Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
Lok.in
(Hauptbahnhof; per hr €4; 6am-11pm Mon-Sat, from 7am Sun)
Internet access
in the 1st floor of the train station.
Sparkasse City Center
(Neupfarrplatz 10)
Post Office
(Domplatz)
There's another branch next to the Hauptbahnhof.
Regensburg Card
(
www.regensburgcard.de
;
24/48hr €9/17)
For free public transport
and discounts at local attractions and businesses. Available at the tourist office.
Tourist Office
(
www.regensburg.de
;
Altes Rathaus; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat &
Sun)
World Heritage Visitors Centre
( 507 4410;
www.regensburg-welterbe.de
; Weisse-
Lamm-Gasse 1; 10am-7pm)
Brand-new visitors centre by the Steinerne Brücke focus-
ing on the city's Unesco World Heritage Sites. Interesting interactive multimedia exhibits.
Getting There & Away
Car
Regensburg is about an hour's drive southeast of Nuremberg and northwest of Passau
via the A3 autobahn. The A93 runs south to Munich.
Train
Train connections from Regensburg:
Frankfurt am Main
€67, three hours, every two hours or change in Nuremberg
Munich
€25.20, 1½ hours, hourly
Landshut
€12.20, 40 minutes, hourly
Nuremberg
€19, one to two hours, hourly
Passau
€22 to €27, one to 1½ hours, hourly or change in Plattling
Getting Around
Bicycle
At
Bikehaus
( 599 8193;
www.bikehaus.de
; Bahnhofstrasse 17; bikes per day
€12; 10am-2pm & 3-7pm Mon-Sat)
you can hire anything from kiddies' bikes to fully
saddled tourers and even a rickshaw for a novel city tour.
Bus
On weekdays the
Altstadtbus
(€1) somehow manages to squeeze its way through the
narrow streets between the Hauptbahnhof and the Altstadt every 10 minutes between 9am
and 7pm. The
bus transfer point
is one block north of the Hauptbahnhof, on Al-
bertstrasse. Tickets for all city buses (except the Altstadtbus) cost €2 for journeys in the
