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Rooms sport stylishly lofty ceilings, ornate mirrors, flat-screen TVs and renovated bath-
rooms. Bus 2 from the train station stops right outside the door.
HOTEL
Zur Insel €€
( 923 160;
www.insel-landshut.de
; Badstrasse 16; s €45-90, d €70-95)
A good-value
place to kip with simple folksy rooms and a wood-panelled restaurant.
DJH Hostel €
( 234 49;
www.landshut.jugendherberge.de
;
Richard-Schirrmann-Weg 6; dm from
€15)
This clean, well-run 100-bed hostel occupies an attractive old villa up by the castle,
with views across town.
HOSTEL
Alt Landshut €€
(Isarpromenade 3; mains €6-14)
Sunny days see locals linger over an Augustiner and
some neighbourhood nosh outside by the Isar. In winter you can retreat to the simple
whitewashed dining room.
BAVARIAN
Augustiner an der St Martins Kirche €€
(Kirchgasse 251; mains €7-17; 10am-midnight)
This dark wood tavern at the foot of
the St Martin's spire is the best place in town to sample a meat-dumpling combo, washed
down with a frothy Munich wet one.
BAVARIAN
Information
Tourist Office
( 922 050;
www.landshut.de
; Altstadt 315; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri,
10am-4pm Sat Mar-Oct, 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat Nov-Feb)
Getting There & Away
To/From the Airport
The airport bus (€11, 35 minutes) leaves almost hourly from near
the tourist office and the train station.
Train
Landshut is a fairly major stop on the Munich-Regensburg mainline.
Munich
€14.40, 45 minutes, twice hourly
Passau
€21.50, one hour and 20 minutes, hourly
