many traits of the local dialect may be audible, such as a difficulty to differentiate between b and p or d and t in Franconia, or replying "please" to "thank you" as is correct in German.
Other foreign languages are taught in school, with French and Spanish being particularly common. University towns will have notable presences of foreign students, particularly from other parts of the European Union who usually speak several languages but not always German.
Speakers of immigrant languages such as Turkish and Serbo-Croatian are also found in the bigger cities. In university cities, there is a fair chance that someone especially younger people will speak in descending order of likeliness French, Spanish or Italian. On the very eastern edge of Bavaria, mostly Upper Franconia and Upper Palatinate, some people also speak Czech, or have at least had some course in it.
Bavaria has many family-friendly places, as well as those for the younger generations. Also, many towns have some historical features within their city limits.
There are castle ruins, full castles still being used as residences, local museums, caves, and old mines that most tourists will never see. Why pay a fee for seeing only a small part of the castle when you can find an old castle in the countryside that you can explore and maybe discover something new that is not even documented? It's sad to see tourists who pay too much money to see "tourist castles" when the price of a rental car and the will to explore can yield many free or cheap sites, which are sometimes better than the overpriced attractions, that limit what you can see or do.
The Bavarian Alps are Bavaria's main attraction for Doing things. There you can find skiing a snowboard resorts, which are very well maintained and not too expensive, though much smaller than those of neighbouring Austria and Switzerland.
In summertime hiking and mountain biking is the sporty thing to do in Bavaria. Another great thing to participate are the regular traditional beer festivals. Of course, everybody knows Oktoberfest in Munich, but actually every city and town in Bavaria has its own festivities at least once a year for a few days.
In fact, those are mostly much more traditional and fun is guaranteed, as those obviously come with the same beer drinking culture but lower prices smaller crowds and arguably more authenticity. It thus remains a treasure trove of winding streets and medieval architecture and was also the starting point for the first-ever train to run in Germany. From Franconian Berkeley to Franconian Rome. Even in its own right, Bayreuth is a pretty town of baroque architecture and opulent palaces. It should come as no surprise that, like most traditional German food , Bavarian cuisine is hearty and filling and characterised by a proliferation of meat and potato-based dishes.
Indeed, plenty of dishes that are considered to be typically German actually hail from Bavaria. And, of course, beer should never be far from the table - Bavaria has a long and proud history of brewing, with Franconia having the highest density of brewers anywhere in the world.
Here are some sights and attractions that should be right at the top of your list. The largest lake in Bavaria, the square-kilometre Chiemsee, has tides like the sea and contains three islands, one of which comes complete with its own miniature Versailles palace.
Officially, there are two variants of the flag of Bavaria - the striped version and the lozenge version, both of which are the same blue and white.
These colours come from the coat of arms of the Wittelsbach family, who ruled Bavaria between and Where the lozenges a diamond check are used, tradition dictates that there must be at least 21 of them and that the top left lozenge on the flag must be white. Home Lifestyle German federal states. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn reddit What's up. The choice of venues in the countryside may be more limited than in metropolitan cities like Munich or Nuremberg and the pace of life is generally more relaxed and quiet here.
However, even smaller cities offer numerous leisure facilities and opportunities for a great night out. If you mention Bavaria abroad, many people immediately think of the Alps. However, actually only a small, southern part of the state is alpine. Popular holiday destinations in the mountains include Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Oberstdorf and Berchtesgaden. In the Alpine Foothills, between the river Danube and the Alps, there are numerous beautiful lakes, such as the Chiemsee, Lake Starnberg and the Ammersee.
The landscape in this area is characterised by rolling hills and forests. In Franconia and Swabia you will see more low and midsize mountain ranges, with many rifts and deep valleys. The Franconian Switzerland region north of Nuremberg is known for its bizarre rock formations and caves.
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