My husband and I will be travelling from Cinqueterre on a Sunday into Frankfurt with plans to head to Bacharach early the next morning. The current route I have is 9+ hours (Genoa-Milan-Basel-Frankfurt). Has anyone made a similar trip or know of a better routing? If not, guess that will be my day to catch up on my journal.
Posted by
Portlandia
3313 posts
That sounds about right. If you didn't get your information from www.bahn.de already, that's the site to look for alternatives. But as soon as I read your first sentence I thought it a full day's train ride.
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
The timetables at www.bahn.de show several daytime routes. If saving daylight sightseeing hours by traveling overnight works for you, you can leave Genoa at 19:19 and arrive at Milano at 20:50. Then take a CityNightLine train directly to Frankfurt, leaving at 21:12 and arriving at 06:00.
Posted by
southwest, Missouri, U.S.A.
1717 posts
Hello Margie. If your destination is Bacharach, I thought the fastest and best way to go there from Basel is to ride in a train from Basel north to Koblenz. (it might be possible to do that in one train). And a short train ride from Koblenz to Bacharach. The train from Basel to Koblenz stops at Baden Baden.