Baden-Baden Travel Forum

Hi everbody
My three friends and i are going to baden in may and we are hoping to go to the races as well as having a few days relaxing.
I have looked through all your great pages and have picked up some good tips but could still do with some help.We would like soom ideas about where to eat and drink,which is the best spa to vist and has anybody been to the races or do you have any tips about what tickets to get and what to wear.

Thanks in advance davedge

Baden-Baden
http://www.baden-baden.de/en/index.html

Friedrichsbad
http://www.carasana.de/home/en/roemisch.html

Caracalla Spa
http://www.carasana.de/home/en/caracalla.html

Iffezheim Racecourse
http://www.baden-baden.de/en/tourism/indexc.php?content=/content/00631/indexen.html&nav=292
http://www.baden-galopp.com/en/index.php

Festspielhaus
http://www.festspielhaus.de/
e.g. 25./27. May Mozart Violin Concertos with Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin and the
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Baden-Baden bus network
http://www.kvv.de/kvv/documentpool/liniennetzplan/lnpbadb.pdf
stop: Iffezheim Rennbahnstr.
which is served by bus lines 244 and 218

A 24-hour ticket "Citykarte" for up to 3 zones (Baden-Baden = 2 zones + Iffezheim 1 zone) is EUR 4,20. The mini group version (2-5 persons) "Citykarte plus" is EUR 6,50.

In the case you land at the Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) aka Baden-Airpark: the airport is in Rheinmünster served by the bus line 205. For Rheinmünster to Baden-Baden you need a ticket for 4 zones.

I have been several times to the race and I always buy the cheapest ticket which names "Sattelplatz" since I prefer to first watch the horses when they are presented at a place with names "Fuehrring" then go to the counter to bet on one horse and then go down to the racetrack. With this ticket you do no have a reserved seat or can go to some of the tribunes like "Oleander Turm". This is the right ticket if you like to walk arround a lot. If it is important for you to have a reserved table or seat you should take a tiket like "Große Sattelplatztribüne -
Numerierter Platz" or "Iffezheimer Tribuene"

There is no dresscode to enter the area of the circuit. You can be dressed very casual or very formal it is really up to you. Get some more impression of the horserace on my sisters travel page http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/4b2ab/c48b/

My favorite restaurant is Frizzantino in Fremersbergstr. There you get really great italian food at resonable prices.

thanks for your info it was very helpful

davedge