Getting Here & Around

Getting Here & Around

By Air

The major international airports serving the Romantic Road are Frankfurt and Munich. Regional airports include Nürnberg and Augsburg.

By Bus

If you prefer not to rent a car, daily bus service covers the northern stretch of the Romantic Road, between Frankfurt and Munich, from April through October. A second bus covers the section of the route between Dinkelsbühl and Füssen. All buses stop at the major sights along the road. Deutsche Touring also operates six more extensive tours along the Romantic Road for which reservations are essential.

By Car

The Romantic Road is most easily traveled by car, starting from Würzburg, the northernmost city, and following country highway B-27 south to meet Roads B-290, B-19, B-292, and B-25 along the Wörnitz River. It's on the Frankfurt-Nürnberg autobahn, A-3, and is 115 km (71 mi) from Frankfurt. If you're coming up from the south and using Munich as a gateway, Augsburg is 60 km (37 mi) from Munich via A-8. The roads are busy and have only two lanes, so figure on covering no more than 70 km (40 mi) each hour, particularly in summer. For route maps, with roads and sights highlighted, contact the Touristik-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Romantische Strasse (Central Tourist Information Romantic Road) based in Dinkelsbühl.

By Train

Infrequent trains link most major towns of the Romantic Road, but both Würzburg and Augsburg are on the InterCity and high-speed InterCity Express routes, and have fast, frequent service to and from Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and Munich.

Bike Tours

From April through September, Velotours offers a five-day bike trip from Würzburg to Rothenburg for EUR 350 per person and a five-day trip from Rothenburg to Donauwörth for EUR 350 per person. These two trips can be combined for an eight-day tour for EUR 600. The tour operator Alpenland-Touristik offers several guided six- to eight-day bike tours starting from Landsberg am Lech into the Alpine foothills.

Essentials

Airport Contacts

Airport Nürnberg (Flughafenstr. 100, D-90411. 0911/93700. www.airport-nuernberg.de). Augsburg Airport (Flughafenstr. 1, D-86169. 0821/270-8111. www.augsburg-airport.de).

Bike Tours

Alpenland-Touristik (Box 10-13-13, D-86899, Landsberg. 08191/308-620. 08191/4913. www.alpenlandtouristik.de). Velotours (Ernst-Sachsstr. 1, D-78467, Konstanz. 07531/98280. 07531/982-898. www.velotours.de).

Bus Contacts

Deutsche Touring (Am Römerhof 17, D-60486, Frankfurt am Main. 069/790-3501. www.touring-germany.com).

Visitor Information

Touristik-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Romantische Strasse (Central Tourist Information Romantic Road, Segringerstr. 19, D-91550, Dinkelsbühl. 09851/551-387. www.romantischestrasse.de).