Originally Posted by
richinaz
3. With train travel you need to pack light since some connections can be tight and you may need to move quickly. In my view you should only have one bag with wheels (preferably carry on size) and a backpack. More than that will make things hard.
Ah, got it. I think we'll definitely go by the car route as we'll be gone for nearly a month, not to mention gifts for friends, etc that we'll be picking up.
Personally I wouldn't stay 4 nights in Wurzburg. Just seemed like a smallish town. Munich and Salzburg are great. I personally really enjoy Rothenburg and Heidelburg is nice.
I'm staying for 4 nights there but this is what it really looks like:
Day 1: late afternoon/early evening arrival; spend night relaxing
Day 2: drive out to nearby town that hosts an outlet mall
Day 3: return car; train for a day trip to Nuernberg
Day 4: actually look around Wuerzburg, visit Rezidenz
Day 5: early morning departure to FRA
I'll consider putting in Rothenburg back into the itinerary ... just need to figure out how to squeeze it in.
You might want to get to FRA the night before your flight out. Then you can either explore Frankfurt or take a fairly short train ride (roughly 45 minutes) to Heidelburg and spend a half day there. We actually stayed at the airport hotel (Sheraton) which was very convenient.
If you have any other questions let me know.
That is an option that I'm keeping open as well.
Thanks for the tips!