Neuschwanstein, Salzburg, the Alps and the lakes — what each costs, which regional ticket covers it, and which station it leaves from. The Bayern-Ticket changes the arithmetic for most of them.
Munich is unusually well placed: mountains, lakes and two foreign countries are all inside a day's return, and the regional ticket makes most of them cheap.
Neuschwanstein is the famous one and the most misunderstood. It is a nineteenth-century fantasy castle rather than a medieval one, entry is by timed ticket only, and the journey takes roughly two hours each way. Booking ahead is not optional in season.
The lakes — Starnberger See and Ammersee to the south-west, Tegernsee further into the mountains — are reachable on ordinary S-Bahn or regional services and are what locals actually do on a hot weekend.
Salzburg is about ninety minutes by train and is in Austria, with different opening conventions and its own museum pricing. Articles here do the arithmetic: what each trip costs, which ticket covers it, and whether the group fare beats singles.
Munich to Salzburg runs on regular train service, roughly 90 minutes on the fast EC and railjet trains, longer on regional RE/RB services. Which ticket makes sense depends on how many people are traveling and what time you leave. That decision, not the scenery, is where most people waste money. How do you get from … Read more
Neuschwanstein is reachable from Munich and back in a single day, entirely by public transport: a Deutsche Bahn regional train to Füssen, a short connecting bus to Hohenschwangau, a timed entry ticket issued by the Bavarian Palace Administration, and a walk or shuttle up the hill. The hard part isn’t distance. It’s matching your outbound … Read more
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