Hi! Am planning to visit Germany this summer with my parents, I have selected the cities we want to visit, but we do not have much time. The cities are Berlin, Frankfurt, Nurnberg, Munich, and the RHine, I do not know which city to visit in the Rhine area.. Since after the RHine we are heading to France, I need help with good Hostels in the RHine area and which trains use.. Thanks!
Posted by
Stuttgart, Germany
3050 posts
Well first of all...how much time do you have? That would impact where and how you'd want to do the Rhine.
Posted by
OP
Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico
4 posts
Well I have about a week and 2 days in Germany, I spect like 1-2 days in.the Rhine,in Berlin I have three days already
Posted by
Tel Aviv
15784 posts
I'm not sure you have a lot of time. Train travel from city to city eats up a LOT of time. Berlin to Nurnberg is about 5 hours, just on the train. You have to check out of your hotel, get to the train with enough time to locate the train and board, then get to your destination hotel, check in and drop off your luggage. Munich to Frankfurt is more than 3 hours. In other words, you spend half a day or more in transit with each new city. You can look up train schedules on the German website, bahn.de , and you will get better results if you choose UK English instead of US English. I have no idea why. Where in France?
Posted by
San Francisco
14979 posts
Hi, On hostels in Berlin: the newer and more popular independent one are located in the eastern side, esp. closer to Alexanderplatz and Rosa Luxemburg Platz. In Berlin-Charlottenburg is the HI hostel on Kluckstrasse, not bad, checked it out but didn't stay there. It's very close to the Resistance Museum (Gedenkstätte deutscher Widerstand). The one advantage the HI hostels have is that dinner is served there (hot food, etc.) Next to Bahnhof Zoo is an independent hostel, which apart from its location by the station, I don't recommend, still it fills up. Both the HI and independent hostels are located all over Berlin...Charlottenburg, Mitte, Wannsee, Prenzlauer Berg, etc.