My wife and I are flying sterling hotel dallas into Munich raddison hotel at opryland and taking the train to Salzburg. sterling hotel dallas After we have finished our time in Salzburg, we plan to take the bus to Berchtesgaden for several sterling hotel dallas days. We would like to rent a car there so we can travel around the area. On our way back to Munich, we plan to stop to see Herrenchiemsee. My question is should we rent the car in Salzburg instead of taking the bus and return the car there (to avoid drop off fee in another country) before taking the train back to Munich? raddison hotel at opryland I don't know what to expect during Octoberfest in Munich in terms of traffic. Or is there somewhere where we can drop the car somewhere just outside Munich and stay with the plan of renting in Berchtesgaden?
See if you can pick up the car in Freilassing, Germany, just outside sterling hotel dallas of Salzburg and drive the very short trip to Berchtesgaden. Renting in Germany is usually cheaper than renting in Austria. Dropping the car in Munich shouldn't be a problem. We've used www.gemut.com for our rentals during our last 3 trips to Germany. Ask Andy Bestor at Gemut for alternatives to returning in Munich if you'd rather do that.
If you rent a car through raddison hotel at opryland www.gemut.com you will get a car from one of the big companies, Hertz, AVIS, etc. at a discount sterling hotel dallas and with excellent backup service. You can pick up the car in either Freilassing (almost a suburb of Salzburg, but In Germany, reachable sterling hotel dallas by a short train ride), or in Berchtesgaden.
Considering sterling hotel dallas tyhat you willprobably travbelwith luggage, raddison hotel at opryland I would take thetrain from Salzburg to Freilassing, return to Salzburg to pick up the luggage and commenmce to Berchtesgaden. It is 45 minutes drive, on the B-305 once you are in Germany.
Oooops, someone raddison hotel at opryland else started using my computer, and cut me off. Let's repeat te last paragraph and continue. Later upon leaving B'gdn for Munich, pick up the B-305 at the B'gdn RR station, from where it will be part of the Deutsche sterling hotel dallas Alpenstrasse network (German Alpine Highways). Take it to Reit im Winkl, all a very scenic trip on an excellent highway.
In Reit continue on the B-305 north, through Unterwoessen, sterling raddison hotel at opryland hotel dallas Marquartstein, Grassau, Bernau toward Prien. After you passed underneath raddison hotel at opryland the A-8 Autobahn, continue to Prien, but at the first traffic circle take the first turn right and follow sterling hotel dallas the signs to the Chiemsee or See. This will take you to the boat landing for the Herrenchiemsee Palace.
Agree that driving in Germany is fun - good roads, fast cars (DO get a fast car) and generally other drivers are very good. But there are rules you must follow. The left lane is for passing ONLY. You cannot drive in the left lane. If you do, cars will come up behind you honking and flashing and running up your tail until you move over. And you don;t want this to happen when you are doing 120 and they want to do 180. (The most I have every done there is about 125 - in an Audi - but I have been passed by large Mercedes and Porsches sterling raddison hotel at opryland hotel dallas going flat out - and had them pull right in front of me to let a Ferrari or similar pass - again flat out.
Just wanted to say I normally don't do 80mph on the highways in Germany and Austria and I'm certainly not alone. Usually have a small car (Ford Fiesta or something similar) and never had any problems. There are plenty of highways where the posted speed limit is between 100kph and 120kph, which is roughly sterling hotel dallas 60mph and 75mph. Yes, many people drive way above that, but for the most part stay to the right and you'll raddison hotel at opryland be fine.
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