Rhine Valley - Bingen, Ruedesheim, Frankfurt Travel Guide

Rhine Valley (Bingen & Rüdesheim am Rhein) Frankfurt
Country	:Germany
State	:Hesse and RhinelandPalatinate (St. Goarshausen)
Language	:German & English
Trip Category	:Daytrip Or Weekend trip
Get in
By Train
Train Search Websites
DB (Germany)			http://www.bahn.de/i/view/DEU/en/index.shtml
RMV (Frankfurt Local Transport)			http://www.rmv.de/en/
Tickets
Option 1	Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket (SW Ticket)						Comments: ·   SW ticket – 39€ for five persons ·   SW ticket only on weekends
Option 2	SW ticket + IC/ICE ticket						Comments: ·   SW ticket only on weekends
More on Tickets
SW ticket					http://jeevanhebbalu.blogspot.com/2011/09/schones-wochenende-ticket-sw-ticket.html
Where to Buy?
IC/ICE Ticket or SW Ticket				DB Vending Machine Online (DB website Ref: Train search website section)
City Pass
Not applicable
More on Pass
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Where to Buy?
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Sleep
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Places visited
1.          Cruise trip on Rhine River. (14.5€ for One way, 17,5€ for to and fro)            From: Bingen/Rüdeshiem to St. Goarshausen 2.          Frankfurt – Skyline Buildings 3.          Frankfurt – Hauptwache 4.          Frankfurt – Stock Exchange
See
Day 1
About the trip: Reach Bingen (hbf) in the morning by train (we travelled by IC Train) and walk till Cruise ticket counter which is nearly 15min walk away from train station, or you can also board available Bus and ask the driver to stop near Boat arrival point. We boarded the first cruise at 9:30am (Romatic Lorelei Rock), which starts from Rüdeshiem at 9:15am and reaches Bingen at 9:30am. The Cruise will have Board Restaurant and open air sitting places. On the way to St. Goar. Many castles and monuments can be seen. Audio guide will give information and history in English, German, French … Entire 1.5hr Cruise trip will be really beautiful and will enjoy the magnificent view of the cities, castles, monuments across the river… Get down at St. Goarshausen and take a train to Frankfurt (main) Hbf. Frankfurt has got very good local transport facility by U bahns and S bahns. Take U bahn (U4/U5) to Willy-Brandt-Platz. Once you come out of station you see Frankfurt’s Skyscrapers, If interested visit Main tower Building, here the tower is open for public go to top of the building at 5€ p.P. Walk towards Hauptwache, you can find Frankfurt stock exchange in Börsenplatz.Here you can find the stock market symbol Bull and Bear statue outside the FSE. Hauptwache is all about shopping… If interested, visit Dom: U bahn station Name: F Dom/Römer Note: Use Google Maps for better planning. Other options: If you want to spend full day in Rüdeshiem or on the banks of Rhine river. You can reach Rüdeshiem and buy Ring ticket at 11€ p.P. or Romantic Ticket at 14.00€p.P Ring Ticket: Ride in the cable car to the Niederwald Monument Walk from the Niederwald Monument to the Niederwald hunting lodge Ride on the chair-lift to Assmannshausen, the romantic red-wine village The Bingen-Rüdesheim regular ship service brings you back to Rüdesheim (the tour can also be started in the reverse order) Duration: 3 – 4 hours Available from end of March to the end of October Price per person: 11.00 €, Groups from 20 persons: 10.00 € per person Romantic Tour • Ride in the cable car to the Niederwald Monument • Walk from the Niederwald Monument to the Niederwald hunting lodge • With the chair-lift on to Assmannshausen, the romantic red-wine village • River cruise to Rheinstein Castle, including a tour of the castle • Return by ship to Rüdesheim Duration: 5 hours Available from mid-April to the end of October Price per person: 14.00 €, Groups from 20 persons: 13.00 € per person If you want only cruise trip with Hop on and Hop off facility then get the details in Link here: http://roesslerlinie.de/en/scheduled-events/nach-rudesheim-assmannshausen-bingen-burg-rheinstein/ Cost :  9€ p.P Places: Assmannshausen, Bingen, Rüdesheim, Burg Rheinstein
Useful links:
Cruise Details Cruise Route Cruise Time table and Price Rüdeshiem Programs in Rüdeshiem Bingen Frankfurt			http://www.bingen-ruedesheimer.com/rhine-cruise/index.html http://www.bingen-ruedesheimer.com/rheinlauf/index.html http://www.bingen-ruedesheimer.com/rhine-cruise/lorelei/index.html http://www.ruedesheim.de/cms/index.php http://www.ruedesheim.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=628&lang=english http://www.bingen.de/en/tourismus/tagungen.html http://wikitravel.org/en/Frankfurt
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Source:		Personal Experience