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Disabled Visitors, Wheelchair Users and Strollers at Munich’s Oktoberfest

Henk Bekker — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:41:09 +0000

Disabled visitors and wheelchairs users at Oktoberfest in München, Germany will find special services, access to all beer tents, special reserved tables, and increasingly availability of toilet facilities. Families with strollers (buggies) appreciate many of these facilities too.

Cheap Bus and Deutsche Bahn Trains to Memmingen Munich West Airport

Henk Bekker — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:25:16 +0000

The cheapest transportation to Allgäu Memmingen Airport (Munich West) is by train and bus combined with the Deutsche Bahn Bayern Ticket. The Allgäu Airport Express is also useful.

Getting to Allgäu Memmingen (Munich West) Airport (FMM) on public transportation is easiest with the Allgäu Airport Express buses for travelers heading to München, Augsburg, Ulm, [...]

Cheap Allgäu Airport Express Shuttle Bus to Memmingen Munich West FMM

Henk Bekker — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:25:10 +0000

The Allgäu-Airport-Express is generally the cheapest and easiest way to travel by shuttle bus to Memmingen Airport (Munich West) from München, Augsburg, and Ulm.

Getting to Memmingen Airport (Munich West, Flughafen Allgäu Memmingen, or FMM) is generally the cheapest and easiest on the Allgäu Airport Express buses. This airport shuttle bus service has direct [...]

Getting to Allgau Memmingen Munich West Airport by Bus, Train, Car

Henk Bekker — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:24:43 +0000

Buses and trains are the cheapest public transportation to Flughafen Allgäu / Memmingen (FMM), a small airport to the west of Munich (München) in Germany. Driving is easy too.

The easiest public transportation to Memmingen Airport (also known as Munich West or Flughafen Allgäu / Memmingen FMM) is usually on the Allgäu Airport Express shuttle [...]

Hotels & Restaurants in Romantische Franken Towns Ansbach, Colmburg, Bad Windsheim

Henk Bekker — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:24:11 +0000

Ansbach, Colmburg (castle hotel), and Bad Windsheim have good hotels and restaurants to compete with more famous Romantic Franken (Romantische Franken) towns in Bavaria.

Hotels & Restaurants in Ansbach, Germany

The Best Western Hotel am Drechsels Garten is a modern hotel in a quiet location to the south of the town. It [...]

Visit Bad Windsheim’s Franconian Open-Air Museum & Spa, Bavaria

Henk Bekker — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:21:55 +0000

Bad Windsheim in Franken, Bavaria has the interesting Franconian Open-Air Museum, a mostly Baroque old town, and a modern spa with mineral salt baths.

Colmberg with Staufen Castle Hotel and Restaurant in Bavaria, Germany

Henk Bekker — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:21:02 +0000

Colmberg is a romantic town in Franconia, Bavaria with a famous Staufen-era castle – now a hotel and restaurant – and a pleasant old town with half-timbered houses.

Colmberg is a typical romantic Franken town with numerous half-timbered houses. The main reason to visit can be seen from afar – Burg Colmberg that towers over [...]

Top Sights to See in Heilsbronn in Franken, Bavaria, Germany

Henk Bekker — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:20:02 +0000

Heilsbronn in Franken, Bavaria is mostly visited to see the Romanesque Klosterkirche (Monastery Church) with altars, art, and the tombs of Hohenzollern rulers.

Heilsbronn’s history goes back to 1132 when the bishop of Bamberg founded a monastery here at the conjunction of the territories of the Bishoprics of Bamberg, Würzburg, and Eichstätt. The monastery was [...]

Culture and Festivals (Rococo, Bach, Kaspar Hauser) in Ansbach, Germany

Henk Bekker — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:19:16 +0000

Ansbach in Bavaria has major cultural festivals including the Rokoko (Rococo) and Kaspar Hauser Festspiele (festivals) and the Bachwoche (Bach Week). The strange case of Kaspar Hauser has intrigued Germany for generations.

Cultural Festivals in Ansbach

The annual Rokoko-Festspiele (Rococo Festival) is held the first week of July in Ansbach. The Rococo [...]

Top Sights to See in Ansbach Old Town, Bavaria, Germany

Henk Bekker — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:18:32 +0000

Top sights in Ansbach other than the Baroque Residenz palace include the St Gumbertus church with its Schwanenritterkapelle and the Lichtenau Fortress

The top sight in Ansbach is the Markgräfliches Residenz (Margrave Palace) with the Hofgarten (Court Garden) but it is rewarding to stroll through the romantic old town with its faux-Baroque buildings. A brief [...]