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Munich Airport
Munich Airport, aka Flughafen Franz-Josef Strauss, is second in importance only to Frankfurt for international and domestic connections. The main carrier is Lufthansa, but over 80 other companies operate from the airport's two runways, from major carriers such as British Airways and Emirates to minor operations such as Luxair and Air Malta.
Transport Options
Munich's airport is linked by S-Bahn (S1 and S8) to the Hauptbahnhof. The trip costs €10.80, takes about 40 minutes and runs every 20 minutes almost 24 hours a day.
The Lufthansa Airport Bus shuttles at 20-minute intervals between the airport and Arnulfstrasse, next to the Hauptbahnhof, between 5.15am and 7.55pm. The trip takes about 45 minutes and costs €10.50 (return €17).
Allgäu Airport
Only one major airline from the UK doesn't use Munich's main airport – Ryanair flies into Memmingen's Allgäu Airport, 125km to the west.
Transport Options
The Allgäu Airport Express leaves from Arnulfstrasse at the Hauptbahnhof, making the trip up to seven times a day. The journey takes one hour 40 minutes and the fare is €13 (return €19.50).
Bus
The Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof next to the Hackerbrücke S-Bahn station handles the vast majority of international and domestic coach services. There's a Eurolines/Touring office, a supermarket and various eateries on the 1st floor; buses depart from ground level.
The main operator out of the ZOB is now low-cost coach company Flixbus, which links Munich to countless destinations across Germany and beyond.
A special Deutsche Bahn express coach leaves for Prague (€70, 4¾ hours, three daily) from the ZOB.
Car & Motorcycle
Munich has autobahns radiating in all directions. Take the A9 to Nuremberg, the A8 to Salzburg, the A95 to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the A8 to Ulm or Stuttgart.
Naturally, Munich Airport has branches of all major car-hire companies. Book ahead online for the best rates.
Train
Train connections from Munich to destinations in Bavaria are excellent and there are also numerous services to more distant cities within Germany and around Europe. All services leave from the Hauptbahnhof.
Staffed by native English speakers, Euraide is a friendly agency based at the Hauptbahnhof that sells all DB (Deutsche Bahn) products, makes reservations and creates personalised rail tours of Germany and beyond.
Connections from Munich:
Augsburg €14.60 to €20, 30 to 50 minutes, thrice hourly
Baden-Baden €80, four hours, hourly (change in Mannheim)
Berlin €150, 5¼ hours, hourly
Cologne €147, 4½ hours, hourly
Frankfurt €105, 3¼ hours, hourly
Freiburg €100, 4½ hours, hourly (change in Mannheim or Karlsruhe)
Nuremberg €40-€60, one hour, twice hourly
Regensberg €29.70, 1½ hours, hourly
Vienna €99, four hours, every two hours
Würzburg €74, two hours, twice hourly
Zürich €84, 4¾ hours, thrice daily