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...

Get on the saddle and explore the small villages of the Pfaffenwinkel! On this tour through the...

Explore the Kesseltal valley, the Nördlinger Ries and historic pilgrimage sites by e-bike....

Discover Bamberg on a varied city walk through the historic Gardeners’ Town, Island Town and...

Off to the Franconian Lake District by train! This hike combines nature enjoyment, birdwatching and...

This hike takes you through the Grainberg-Kalbenstein-Saupurzel nature reserve. Discover geological...

Hike along the ridges above the Retztal valley from the pilgrimage site of Retzbach to...

Discover the Regionalpark Quellenreich in the Upper Palatinate by bike. The circular tour leads...

Where collieries once hummed, today an adventure trail leads to old tunnels, coal seams and mining...

Would you like to go on an impressive hike through the vineyards of Franconia? Then make your way...

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