I was thinking of going for a day trip to the X-mas markets however the Romantic Road Bus stops in late October. Can anyone suggest how to get there and back for a day (last time I did a bus trip out of Frankfurt)? Either public transport or tour bus is ok option. Thanks Barb
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Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
You should be more specific about which town's Christmas markets you wish to visit. Almost every town has a Christmas market. Fortunately, almost every town has a Bahnhof. As long as you stay in Bavaria, you can take regional trains between towns all day long for €21 with a Bayern-Ticket Single. Get schedules from the German Rail website. If you just want to go to Rothenburg, there is an RE that leaves Munich Hbf at 9:34 (on the current schedule), has two changes (Treuchtlingen and Steinach) and gets to Rothenburg at 12:59. On a weekend day, you could leave at 8:29 and get to Rothenburg at 11:49, but the Bayern-Ticket isn't valid on workdays until 9. However if you also buy an €8,80 ticket to Pfaffenhofen on the 8:29 train, it leaves Pfaffenhofen after 9, so you could use the Bayern-Ticket after that.
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OP
Milton, Delaware USA
138 posts
I guess when I said I want to go from Munich to Rothenburg in the heading stated the only route I wanted as I know every town has many X-mas markets. I am looking for the best way to get to Rothenburg from Munich in the beginning of December. And I really don't want to take a train and make 3 connections, so I was looking for any other option including tour bus to get there without connections.