By Car, Train, or Bus to Bavaria’s Passion Play Town

Getting to Oberammergau at the Bavarian Alps in Germany is easy by car, train, or bus. Trains run to Munich while local buses go to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Ettal.

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Transportation to Oberammergau is easy both by car and by public transportation. Depending on the point of origin, trains, buses or a combination of trains and buses provide the easiest access to Oberammergau. Local trains and buses can be very cheap if the Bayern Ticket savings fare of the German Railways is used.

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Buying Tickets Only & Hotel Packages for Individuals for the Passionsspiele

Tickets only for the Passion Play (Passionsspiele) 2010 in Oberammergau in Bavaria, Germany and hotel package deals for individual travelers are now sold via DER Reisebüro.

Passion Play in Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany - Photo / Bild: Oberammergau Tourismus

Buying tickets for the Passion Play (Passionsspiele) 2010 in Oberammergau in Germany is surprisingly complicated. The easiest way to see the Oberammergau Passion Play in 2010 is to book a tour of Germany or Europe that include the Passionsspiele in its itinerary. However, group tours are not for everyone and individuals can also buy Passion Play tickets in combination with hotel reservations through DER Reisebüro in Oberammergau. It is also possible to buy tickets for the Passion Play performance only and make own hotel and transport arrangements but the number of tickets are limited and the Passion Play ticket reservation process somewhat complicated.

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Travel the Romantische Straße Holiday Route in Bavaria

The Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) is Germany’s most popular holiday route. It passes through medieval towns including Rothenburg, Dinkelsbühl, Nördlingen, and Füssen.

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The Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) in western Bavaria is the best known and most popular of Germany’s numerous thematic holiday routes. The top sights include the fantasy, neo-Romanesque Schloss Neuschwanstein castle and wall-enclosed medieval town Rothenburg ob der Tauber. »»»Continue reading…

See Germany’s Romantic Road Route on Public Transportation

Although a car is convenient, public transportation (either trains or buses) are available to most sights on the Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) in Bavaria, Germany.

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The Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) holiday route in Bavaria is for many visitors a top destination and highlight of a trip to Bavaria. This 350-km (220-mile) route has some of Germany’s most romantic sights. The Romantic Road is easiest traveled by private car but public transportation (trains and buses) are also available to most sights. Popular stops along the Romantic Road include medieval castles (Schloss Harburg), the fantasy Disney-line Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle, wall-encircled towns (Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Dinkelsbühl, Nördlingen), palaces (UNESCO-listed Residenz in Würzburg, Schillingsfürst), and churches (the UNESCO-listed Wieskirche).

• The Europabus EB190 has changed its route and from 2008 only stops at major sights and no longer run the full length of the Romantic Road as it has done for more than half a century.

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Deutsche Touring Started a New 2009 Schedule for Seeing Germany’s Romantische Straße

Europabus EB 190 connects Frankfurt and Füssen via much of the Romantic Road daily during summer. Stops include Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Augsburg, Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl, Würzburg, and Munich (München).

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The Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) was founded in 1950 as a tourism promotion project. This massively popular holiday route has since become a top destination for visitors to Germany. It is hugely popular with bus parties from all nations – notice the Japanese road signs.

Although a car is the easiest and most convenient way to travel the full 350-km (220-mile) route, the Romantic Road can also be done on public transportation. The easiest way is on the Europabus, which has been operating along this route since its inception.

• The routing of the Europabus on the Romantic Road has been changed drastically from summer 2008 – all previous timetables and routings are now completely redundant.

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German Cultural, Architectural, and Natural Treasures

Quedlinburg Dom & Schloss (Cathedral & Castle)

Germany is a keen participant in UNESCO activities and takes the UNESCO World Heritage List very seriously. Presently, 32 German sites are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. These cultural, architectural, and natural treasures help explain German influence in humanity’s common heritage.

German sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List (in order of inclusion on the list) are:

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