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...

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

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

From Marktbreit to Obernbreit: This hike combines history, culture and nature. Discover Renaissance...

On the "Sun, Moon and Stones" cultural trail in Lower Franconia, you hike from Winterhausen to...

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

Get on your bike and off you go to beer, baroque and Levi Strauss. Baroque splendour, a feast for...

Cycle from Passau to Vilshofen on the Danube cycle path. Enjoy idyllic river landscapes, discover...

Cycle from Bad Neustadt through the Saale meadows to Münnerstadt and discover historic town gates,...

Cycle along the Isar, discover historic towns, refresh yourself at the Kneipp facility and visit...