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Mainz: tourist sites?
I will be travelling North from Bavaria to Cologne by train.
I am looking for a suitable 1-day stopover to break the journey. I have been to Frankfurt before (its approximately half way). What about Mainz? Anything of interest for the tourist? Bruce |
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I will be travelling North from Bavaria to Cologne by train.
I am looking for a suitable 1-day stopover to break the journey. I have been to Frankfurt before (its approximately half way). What about Mainz? Anything of interest for the tourist? I was there last week for a day. There is nothing extraordinary to see, but is a pretty little town to while away a day wandering around with numerous interesting little shops and lots of cafes. |
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I have been to Frankfurt before (its approximately half way).
What about Mainz? Anything of interest for the tourist? Mainz is a state capital, so you should find more than one decent hotel. If you are from overseas, any small town in the Rhine valley between Bingen and Koblenz might be more picturesque and more interesting than a larger city. Rüdesheim is famous for good wine, especially the Drosselgasse, but very touristy and a rip-off. Or do you want to see the Loreley? Visit http://www.mittelrhein-portal.de/por...ombo&Itemid=38 and look for a "Gasthof". The Rhine valley has been added to the World Heritage places. Have a nice journey! Turan |
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In the message ups.com... wrote: I will be travelling North from Bavaria to Cologne by train. I am looking for a suitable 1-day stopover to break the journey. I have been to Frankfurt before (its approximately half way). What about Mainz? Anything of interest for the tourist? The official tourist site for Mainz (English section) at URL : http://www.germany-tourism.de/e/dest...s_mainz_e.html has a selection of tourist sights, notably the Gutenberg museum: http://www.gutenberg.de/english/index.htm Regards, - Alan (in Brussels) |
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wrote in message ups.com... I will be travelling North from Bavaria to Cologne by train. I am looking for a suitable 1-day stopover to break the journey. I have been to Frankfurt before (its approximately half way). What about Mainz? Anything of interest for the tourist? Mainz, like Frankfurt, was heavily bombed in the last war and rebuilt. But parts of the old town still remains, and the areas around the cathedral (Dom) are pleasant. Dom is worth a look, a Romanesque building. Gutenberg Museum, as mentioned, is also interesting, and contains one of the extant copies of the said Bible. Though of little interest to tourists, Mainz is known to Germans as the home of the ZDF, the second state TV channel, with its cute mascots, the Mainzelmännchen (after the legendary Heinzelmännchen). http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/18/0,...039602,00.html Alec |
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"Jesper Lauridsen" wrote in message ... On 2005-06-13, wrote: I will be travelling North from Bavaria to Cologne by train. I am looking for a suitable 1-day stopover to break the journey. I have been to Frankfurt before (its approximately half way). What about Mainz? Anything of interest for the tourist? Munich - Cologne is 5 hours by train, Munich - Mainz/Frankfurt is 4 hours. Not much of a journey breaker. Half way would be places like Wurzburg or Stuttgart (both halfway points for the two fastest train connections). I'm not making a recommendation of either place, just pointing out that they're half way, unlike Frankfurt/Mainz. why not, Wurtzburg is definately worth a stop tim |
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I am travelling Bamberg-Koeln.
Wurzburg is only 1 hr out of Bamberg. Stuttgart is a little out of the way (going West rather than North). Bruce |
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