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
The perfect cycle tour for nature lovers and connoisseurs: From Würzburg, you cycle to the... Get on the saddle and explore the small villages of the Pfaffenwinkel! On this tour through the... This challenging cycle tour combines nature and history: from Rothenburg to Colmberg Castle, past... Attention nature lovers! Discover the impressive moorland landscape of Murnau by bike. Experience... 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... This cycle tour takes you through the floodplain and lake landscape past the magnificent Werneck... From the Amper to the castle: this hike takes you through the Dachau artists' colony, along... Explore Lichtenau Fortress, idyllic villages and the royal seat of Ansbach with its courtyard...