chosebinne

Hi !

We are looking to get some Ipad apps that would help us in our trip to germany. It could be general trip apps (planners, or else) Germany specifics apps or german city apps (We will travel to Berlin, Dresden, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Munich and Rhine valley).

Thanks !

J62

#1 - google maps

swandav2000

Hi chosebinne,

I always find the city's transport app (bus or Sbahn or trams) to be invaluable. You can probably find each city's app at the city's main tourist website.

Yes, google maps is also good.

I also like to download the Deutsch Bahn's app, where I can store all my tickets and look up schedules for my upcoming trips.

Have fun as you plan!

s

sparkchaser

In no particular order:

Deutsche Bahn
Google Maps
Google Translate
Google Goggles
BierApp
XE Currency
LEO
Offi Directions
Offi Stations
Offi Network
VGN (if you are going to be in the Nuremberg area)
Trip Advisor
WAZE

Andrew

You probably don't need each city's transport app unless you want to use it to buy tickets. Google Maps should have their schedules, so when you want to go somewhere, Google will tell you which bus or train to take and how to walk to/from the stops. This is how I navigated a bunch of European cities on my recent trip to Europe. I did have data on my Android phone, though. I had installed a few cities' transport apps but never even opened them.

sparkchaser

Protip: Salzburg is in Austria

chosebinne

Thanks to all for those ideas ! We won't have data for the Ipad so offline maps could be great !

And , of course, i do know that Salzburg is in Austria !

sparkchaser

Google lets you use maps online. Download them before you leave.

sla019

>Google Maps should have their schedules, so when you want to go somewhere, Google will tell you which bus or train to take and how to walk to/from the stops.<

This is way better done by the DB app. I found google often inexact or incomplete with respect to local transport in Gernany.

Andrew

Maybe, but I'd be surprised. I didn't use Google Maps in Germany.

I did use it recently in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, and Amsterdam to navigate by tram and bus in each city. Google had everything. It even knew that on June 1, the #1 and #2 trams I had been riding in Tallinn for days had stopped running (still not sure why) and had been replaced by buses. I never found an incomplete result.