Munich's spankingly modern
airport
, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Flughafen,
lies some 30km north of the city
centre, to which it's linked by
one of the two branches of S-Bahn
#1, by S-Bahn #8 and by buses
operated by the Lufthansa airline.
The Hauptbahnhof lies in
a slightly seedy area at the
western edge of the city centre.
On its eastern side, at
Bahnhofplatz 2, is one of the
municipal tourist offices
(Mon-Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 10am-6pm;
tel 0 89/23 3 03 00, fax 23 33 02
33, www.muenchen-tourist.de
). Although long queues are the
norm in summer and during Oktoberfest
, the staff are extremely helpful
and will always assist you in
finding a room. Within the
station, alongside platform 11, is
another very useful information
office, EurAide (May to end of Oktoberfest
daily 7.45am-noon & 1-6pm; tel
0 89/59 38 89). Specifically
geared towards English-speaking
travellers, this provides free
train information and advice on
preparing itineraries, books
accommodation and runs excursions.
Also within the station are plenty
of shops and a bank, all of which
stay open until late evening.
Another tourist office
can be found in the heart of the
city, in the Neues Rathaus on
Marienplatz (Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat
10am-4pm). The monthly
English-language magazine ,
Munich Found , available
from newsagents for DM5.50/?2.75,
has useful listings and
information, as well as articles
about the city and Germany in
general. Far more extensive
(German-only) listings are
to be found in the tourist
office's Offizielles
Monatsprogramm (DM3/?1.50) and
the glossy Prinz (DM2/?1);
the free In München is
also worth consulting.
