Happiness on rails – Bavaria's most beautiful railway routes

The journey is the destination – these Bavarian railway routes will make your journey an experience.

Kurt Tucholsky wrote of hearing the locomotives whistle at night, longing to visit faraway places and turning over in his bed and thinking: travel!. These Bavarian railway routes will make any journey an experience.

For cross-border travellers: the Außerfernbahn

The Außerfernbahn is one of the most beautiful railway lines in Bavaria. From...

Panoramic journey with the "Werdenfelsbahn"

As you gaze through the window of the train at the Upper Bavarian Alpine foreland and the Zugspitze...

The oldest long-distance railway line in Bavaria: from Augsburg to Munich

"The best thing about Augsburg is the train to Munich", Bertolt Brecht is supposed to have said. Of...

From Karlstadt through the Franconian wine country: discover the bird trail, the terroir f "Wine...

Fancy a relaxing hike through rolling hills and small villages? Discover museums, historic churches...

What did panniers, beehives, fish traps and prams once have in common? That's right - they...

From the Amper to the castle: this hike takes you through the Dachau artists' colony, along...

The perfect cycle tour for nature lovers and connoisseurs: From Würzburg, you cycle to the...

Discover imposing castles and palaces in the idyllic Sinn river valley. This hike in the north-east...

Combine culture and nature on a hike in the Spessart. Along the European Cultural Trail, you can...

From Karlstadt to the ruins of Karlsburg Castle and on to the Rammersberg nature reserve - discover...

Cycle from Nuremberg via Fürth to Erlangen - always along the water! On this relaxed tour through...

On this cycle tour around Bad Staffelstein, you will discover baroque architecture in Banz Abbey,...