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Getting Here & Around

The Fairy-Tale Road Features

Getting Here & Around

By Air

The closest international airports to this region are in Frankfurt, Hannover, and Hamburg. Frankfurt is less than a half hour from Hanau, and Hamburg is less than an hour from Bremen.

By Bike

The Fulda and Werra rivers have 190 km (118 mi) of bike paths, and you can cycle the whole length of the Weser River from Hannoversch-Münden to the outskirts of Bremen without making too many detours from the river valley. Five- and seven-day cycle tours of the Fulda and Werra river valleys are possible, including bike rentals, overnight accommodations, and luggage transport between stops.

By Boat

The eight boats of Flotte Weser operate short summer excursions along a considerable stretch of the Weser River between Bremen and Bad Karlshafen. The trip between Corvey and Bad Karlshafen, for example, takes slightly under three hours and costs EUR 13.50.

Rehbein-Linie Kassel operates a service from Kassel to Bad Karlshafen. It also prides itself on the only "three-river tour" in the area. In a single trip you travel on the Fulda and Werra rivers and also on the river formed when these two meet at the tour's starting point of Hannoversch-Münden, the Weser. One of the company's three boats, the Deutschland, has a bowling alley aboard. Personenschifffahrt K. & K. Söllner has two excursion boats plying between Kassel and Hannoversch-Münden.

By Bus

Bremen, Kassel, Göttingen, Fulda, and Hanau are all reachable via Deutsche Touring's Europabus. A local bus serves the scenic Weser Valley Road stretch (B-80 and B-83), between Hannoversch-Münden and Hameln; total mileage is approximately 103 km (64 mi).

Year-round tours of the region are offered by Herter-Reisen.

By Car

The best way to travel is by car. The autobahn network serves Hanau, Fulda, Kassel, Göttingen, and Bremen directly, but you can't savor the fairy-tale country from this high-speed superhighway. Bremen is 60 km (35 mi) northwest of Hannover and 100 km (60 mi) northwest of Celle.

The Fairy-Tale Road incorporates one of Germany's loveliest scenic drives, the Wesertalstrasse, or Weser Vallley Road (B-80 and B-83), between Hannoversch-Münden and Hameln; total mileage is approximately 103 km (64 mi).

By Train

Hanau, Fulda, Kassel, Göttingen, Hannover, and Bremen are reachable via InterCity Express (ICE) trains from Frankfurt and Hamburg. Rail service, but not ICE service, is available to Hannoversch-Münden, Marburg, Hameln, and Celle.

Essentials

Airport Information

Langenhagen Airport (Petzelstr. 84, Hannover. 0511/9770).

Bike Tour Information

SRJ GästeService (Gneisenaustr. 4, D-32423, Minden. 0571/889-1900).

Boat Tour Information

Flotte Weser (Deisterallee 1, D-31785, Hameln. 05151/939-999). Personenschifffahrt K. & K. Söllner (Die Schlagd, D-34125, Kassel. 0561/774-670). Rehbein-Linie Kassel (Ostpreusenstr. 8, D-34233, Fuldatal. 0561/18505).