Originally Posted by
Wine-O
On May 30th I'm taking BMW ED with a 9am arrival at the Welt, 10:30 delivery, and 11:30 factory tour. Brother & his wife flying in that morning and meeting us at the Welt. After the tour, around 2pm, we will head out to Bacharach. This is where I could use some help.
Google shows 3 routes, all around 4 1/2 hours. We will be driving into rush hour and would like recommendations on which would be the best route to take. Want to avoid any major construction areas.
1. A8 to Karlsruhe, North on A5 to A61 to B9.
2. North on A9 towards Nurnberg, A6 towards Heilbronn to A61 to B9.
3. A8 to Ulm, North on the A7 to the A6 towards Heilbronn to A61 to B9.
30th - 4 June Bacharach - Plan the following day trips:
1. Rudesheim am Rhein (taking ferry across the river).
2. Rhine River Cruise to Koblenz and back from Bingen.
3. Cochem & the Mosel River area.
4. Castles on the Rhine - Any recommendations which ones not to miss, and which ones to miss?
5. Oberwesel, St. Goar, Boppard -- Is Koblenz worth seeing or is it just another big city?
6. Wiesbaden and/or Mainz - worth going to/spending some time or just other big cities?
5 June - Drive to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Watchman Tour at 8pm. They have a separate guided tour for 90 minutes at 2pm. Is that worth doing?
6 June - Drive to Airport to drop off car via Romantic route thru Dinkelsbuhl to the A8. May stop there, but got to get to the airport. S-Bahn into Munich for the remainder of the day/evening. Timing is the issue as we want to get to downtown since brother & his wife haven't had the chance to see any of Munich.
From a truck-driverīs (that I am) point of view Iīd recommend routes #2 and #3 although #2 is longer than route #3 ...
Route #3 offers by far the smallest risk of delays through traffic or construction work. Stuttgart area is a nightmare around rush hour - so better avoid it. Even our Boss asks us to use the A7/A6 at daytime although that means more mileage/more truck road toll !
The only (albeit very limited) risk on my recommended routes is the A6 between "Kreuz Weinsberg" (Weinsberg interchange between A81/A6) and Bad Rappenau where road construction is underway (the A6 is gradually extended from dual to triple lane ). But the actual construction sector is just about 10mi long and in recent weeks traffic has not been obstructed too much (unless there was an accident, though ...)