Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Main tourist office
( 275 200;
www.baden-baden.com
; Schwarzwaldstrasse 52;
9am-6pm Mon-Sat, to 1pm Sun)
Situated 2km northwest of the centre. If you're driving
from the northwest (from the A5) this place is on the way into town. Sells events tickets.
Post office
(Lange Strasse 44)
Inside Kaufhaus Wagener.
Getting There & Away
Karlsruhe-Baden-Baden airport (
Click here
)
, 15km west of town, is linked to London
and other European cities by Ryanair.
Buses to Black Forest destinations depart from the bus station, next to the Bahnhof.
Baden-Baden is close to the A5 (Frankfurt- Basel autobahn) and is the northern starting
point of the zigzagging Schwarzwald-Hochstrasse, which follows the B500.
Baden-Baden is on a major north-south rail corridor. Twice-hourly destinations include
Freiburg (€19.20 to €28, 45 to 90 minutes) and Karlsruhe (€10 to €15, 15 to 30 minutes).
Getting Around
Bus
Local buses run by
Stadwerke Baden-Baden
(
www.stadtwerke-baden-baden.de
)
cost €2.20/5.20 for a single/24-hour ticket. A day pass for up to five people is €8.20. Bus
201 (every 10 minutes) and other lines link the Bahn hof with Leopoldsplatz. Bus 205
runs roughly hourly between the Bahnhof and the airport, less frequently at weekends.
Car & Motorcyle
The centre is mostly pedestrianised, so it's best to park and walk. There
is a free Park & Ride at the Bahnhof. Closer to the centre, the cheapest car park is at the
Festspielhaus (€0.70 per hour). Michaelstunnel on the D500 routes traffic away from the
centre, ducking underground west of the Festspielhaus and resurfacing just south of the
Russische Kirche.
Karlsruhe
0721 / POP 294,760
When planning this radial city in 1715, the Margraves of Baden placed a mighty baroque
palace smack in the middle - an urban layout so impressive it became the blueprint for
Washington DC.
Laid-back and cultured, Karlsruhe will grow on you the longer you linger, with its ram-
bling parks, museums crammed with futuristic gizmos and French Impressionist paint-
