Würzburg Travel Forum

I have a couple of hours in Würzburg. My first stop would be the Residenz. How far is that from the train station? Is there a guided tour and how long does it take?

What are the other must-see sights?

Is there a high point where I can get a view of the city?

Are there lockers in the train station?

And just to get an idea of the distances, how far is it from the train station to to Alte Mainbrücke? Danke im voraus!

Hello

I could be wrong but I believe the Residenz is currently closed for renovations. We were there over the summer and the day we visited were told that this would be the last day it was open for two years. Again, we may have been given wrong information but it may be worth checking before you go if you only have a few hours.

cheers

PJ

http://www.residenz-wuerzburg.de/bilder/tourist/anfahrt_detail.pdf
All these distance are walkable. If you have not much time buy a day ticket for the trams/buses in Würzburg. If you travel on a Bavaria Ticket they are included anyway.

> My first stop would be the Residenz.
http://www.residenz-wuerzburg.de
> How far is that from the train station?
1 km
> Is there a guided tour and how long does it take?
Only guided tours. See the above link when the ones in English are.

> What are the other must-see sights?
http://www.historicgermany.com/en/showCity_2_en.php?cityID=10017&folderID=10246
Esp. Fortress Marienberg and the pilgrimage church Käppele.

> Is there a high point where I can get a view of the city?
Fortress Marienberg and the pilgrimage church Käppele (that's not a copy & paste error).

> Are there lockers in the train station?
Yes.

Fortress Marienberg
http://www.schloesser.bayern.de/englisch/palace/objects/wu_fest.htm

find here a small plan for a city tour. festung marienberg is not on the map, but it is not far from point 5.
to get the highlights, i would propose to have a look at point 1,2,3,4,5, 10 and 9.
a good start for this tour is the "unterer markt", close to point 1.
you can reach this place by tramway number 1,2,3 and 4. the ride will cost you one way 1,10 € ("kurzstrecke" ticket). you find the stop for the tramway on the right corner of the square in front of the train station.
i could not find any info that the residence is closed, so it should be open. a tour is aprox 30 -40 minutes.

enjoy my former home base - it is a great city.

christof

here the link for the map:
http://stadtplan.wuerzburg.de/Wuerzburg/Stadtplan/cgi-bin/perl/stadtrundgang/start-rundgang.pl?Index=tour56466687376