Week in Rudesheim Germany
Jul 4th, 2017, 03:25 PM
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Week in Rudesheim Germany
I will be spending a week with my daughter (age 20) in Rudesheim. I need some guidance on how best to travel from the Frankfurt Airport to Rudesheim by train. I would also like some ideas on things that would be fun to do. We will be there in late July.
Jul 4th, 2017, 04:59 PM
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Hi, the best way to get to Rüdesheim (in search engines type 'Ruedesheim') is to take the S-Bahn (local train) from Frankfurt Airport (Frankfurt(Main) Flughafen) to Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof (Wiesbaden main train station). I am pretty sure the lines you want are S8 and S9. The train company that runs these services is https://www.rmv.de/en/ so you can search for timetables, connections, maps. At Wiesbaden you change to the regional trains, which are handled by Deutsche Bahn (https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml). Rüdesheim (Bahnhof) is about 9 stations from Wiesbaden, or half an hour, and the trains come about every half hour.
What to do: Rüdesheim is tourist central itself - cruises up the Rhine, wine tasting (drinking is legal for your daughter in Germany), I think there is even a cable car there but I haven't been on it. There is also a Käthe Wohlfahrt Christmas shop for interesting traditional decorations. In the area you can visit Schloss Johannisberg (a castle with views of the river), Kloster Eberbach (the monastery where 'The Name of the Rose' was partly filmed), Schloss Vollrads; you can explore many of the towns you caught the train through (for instance, Oestrich-Winkel), as they set up Strausswirtschaften there (temporary seasonal restaurants where they serve the new wine). Eltville is a pretty town where there is the ruins of a castle which has been preserved. You can of course go further afield and see Wiesbaden and Mainz. Wiesbaden has the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Therme (the spa), the Nerobergbahn (a funicular), the Russische Kapelle (Russian church) and many hot springs all over town, many of which are drinkable but hot! Mainz has the 1000 year old cathedral (the Mainzer Dom) and the Chagall windows in the Stefansdom. Both are great for shopping.
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What to do: Rüdesheim is tourist central itself - cruises up the Rhine, wine tasting (drinking is legal for your daughter in Germany), I think there is even a cable car there but I haven't been on it. There is also a Käthe Wohlfahrt Christmas shop for interesting traditional decorations. In the area you can visit Schloss Johannisberg (a castle with views of the river), Kloster Eberbach (the monastery where 'The Name of the Rose' was partly filmed), Schloss Vollrads; you can explore many of the towns you caught the train through (for instance, Oestrich-Winkel), as they set up Strausswirtschaften there (temporary seasonal restaurants where they serve the new wine). Eltville is a pretty town where there is the ruins of a castle which has been preserved. You can of course go further afield and see Wiesbaden and Mainz. Wiesbaden has the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Therme (the spa), the Nerobergbahn (a funicular), the Russische Kapelle (Russian church) and many hot springs all over town, many of which are drinkable but hot! Mainz has the 1000 year old cathedral (the Mainzer Dom) and the Chagall windows in the Stefansdom. Both are great for shopping.
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Jul 4th, 2017, 05:07 PM
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>>> I need some guidance on how best to travel from the Frankfurt Airport to Rudesheim by train.
When you google search "germany train," you will be pointed to www.bahn.com.
Enter from "Frankfurt Airport" to "Rüdesheim(Rhein)" you will be given options to get there by train.
What is your idea of "fun"?
It is a major river cruise stop and is choking with tourists during the day in July.
When you google search "germany train," you will be pointed to www.bahn.com.
Enter from "Frankfurt Airport" to "Rüdesheim(Rhein)" you will be given options to get there by train.
What is your idea of "fun"?
It is a major river cruise stop and is choking with tourists during the day in July.
Jul 4th, 2017, 05:09 PM
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...further to that: vineyards (Weingüter) with a Strausswirtschaft attached:
http://www.rheingau.de/weingueter
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http://www.rheingau.de/weingueter
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Jul 4th, 2017, 05:29 PM
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Check these sources for info on trains and boats in that area - the K-D (k-d.com) boat rides (not a tour but gives out spiels on things you pass in English) and is pretty cheap- anyway for where to go by train - www.ricksteves.com; www.budgeteuropetravel.com (Germany chapter of their online European Planning & Rail Guide) and www.seat61.com.
You can easily do the Mosel for a day by train and or boat- and visit such gems as Cochem (picture postcard wine village with a famous winery to tour right in town producing those prized Mosel white wines) and Burg Eltz, one of Germany's primo castles - nestled ina forest high above the Mosel, which many find prettier even than the Rhine (though it is hard to compare the two).
