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Sunday and holidays. A bus leaves the main railway station approximately every
six minutes. Tickets are available in the bus.
Metz has many other interesting sights, such as the 14th-century St.Louismar-
ket square with its Italian influence. Its majestic buildings are constructed of yel-
low limestone, which gives them an aspect of light. The city's 18th-century theater,
Place de la Comédie, is another typical example of this “brightness.”
In August Metz goes “plum crazy.” The golden mirabelle plum is celebrated in
various deliciously edible forms—perhaps on a tasty tart or in a luscious, languid
liqueur. Other gastronomic specialties include frog-legs pie, freshwater fish, and
traditional stews, as well as not-so-traditional stews—snail stew.
Want to try a different type of city tour? Take a tour via Metz's “Petit(little)Tour-
ist Train” ( Tel: [phone]). It has departures at 1030, 1130, 1300, 1400, 1500,
1605, 1705, and 1805 daily April-September, and on Saturday and Sunday the re-
mainder of the year.
The Metz tourist office proposes an audio-guided walking tour that covers the
highlights of the city with an English narration. If you are sightseeing on your own
in Metz, you should include the city's museum, with its Gallo-Roman collections
and impressive 17th-century paintings by Dutch masters and artists of the French
School. Also stroll along the city's Esplanade, on the banks of the Moselle River.
Day Excursion to
Trier
Germany's Oldest Town
Depart from Luxembourg City Central Station
Distance by Train: 32 miles (51 km)
Average Train Time: 41 minutes
Germany Dialing Code: 49
City Dialing Code: 651
Tourist Information Office: Trier Stadt und Land e.V., An der Porta Nigra,
D-54290
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
www.trier.de/tourismus
E-mail: [e-mail]
Hours: May-October: 0900-1800 Monday-Saturday, 1000-1700 Sunday;
November-December: 0900-1800 Monday-Saturday, 1000-1500 Sunday; Janu-