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| Travel to us The Allgau is situated at the furthermost corner of South West Germany and shares the countries’ border with the Austrian Tirol. The main towns are Sonthofen (Alpine town of the year in 2005), Immenstadt (rail hub for the area), and winter Olympic town of Obersdorf, famous for ski jumping and Nordic skiing. Munich and Stuttgart are situated 2 hours northeast and north west respectively with Innsbruck in Austria 2 hours to the southeast over stunning mountain passes. |
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| Flights Airlines below fly from a variety of airports across the UK, the closest airport being Friedrichshafen at 1hr 15 mins drive. Stuttgart, Munich and Innsbruck are all roughly 2hrs drive, with both Stuttgart and Munich airports served with an efficient rail link. • Ryan air flies into Friedrichshafen on the Bodensee (1hr15mins) www.ryanair.com • Easyjet into Munich and Innsbruck (2hrs drive) www.easyjet.com • TUI fly to Stuttgart (2hrs drive) www.tuifly.com • Both Stuttgart & Munich receive flights from the UK with BA, www.britishairways.com and Lufthansa, www.lufthansa.de (Train service from each 2.5hrs) • Other airlines servicing the area from UK airports are German wings, www.germanwings.com and Air Berlin www.airberlin.com We can also arrange an airport pickup or drop-off if required although an additional charge for this service will apply. |
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| Ferries • DFDS run overnight ferries from Newcastle to Amsterdam (8-10hrs drive to the allgau), arriving at 9am in Amsterdam after sleep onboard in a cabin. www.dfds.co.uk • Seafrance, www.seafrance.com and P&O, www.poferries.com run crossing of 1.5hrs, every 2-3hours from Dover to Calais (10-12hr drive to the allgau). • The Channel Tunnel, www.eurotunnel.com runs every half hour- 3hrs depending on time of day, from Folkestone to Calais (10-12hr Drive). The crossing takes 20-30mins. • P&O also run overnight ferries from Hull to Rotterdam (8-10hr drive), arriving at 9am in Rotterdam. www.poferries.com • Superfast ferries run a longer overnight route, Rosyth (Edinburgh) to Zeebrugge (10-12hr drive), arriving in Zeebrugge at midday. www.ferryreservations.co.uk |
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| Trains Buses & Car hire With thenew rail link opening this Autumn from London to Europe, getting here has never been so easy. The quickest option is to board the Eurostar to Paris (anywhere between 9-15hrs, minimum 3 changes via Stuttgart & Ulm), and connect through to Immenstadt. Using www.bahn.de your booking details can be made clear, or alternately book with www.eurostar.com for part of your journey. Trains run reliably and normally on time in Germany as you might imagine. With rail and Bus links from each airport to Immenstadt or Sonthofen, schedules and tickets can be checked and bought online or in country at the station. www.bahn.de Car hire is also available locally in Sonthofen from www.franke-autovermietung.deor at each airport with hertz, eurocar, or avis, and can be booked at time of booking flights. We can also arrange an airport pickup or drop-off if required although an additional charge for this service will apply. |
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