GERMANY - Europe by Eurail 2015: Touring Europe by Train - page 254

while drinkers wash down sausages, roast chicken, and oxen with five to six million
liter-size drafts of the world's finest brews.
Colorful road signs on just about every highway entering Bavaria declare it to be
Freistaat Bayern , the Free State of Bavaria. Insurrection? Not really. It is the mani-
festation of the free and roisterous spirit of its citizens, who love their homeland
and feel that there is no other place quite like it.
Arriving by Air
Munich International Airport is located 28 kilometers northeast of the city center.
Tel: [phone] (for flight information). Visit www.munich-airport.com . There is a
24-hour information area staffed by multilingual personnel on level 03.
Rail passes may be validated at the German Railways counter (MVV, Munich In-
tegrated Transport System) in the central area of level 03.
Airport-City Links: Munich's rapid-transit rail system, S-Bahn No. 8 line, or No.
1 line, which stops at the Marienplatz (city center) and the Hauptbahnhof (main
rail station). Journey time: 45 minutes. From the central area, descend to level 02.
Trains depart every 10 minutes 0544 to 0024. Fare: €10.40 for a one-way ticket,
which you can purchase from machines at the airport (near the escalators leading
to the S-Bahn). Eurail passes and German Railpasses are valid on the S-Bahn, but
if this is the only rail trip you'll be making that day, we suggest you purchase the
one-way ticket and validate your rail pass when you're ready to journey out from
Munich.
LufthansaAirportBus departs from the stop at Terminal Area A every 20 minutes
for Munich Hauptbahnhof 0629 to 2229 daily; from the airport main concourse
0626 to 2148. From Munich Hauptbahnhof to the airport, buses depart every 20
minutes, 0515 to 1955. Tickets: €10.50; round-trip, €17.00. Travel time, about 40
minutes. Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone].
Taxi stands in front of areas A, B, C, D, and E. Due to traffic congestion, travel
time between the airport and the city by road can exceed one hour and can cost
€50 to €60. Check at the taxi information desk in the central area of the airport. For
advance taxi arrangements and information, Tel: [phone] in Munich.
Arriving by Train