Getting Here & Around

Getting Here & Around

By Air

The Rhineland is served by three international airports: Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, and Köln-Bonn. Bus and rail lines connect each airport with its respective downtown area and provide rapid access to the rest of the region. There are direct trains from the Frankfurt airport to downtown Köln and Düsseldorf.

No-frills carriers that fly within Europe are based at smaller Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in Lautzenhausen, between the Rhine and Mosel valleys (a one-hour drive from Wiesbaden or Trier; a 1½-hour bus ride from Frankfurt Airport). The Luxembourg Findel International Airport (a 30-minute drive from Trier) is close to the upper Mosel River valley.

By Train

InterCity and EuroCity expresses connect all the cities and towns of the area. Hourly InterCity routes run between Düsseldorf, Köln, Bonn, and Mainz, with most services extending as far south as Munich and as far north as Hamburg. The city transportation networks of Bonn, Köln, and Düsseldorf are linked by S-bahn (for information contact the KVB).

Essentials

Airport Contacts

Flughafen Düsseldorf (0211/4210. www.duesseldorf-international.de). Flughafen Frankfurt (01805/372-4636. www.airportcity-frankfurt.de). Flughafen Hahn (06543/509-200. www.hahn-airport.de). Flughafen Köln/Bonn (Kennedy, Köln. 02203/404-001. www.koeln-bonn-airport.de). Luxembourg Findel International Airport (00352/2464-1. www.luxairport.lu).

Train Contacts

Deutsche Bahn (11861. www.bahn.de). Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB. 0221/547-3333).

Visitor Information

Rheingau-Taunus Kultur & Tourismus (An der Basilika 11a, D-65375, Oestrich-Winkel. 06723/99550. www.rheingau-taunus-info.de). Rheinland-PfalzTourismus (Löhrstr. 103-105, D-56068, Koblenz. 0261/915-200. 0261/915-2040. www.rlp-info.de).