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.

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

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

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

If you want your city break to combine style and flavour, the barrel-filled cellar of Würzburg's...

The Altmühltherme in Treuchtlingen is a perfect day trip destination for the whole family. Just a...

A visit to the Hainbadestelle Lido in the Luisenhain Park in Bamberg has become a tradition. On hot...

A wonderful trip: Kösseinehaus cabin has been enticing hikers to the Fichtel mountains since 1903.

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

Travel in comfort by train to Lake Starnberg and enjoy a round trip on the water - against an...

Education and beer can be wonderfully combined in Upper Franconia. For example, on the beer...

Discover Fürth's green oases by train. This tour takes you through idyllic parks and unspoilt...

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As if made for spring: five destinations where you can perfectly enjoy spring-warm days - be it a walk through romantic old town alleys or hiking...