04-12-2012, 02:56 PM
Hi,
...since it would be comfortable for me to have a RAT-conference that near, let me have a few "good words" about Bad Dürkheim.
Here's my "quick 'n dirrty" info :
1. There's a noteworthy roman villa and a burgus at BD-Ungstein ("courtyard-type", one of the bigger ones)
2. There's the "oppidum/late roman hilltop fort/early medieval stronghold" on the "Kriemhildenstuhl" above BD. (IIRC there were recent excavations)
3. There's a number of roman "memorabilia" nearby interspersed alond the "Weinstrasse"
4. The museums at Speyer, Worms AND Mannheim are not too far off ( ~max 40-45 mins drive, by train a little longer)
5. The roman camp at Ludwigshafen-Rheingönheim is about the same distance away.
6. The food in this area is level with that at Regensburg -- maybe a tad better.
(Sorry Christian)
7. The beer is not, but the wine may be the best of all previous RAT-conferences locations.
8. It got a beautiful "Kurhaus", "Kurpark" etc.
9. Now comes the sad part : how do we reach BD (and how can we get away :wink: ?)?
By Plane: Frankfurt/M. or Stuttgart or Baden Airport south of Karlsruhe.
Then: IC-/ICE from Frankfurt/Airport Bf to Mannheim HBf. ca. 1 h.
(Mannheim Central-HBf- is way better for connectivity than Ludwigshafen Central -- it's a bit complicated there!)
At Mannheim > Rhein-Haardt-Bahn in front of the station-- this Rhein-Haardt-Bahn ends at
Bad Dürkheim. ca. 1h.
Then: IC-/ICE from Stuttgart-Airport -- I don't know if there's this line already.
Otherwise you'll have to take the S-Bahn from the Airport to Stuttgart Central (HBf)
Less than 35min IIRC.
Then ICE/IC to Mannheim.
ICE is about 45 min. IC is about 1h.
From Mannheim > Rhein-Haardt-Bahn.
IIRC the way from the Baden Airport may be by bus. (1-1.5h ?)
O.K. we would not call Bad Dürkheim a Metropole, wouldn't we.
But I'm shamelessly promoting Bad Dürkheim here, ahh ?! :mrgreen:
Greez
Simplex
...since it would be comfortable for me to have a RAT-conference that near, let me have a few "good words" about Bad Dürkheim.
Here's my "quick 'n dirrty" info :
1. There's a noteworthy roman villa and a burgus at BD-Ungstein ("courtyard-type", one of the bigger ones)
2. There's the "oppidum/late roman hilltop fort/early medieval stronghold" on the "Kriemhildenstuhl" above BD. (IIRC there were recent excavations)
3. There's a number of roman "memorabilia" nearby interspersed alond the "Weinstrasse"
4. The museums at Speyer, Worms AND Mannheim are not too far off ( ~max 40-45 mins drive, by train a little longer)
5. The roman camp at Ludwigshafen-Rheingönheim is about the same distance away.
6. The food in this area is level with that at Regensburg -- maybe a tad better.
(Sorry Christian)
7. The beer is not, but the wine may be the best of all previous RAT-conferences locations.
8. It got a beautiful "Kurhaus", "Kurpark" etc.
9. Now comes the sad part : how do we reach BD (and how can we get away :wink: ?)?
By Plane: Frankfurt/M. or Stuttgart or Baden Airport south of Karlsruhe.
Then: IC-/ICE from Frankfurt/Airport Bf to Mannheim HBf. ca. 1 h.
(Mannheim Central-HBf- is way better for connectivity than Ludwigshafen Central -- it's a bit complicated there!)
At Mannheim > Rhein-Haardt-Bahn in front of the station-- this Rhein-Haardt-Bahn ends at
Bad Dürkheim. ca. 1h.
Then: IC-/ICE from Stuttgart-Airport -- I don't know if there's this line already.
Otherwise you'll have to take the S-Bahn from the Airport to Stuttgart Central (HBf)
Less than 35min IIRC.
Then ICE/IC to Mannheim.
ICE is about 45 min. IC is about 1h.
From Mannheim > Rhein-Haardt-Bahn.
IIRC the way from the Baden Airport may be by bus. (1-1.5h ?)
O.K. we would not call Bad Dürkheim a Metropole, wouldn't we.
But I'm shamelessly promoting Bad Dürkheim here, ahh ?! :mrgreen:
Greez
Simplex
Siggi K.