You can easily do the Mosel for a day by train and or boat- and visit such gems as Cochem (picture postcard wine village with a famous winery to tour right in town producing those prized Mosel white wines) and Burg Eltz, one of Germany's primo castles - nestled ina forest high above the Mosel, which many find prettier even than the Rhine (though it is hard to compare the two).
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...another thought - if you are travelling a lot by train within Hessen and getting off at numerous stops (i.e throughout the Rheingau) you might find it economical to use a Hessenticket (one of the Ländertickets which you can get at train stations). It's 35 EUR for all day, and up to 5 people can travel on it. It is valid for Mainz as well as north of the river, just remember you have to travel 2nd class, and no hopping on IC trains. You can best work out if it's for you or not.
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Jul 5th, 2017, 10:27 AM
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Why Rudesheim -it's a cute little town like all on Rhine but tour bus central - when I walked around I thought I was back home as Americans on bus tours were everywhere -nothing wrong with that but I'd consider staying in one of several just as nice Rhine towns without the tour bus crowds - a bit more authentic German wine town.
And why six days - I would spend 3 here on the Rhine and say 3 on the Mosel- Cochem being your picture postcard wine town - yes lots of tourists but mainly Dutch and German IME but a base for the Mosel.
Have you looked at other towns. Nothing wrong with Rudesheim per say -great place to start K-D boats.
And why six days - I would spend 3 here on the Rhine and say 3 on the Mosel- Cochem being your picture postcard wine town - yes lots of tourists but mainly Dutch and German IME but a base for the Mosel.
Have you looked at other towns. Nothing wrong with Rudesheim per say -great place to start K-D boats.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=coch...w=1920&bih=950
Lovely Cochem - the lazy Mosel is far different than the fast-flowing Rhine-both are neat but different -consider splitting time between both. Trains go regularly to Cochem from Koblenz.
If into a little biking rent a bike and putz along one of Europe's primo cycling venues on bike paths along the Mosel.
Lovely Cochem - the lazy Mosel is far different than the fast-flowing Rhine-both are neat but different -consider splitting time between both. Trains go regularly to Cochem from Koblenz.
If into a little biking rent a bike and putz along one of Europe's primo cycling venues on bike paths along the Mosel.
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usually these regional passes are also available in 1st cl at an additional fee?<
Hi Pal, good question, and maybe that is the case for other Ländertickets, but what I could find on the Hessenticket seems to indicate that this is not the case and it's 2nd class only. Links in English:
https://www.rmv.de/en/Fahrkarten/Die...senticket.html
https://www.bahn.com/en/view/offers/...ERTICKET2_LZ01
The information from RMV (Rhein-Main Verkehr) is more fulsome than that of DB, but there is not that much available in English. Reading the German from the NVV (the local transport company for North Hessen) they are quite explicit in that 1st class isn't possible, even if you pay a supplement, and I attach the screed in German here:
https://www.nvv.de/tickets-tarife/tickets/hessenticket/
It may well be that other Ländertickets do allow 1st class because they seem to have vastly different fare structures and conditions (i.e., some only allow you to travel between 9am and 3pm; a comparable ticket in Nordrhein-Westfalen for 5 people costs EUR44). Many tickets are a lot cheaper than Hessen.
It's not a real problem - the S-Bahn doesn't have classes, and 2nd class is quite OK in the regional trains. Ditto for buses and trams, you only have one class anyway.
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Hi Pal, good question, and maybe that is the case for other Ländertickets, but what I could find on the Hessenticket seems to indicate that this is not the case and it's 2nd class only. Links in English:
https://www.rmv.de/en/Fahrkarten/Die...senticket.html
https://www.bahn.com/en/view/offers/...ERTICKET2_LZ01
The information from RMV (Rhein-Main Verkehr) is more fulsome than that of DB, but there is not that much available in English. Reading the German from the NVV (the local transport company for North Hessen) they are quite explicit in that 1st class isn't possible, even if you pay a supplement, and I attach the screed in German here:
https://www.nvv.de/tickets-tarife/tickets/hessenticket/
It may well be that other Ländertickets do allow 1st class because they seem to have vastly different fare structures and conditions (i.e., some only allow you to travel between 9am and 3pm; a comparable ticket in Nordrhein-Westfalen for 5 people costs EUR44). Many tickets are a lot cheaper than Hessen.
It's not a real problem - the S-Bahn doesn't have classes, and 2nd class is quite OK in the regional trains. Ditto for buses and trams, you only have one class anyway.
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