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Day Trips from Munich: Regensburg

By  Friday, 6.11.2015, 17:06    Day Trips In and Around Munich

Munich has many fascinating attractions in its environs of course, and a popular day trip is to take the train to the former Celtic settlement of Radasbona, better known today as Regensburg. Nestled on the Danube, Regensburg's medieval centre has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2006, and a guided walking tour of the town will take you through its rich trading heritage, which is inextricably linked to the Danube. Check out the beauty of Regensburg in the video below.

In addition to a general wander around the spectacular old town, highlights include visiting the 14th Century Town Hall, the famous Gothic cathedral, equally famous Stone Bridge, which was considered a wonder of medieval bridge building and served as a model for centuries afterwards, and don't miss lunch at the oldest sausage kitchen in the world, the 'Historic Sausage Kitchen' by the bridge, which dates all the way back to the 12th Century.

Radius Tours, conveniently located near Hauptbahnhof (just across from platforms 32 and 34), run tours by train. They include the train, guided walking tour and city map, allowing you to explore alone after the tour, before return to Munich. The train takes 90 minutes each way, and the whole tour lasts about 9 hours including travel.

The tour is priced at 40€ for adults, 38€ for students, and 25€ for children (6-13).

Main Season
15th May - 15th Oct 2015
Mo, Sat, at 10.15 am

Winter
1st Dec - 30st Dec 2015
Mo, Sat at 10.15 am
No tours: 24th - 26th Dec

For more information on this and other Radius Tours excursions, visit the Radius Tours website.

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Paul Bradbury

After 12 years living on the most gorgeous island in the world, Hvar in Dalmatia, I have begun to wonder if there is still life beyond its shores. Prior to discovering Paradise in 2002, I was a world traveller, living and working in Japan, Georgia, Somalia, Rwanda, Russia... and Munich.

After 95 countries and some 25 years have passed, the memories of my year in the hotel industry in the Bavarian capital (fired by the Sheraton for losing our pet snake, the first male chambermaid at Hotel Arabella, and a truly eye-watering introduction to five-star living in  my days as a bellboy in luxury Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten) are strong, and the call of Munich has been a constant theme over the last quarter century. 

And so here I am, answering the call some 25 years later. Twelve years of island living have changed me for sure, but also left me curious about life in a big city, and whether or not I could adapt to it after such an insular decade. 

I was surprised to see that for such a magnificent multi-cultural city, English-language blogs and regularly updated information are not that available. Static tourism information, such as that provided by the excellent tourist board website yes, but accounts of daily life delivered daily? Hard to find.

And so I have decided to take a break from my idyllic island and see if I could live in a city again. And what better way to try than to discover modern Munich in all its facets after so many years. It is a journey of discovery which I am relishing, and I hope the site proves to be of interest for Munich residents and its numerous visitors.

About Paul Bradbury

Author of Lebanese Nuns Don't Ski, Lavender, Dormice and a Donkey Named Mercedes and Hvar's first comprehensive guidebook, Hvar: An Insider's Guide to Croatia's Premier Island, as well as co-author of Split: An Insider's Guide with Mila Hvilshoj, I have lived in Dalmatia full time since 2003. In addition to running Total Munich, I also run Total Split (www.croatia-split.com), Total Hvar (www.total-hvar.com) and Total Inland Dalmatia (www.total-inland-dalmatia.com), as well as being an accredited Google News journalist for Digital Journal in Canada.

I also have various blogging clients, including the Central Dalmatia Tourist Board, European Coastal Airlines, Touristar TV and Andro Tomic Wines, and print clients include Qatar Airways inflight magazine, Out! magazine from New York, and Croatian Hotspots. 

In December 2014 I was delighted to receive the Marko Polo 2014 Award from FIJET Croatia (Federation of International Travel Writers and Journalists)  at a ceremony for the Croatian Journalists Society for the best international tourism promotion of Croatia. More here.

Ongoing writing projects:

A History of Hajduk Split, co-author with Frane Grgurevic - in 2015

Around the World in 80 Disasters - out in 2015

Total Hvar in the Media:

Interview of the Month, Croatian Embassy in Washington (May 2013)

Special Feature in Globus Magazine (May 2013)

Featured on Croatian TV show, More (2012) - watch the report here

Interviews in Slobodna Dalmacija, Dalmacijanews, Radio Split

I am available for writing services. Please contact me on [email protected] or visit my main writing website, www.bossandblogger.com 

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