We are planning a stay in Frankfurt in December to visit some nearby towns and a couple of christmas markets. I have searched for recommended day trips and would like to know how to get to these destinations by train and also what type of ticket should I buy, cost of ticket: to get to Heidelberg, Wiesbaden %26amp; Mainz, Rudesheim, Cologne, Marburg, Koblenz. Also if there are any town that could be combined in a day with the same ticket.
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You can get to Wiesbaden and Mainz with the S-bahn. Heidelberg, Marburg, Cologne, or Wuerzburg, you can take a regional train, using either the Laender tickets, Happy Weekend tickets or the Quer Durch Deutschland tickets. Depends on how many people are traveling, weekdays, etc. laender tickets cost between 28-30 euro, are good for the whole day and for up to 5 people. The quer durch deutschland cost 34 for the 1st person and 5 euro for each additional person, for up to 5 people total and are good for the whole day. Happy weekend are 35 euro and good for 5 people all day, anywhere in Germany.
I would also recommend Bad Homburg, Koenigstein, Buedingen, Schmitten, or Idstein. There are many small towns along the Rhine that are nice to visit, and which may be nicer than Ruedesheim, which is extremely touristy.
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Lander tickets is the best option so far for the close day trips.
You might check out europetrainsguide.com/200907153/Countries/Ge… for some ideas on rail travel
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All of the cities and towns you mentioned, plus Bad Homburg, have chapters in Earl Steinbicker%26#39;s %26quot;Daytrips Germany%26quot;. It is published by Hastings House and you can buy it on Amazon. It offers about 2 dozen trips from Frankfurt plus a walking tour of that city.
If you go to the Hastings House website, you can see a free example of one of the daytrips (from Berlin) to see how they are organized and what is offered.
I%26#39;ve used his guides for more than 20 trips to Europe, and he has never let me down.
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I%26#39;ll be in Frankfurt for a couple of days before the Xmas markets open (so they are not a consideration for me). Have you got any suggestions for places to visit by train, other than Koblenz and Fulda? Ideally not more than 1 hour away.
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Most of the places I mentioned in my first post are less than an hour away by train. Mainz, Wiesbaden, Bad Homburg, Schmitten, Königstein, Kronberg, and Heidelberg might be a touch more than an hour.
No one has mentioned going to Koblenz or Fulda, wondering why you have brought them up?
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Well, Koblenz was mentioned in the original post ;-)
I brought them up because I%26#39;ve been there and didn%26#39;t want anyone to waste time mentioning them.
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Are there ANY time restrictions or use restrictions on any of these rail tickets which may not have ben mentioned?
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