Hello,
I will be visiting Germany in the first week of September and I am planning on doing the most while I am at it.
Firstly, My itenary would be :
2nd September(Monday): Land in Frankfurt and take a connecting flight to Dresden(Stay in Dresden and explore that day)
3rd September : Dresden to Zwickau (Business meeting)
4th September : Zwickau to Leipzeg and Berlin (explore Leipzeg and Berlin, take a night train to Hamburg)
5th Septmeber : Explore Hamburg and rest and take an evening train to Cologne.
6th September : Explore Cologne and take the infamous (Cologne to Mainz) train. And explore nearby areas as time permits (Koblenz, Cochem, Trier)
7th September : Go to Frankfurt and take a train to Heidelberg. (will try to go to Rothenburg or Baden-baden or Tubingen if possible).
8th September : Take to train to either Fussen or Berchtesgaden. And finally come to Munich where I will be taking a midnight flight back to home.
——>I am stuck with the pass which I want to buy, there are three options :
1) 49 euro pass for monthly (not valid for fast trains, but can take buses, subways, trams etc)
2) Deutsch Bahn pass as attached in the post
3) Eurail pass continuous (expensive than Deutch bahn, but don’t know the difference.
Can you please help me chose the one which is very useful among top 3, I thought of combining first 2 options.
——> Even though I am aware of the passes, I really don’t know how to use it. I don’t know how to reserve seats and some say even though u have a pass you have to pay more for reservations and sometimes you need to not reserve any seats. Please explain me like a toddler how one gets to use the pass.
———> I will be reaching the destination either by train or blablacar. But I don’t know how to travel locally. For cities maybe I can use the 49Euro pass but for the villages, I found out about guruwalks but this would take long and would also make me tired to travel next day. I checked e-scooters but I am not aware of the costs and availability in villages. Can you please help me here too.
All suggestions and changes are welcome. This is my first Europe trip and I am excited.
I have googled and YouTubed to all extent before coming out here.
PS : I heard about Berghain but I also got to know about the opening days and acceptance rate. So would you suggest me any other clubs similar to this which is open on a weekday and lets everyone in, I just want to experience Germans club too.
by hmmmmmmble_trauma
6 comments
Sounds like an extremely hasty and exhausting plan to me.
You plan to visit both Berlin and Leipzig in one day? What’s the purpose of that? Spend two hours in each city just to take some pictures? Because you won’t have time to explore or get to know the city beyond that.
Other parts are just outright impossible: Like visiting Cologne, Koblenz, Cochem and Trier all in one day.
Unless you’re a train enthusiast and only want to spend as much time as possible on trains – your plan is frankly rather pointless.
Regarding the e scooter availability in villages: there are none. Public transport is also very, very limited. If you want to spend time traveling between actual villages, you will need to bring a car, a motorcycle, a bike, a scooter or a horse.
Sounds way way way too overcramped.
You will pretty much See nothing from the cities and you will be more time in trains than in the cities.
If you have a checklist “I was in this City” and just want to Check it then go ahead with your plan, but I would reduce the locations you want to visit and visit them properly or Prolong the vacation.
You won’t see anything of Germany with that schedule. But if you are just a train lover then it’s fine.
It seems unrealistic to me to fit clubbing there. But if you must there are plenty of alternatives in both Berlin and other cities
If you mean by Deutschbahn Pass the Deutschland Ticket (you are limited on Regional Trains incl. S-Bahn, RE and RB on that one, no ICE no IC and obviously no Flixtrain)
Get a Pegasus to travel with. Great for out door trails and short flights