Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Air
Munich Airport
(MUC;
www.munich-airport.de
)
, aka Flughafen Franz-Josef Strauss, is
second in importance only to Frankfurt for international and domestic connections. The
main carrier is Lufthansa (Terminal 2), but around 70 other companies operate from the
airport's two runways, from major carriers such as British Airways and Emirates to minor
operations such as Luxair and Carpatair.
Only one major airline from the UK doesn't use Munich's main airport - Ryanair flies
into Memmingen's
Allgäu Airport
(
www.allgaeu-airport.de
)
, 125km to the west.
Bus
Europabus links Munich to the Romantic Road. For times and fares for this service and all
other national and international coaches contact
Sindbad
( 5454 8989; Arnulfstrasse
20)
near the Hauptbahnhof.
The bold new
Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
(Central Bus Station; ZOB; Arnulfstrasse
21)
next to the Hackerbrücke S-Bahn station handles the vast majority of international and
domestic coach services. There's a Eurolines/Touring office, a supermarket and various
eateries on the first floor with buses departing from ground level.
BEX BerlinLinienBus
(
www.berlinlinienbus.de
)
runs daily between Berlin and Mu-
nich ZOB (one way/return €43/86, 8½ hours) via Ingolstadt, Nuremberg, Bayreuth and
Leipzig.
A special Deutsche Bahn express coach leaves for Prague (€61, five hours, four daily)
from the north side of the Hauptbahnhof.
Car & Motorcycle
Munich has autobahns radiating in all directions. Take the A9 to Nuremberg, the A8 to
Salzburg, the A95 to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the A8 to Ulm or Stuttgart.
Naturally Munich airport has branches of all major car hire companies. Book ahead for
the best rates.
Train
Train connections from Munich to destinations in Bavaria are excellent and there are also
numerous services to more distant cities within Germany and around Europe. All services
leave from the Hauptbahnhof, which is set to undergo major modernisation in coming
years.
