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Amsterdam/ Rhine Area/ Munich/ Saltzburg

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Hello all,

I am planning a trip to Germany and surrounding countries. I always find the best advice from previous travels so your advice is greatly appreciated. I am planning to do:

9/16-9/18 - Amsterdam train to Cologne, train to St. Goar, cruise to Bacharach and quick cruises and train rides to the surrounding areas

9/18 - Train from Bacharach to Munich

9/19-9/20 - Munich.

From there we are trying to figure out the best ways to plan Saltzburg, Vienna, Zurich and Rome.

Are there any specific areas I can stay over night instead of Bacharach? I am open to the entire Rhein area but I just need to find a good train from Amsterdam to anywhere in that area. Any specific places to visit in Zurich? I am open to all travel and lodging advice. Thank you in advance!
-G

Posted by
8405 posts

You might want to sign into Google Maps and enter your itinerary. I think you'll find the distances to be far greater than you know. I've made this route a couple of times by automobile--spending the night in Bacharach, 4 nights in Munich and 2 days in Salzburg. Vienna is another 4 day minimum stop as it's another very large and great European city.
You probably need to allow more time for such an itinerary--a lot more time than shown above.
We no longer drive as far and fast as we can on our European trips as we're moving slower and traveling "better."

Posted by
9365 posts

You are underestimating the time it takes to do "quick cruises and train rides". Its over 250 miles from Munich to Vienna. Day trip? No, especially stopping in Salzburg on the way. Even if you flew it would be like a day trip from New York to Washington DC - no time to actually see anything.

Posted by
2269 posts

I encourage you to book your lodging in the St. Goar area ASAP.

Rhein in Flames is an amazing, must-see spectacle, with well over an hour of fireworks from castles on both sides of the Rhine, as well as from a barge on the Rhine itself. It was a highlight of our trip a few years ago. It would be ideal to spend the night in St. Goar, but if you can't, you can stay nearby (Bingen, Bacharach or even Boppard) and catch a late train back to your hotel that night.

Posted by
1307 posts

I would add more time to your other stops and skip Rome. Seems out of the way from the rest of your itinerary, and it deserves its' own trip.

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