Happiness on rails – Bavaria's most beautiful railway routes

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

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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...

For cross-border travellers: the Außerfernbahn

Panoramic journey with the "Werdenfelsbahn"

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

Panoramic journey with the "Werdenfelsbahn"

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...

The oldest long-distance railway line in Bavaria: from Augsburg to Munich
Exceptional museum hopping on the Main! This walk through the city is perfect for culture lovers.... Would you like to go on an impressive hike through the vineyards of Franconia? Then make your way... Hike along the ridges above the Retztal valley from the pilgrimage site of Retzbach to... Discover Fürth's green oases by train. This tour takes you through idyllic parks and unspoilt... Cycle from Nuremberg via Fürth to Erlangen - always along the water! On this relaxed tour through... This cycle tour takes you from Nuremberg through forests, gorges and past historic industrial... From the Amper to the castle: this hike takes you through the Dachau artists' colony, along... This cycle tour along the Isar combines nature, culture and fitness. Discover the Flaucher,... From Marktbreit to Obernbreit: This hike combines history, culture and nature. Discover Renaissance...