Karlsruhe - day trips
 

I will be spending 1 or 2 weeks in Karlsruhe. I am unable to find information about day trips from the city. I know the train service is excellent but are there many organized trips?
Thanks.

There are a few places from Karlsruhe that you could probably reach by train for day trips. North is Heidelberg -- South Strausburg and Baden-Baden. To the East, Stuttgart, Ulm, and

and Augsburg. Just be adventurous and take the train. ((b))

Hit the post button too soon. ((b))

I loved Strasbourg for an overnight. The town in lovely to walk after dark...and the cathedral stunning in late afternoon.

I can't help you with organized tours either but I'd suggest you take the train to Freiburg in the Black Forest.
The train takes an hour to 1:45 depending on the connection.

You have probably already come across Karlsruhe's tourist site?http://www.karlsruhe.de/Tourismus/eng/index.php3
There's a contact page so perhaps you can ask the tourist office whether there are any organized tours to the area?

There probably won't be too many organized trips, but a good plan may be to take a train somewhere and check out walking tours from there. Be sure to check out the Baden-Württemberg ticket which allows travel anywhere in the "state" of B-W (where Karlsruhe is) on local IRE/RE/RB/S-Bahn trains after 9:00 on weekdays for €21 and the Good-Weekend ticket which allows travel anywhere in Germany on RE/RB/S-Bahn trains on the weekend (Sat or Sun) for €25. (Both are good for up to 5 people.) Karlsruhe is actually quite well connected by train as it provides one of the main junction points in SW Germany. Most of the places below can be reached without connection.

Some specific ideas (times are approx by train):
(From above)
Heidelberg (0:30), Strasbourg (1), Baden-Baden (0:15), Stuttgart (1), Ulm (2), Augsburg (2:30), Freiburg (1:45)
(More)
Frankfurt (1:20), Basel (2), Triberg (1:30), St. Goar (Rhine; 2:30-3:30), Nuremberg (3), Cologne (2), Würzburg (2:30)

Enjoy your trip,
Paul

Thanks for your help. It sounds like an ideal spot from which to travel for the day. Paul, the length of the journeys(in minutes) is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.
Thanks again