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...

Discover the source of the Red Main by bike. From Bayreuth, this tour takes you on a relaxed ride...

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

Take the railway into nature to the Wolfsee lake, viewing tower and gypsum quarry. During your hike...

What makes Passau so special? The old town centre is situated on a promontory at the confluence of...

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

Explore Lichtenau Fortress, idyllic villages and the royal seat of Ansbach with its courtyard...

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

This cycle tour takes you from Nuremberg through forests, gorges and past historic industrial...

Explore the longest castle in the world in Burghausen, the historic Tittmoning Castle and the...

Winding alleyways, an impregnable fortress and masterpieces by Cranach: In Kronach, you will travel...