My friend and I are studying abroad in Barcelona and are attending Oktoberfest the weekend of September 26th-28th. We are staying in Dießen am Ammersee and will be using the Bayern-ticket to travel to Munich and back. We have booked our flights there, but not the ones back yet. Flights out of Munich are very expensive and there aren't any good options out of Memmingen for the 28th. I found a cheap flight from Stuttgart, but it would require taking a train there. Is it faster to get to Stuttgart from Dießen or to take a train to Munich first and then from there to Stuttgart. Is that a possible plan? We are trying to travel as cheap as possible. Also, where should I book these trains?
Posted by
Alsenborn, Germany
2180 posts
Your best bet is Munich to Stuttgart. The trains are all IC/ICE so you'll need a separate ticket. I'd buy now and spend extra for 1st class. Another option would be to do the same thing to Zurich and catch a cheap flight from there. Either way the flight to Barcelona should be under 100 euro and the train around 50. The ICE trains are the fast ones. Book them on the DB site! Aways! That way you have recourse and it's easy to show your ticket.
Posted by
Green Bay
22509 posts
Book at https://int.bahn.de/en
You will change trains in Augburg to an ICE train to Stuttgart, then a tram to the airport. It will take you 4 hours to get there.
Posted by
Green Bay
22509 posts
Going all the way back to Munich will cost more and not save any time and mostly add one hour to the travel time.
Hint, when you look at the route on the Deutsche Bahn website, under "Mode of Transport" deselect the tram option. If you take the tram, you will have to buy the ticket separately. Then you will be routed on the S-Bahn to the airport and the cost will be included in the price. Virtually same travel time.
Posted by
9145 posts
Just a word of warning. We lived in Augsburg and did the Oktoberfest in Munich three times. The trains run about every 30-40 minutes from Augsburg to Munich. Still, the trains fill up quickly and standing room may be the reality.
Last year we did a Danube river cruise and flew into Munich and took a regional train pass for Bavaria for two days to go back to Augsburg for a visit, then back to the Munich Airport to meet our transport to the cruise.
The Bavaria pass is cheap, but the trains a jammed with passengers. We rarely were able to sit in a seat.
Also, we had two trains cancelled on our way back to meet our transport and just barely arrived in time.
When we lived in Germany from 87-91, trains were always on time and never late or cancelled. NOT so now, German efficiency has changed.