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Originally Posted by bleucamaro
just looked at bahn.com and a 7day rail pass is 215eu (x 3 = 645eu).
I'd rent a car and pay whatever parking costs. When you're in a city, just take the S/U bahn, but getting between cities, a car will be better, more flexibility. . . and autobahn.
sixt.com is showing an S6 avant for $93.78 / day, or a more modest Tiguan for $38.64/day.
Side note, don't forget about the Mercedes Museum, or BMW platz / museums.
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This is excellent advice. Many AirBnBs will have a parking space as well included. The hotels not so much or they may charge but regardless, it frees you to your own schedule and not Deutsche Bahn's. The museums should be seen as well
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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
The BMW Museum in Munich is called BMW Welt and factory tours need to be booked in advance. You can walk around the museum and showrooms anytime and they have a great indoor motorcycle stunt demo every few hours. That's at Olympia Park, but BMW has a large underground parking garage. Parking in Munich is hell on Earth, but the garages are way more reasonably priced than anything in the US. For one person a train might make sense, but for three, definitely do the car thing. You will see lots of great places along the roads to stop and visit. And lots of major tourist attractions are advertised on large brown road signs along the highways, sort of like the signs we have around national parks. Those places can be difficult or impossible to reach by train. If you're anywhere near the former inner-German border, I can't stress enough how awesome those rural Grenzland museums are. I don't think any are reachable by public transportation other than the Checkpoint Charlie Museum in Berlin.
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Actually, the Welt is across the street from the museum. It is their central dealer and where you pick up your European delivery. Well worth a visit as well as the museum, though indeed. Your other recommendations are spot on.
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Originally Posted by Vipergrün
Wow, sounds like traveling in Europe has become sketchy in general. Protecting a backpack with security mesh? Yikes! I'll keep the dirty clothes at he bottom of the sack, thieves are welcome to it. LOL. I'll def keep valuables protected and on my person.
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Traveling in Germany is not sketchy. It is no more sketchy than traveling in the US. This is a developed country that is very wealthy. It has its issues like any other but don't let that scare you. Again, I second/recommend renting a car over the bahn card and just use the S-bahn/U-bahn when you are in cities to get around. Be vigilent of your surroundings and don't doing anything to make you stand out and you will have no issues. In fact, you should have a great trip!