We are flying into Frankfurt early morning in May. We’d like to go see Cologne Cathedral before driving to St Gortz. Where is best place to pick up our rental car..FRA upon arrival, Cologne, or even FRA after Cologne? We will have our luggage too. Thanks
Posted by
Schwerin
3438 posts
Pick-up rental car when you leave Cologne.
FRA to Cologne by train: https://int.bahn.de/en
Check requirements for driving permission (not license only):
https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/StV/Roadtraffic/validity-foreign-driving-licences-in-germany.html
Posted by
Alsenborn, Germany
1712 posts
Assuming you mean Sankt Goar? You have to watch the spelling because there are a lot of close named towns (I know 5 Neustadt's) and a single letter can get you somewhere other than where you want to be. (Regensberg is over 100 km from Regensburg.)
It's a minimum 2 hours drive to Koln from FRA, and then you have to deal with parking, which can get expensive if you get it wrong. Tickets are a thing in Germany. The train takes 55 minutes. Put your stuff in a locker at the FRA station and take the train, round trip. Then when you come back get you gear and take the train to St Goar, because it's a very small town and they don't need another car to park.
Or even better, once you get settled at St Goar take the train up to Koln.
Posted by
Frankfurt, Germany
9319 posts
Frankfurt airport does not have any lockers (only a storage facility) and if their end destination is St. Goar, it makes no sense to come all the way back to the airport just to get luggage and then back track to St. Goar. Just take your luggage with you and store in the train station at Cologne while you visit the cathedral, then pick it up and head to St. Goar.
Honestly, though, this sounds like an awful lot to do on your arrival day. Where are you flying in from? Can you take the train straight to St. Goar and visit the Cologne cathedral the next day? Maybe get your car then and drive it back to St. Goar?