Würzburg Travel Forum

Hi,
We are flying to Frankfurt on the 5th of september. Our flight arrives at the airport at 21:40, and then we need to travel to Würzburg. I've checked on diebahn.de and have found that the latest trains to Würzburg leave at aprox. 22:00. We won't make it on time to the train since we have to pick up our luggage first. (There's a train leaving at 23.00 but that trip takes 6 hours vs 2 hours for the other trains)
I've been trying to find a webpage with bus schedules from Frankfurt to Würzburg but haven't been lucky. Does anybody know how to get to Würzburg from Frankfurt that late in the evening?
Also, after our stay in Würzburg we'll rent a car and drive to Prague. Can anybody suggest a route with the most scenic roads? and, do you think the Neuschwanstein castle would be on the way?

Many thanks for your help!

Long distance buses are virtually non existant in Germany so train it is. I had a look at the German Rail website and it appears there are no trains for that route until early morning, from 0530 there are frquent trains mostly direct taking about 1 hr 26 mins. As they all appear to go via the central Frankfurt railway station I would stay in a Hotel in the city and catch a train the next day. You sometimes wait a long time at Frankfurt to collect luggage and exit immigration, so if it was up to me I would book a Hotel and catch the train the following day when you are rested.

Why don't you rent the car in Frankfurt airport and drive to Würzburg. In the evening you will get there very fast (normally this route is a guarantee for traffic jams!).

When you rent your car make sure you can bring it into Czech Republic. And also make sure you don't drive around Prague as this can be a nightmare. Park it somewhere safe and leave it.

And no, unfortunately Neuschwanstein Castle is not on the way. It would be a detour of at least 1 day to go there on the way from Würzburg to Prague.

Hope this helps!
Sabs

Thanks for your tips :)
We're going to stay for 5 days in Würzburg for a conference, so we won't have much time to drive around until the conference is over (then we'll go on real holidays to Prague). That's why we prefered to rent the car in Würzburg on our last day there. So in the end I'm afraid we'll have to stay over night in Frankfurt the night we're arriving in Germany.
I didn't know about traffic in Prague, thanks for the warning!
That's a pity the Neuschwanstein castle won't be on our way. We may still try to delay the trip and get the time to go and see it. It looks beautiful on the photos :)
Thanx both for your help!

wurzburg is not that big of a place.your rental car options there may be few. might look into renting car in a much larger town even if you have to take a train from wurzburg to the larger town.