Planning a trip to Bonn
Go to the Bonn Tourist Office, Windeckstrasse 1 (tel. 0228/775000; www.bonn.de), open Monday to Friday 9am to 6:30pm, Saturday 9am to 4pm, and Sunday 10am to 2pm.
Getting Around
If you visit the Reisenzentrum under the Bonn railway station, you can pick up a free map outlining the city's transportation network. The office is open Monday to Saturday 5:30am to 10pm and Sunday 6:30am to 10pm. Bus or S-Bahn/U-Bahn tickets cost 1.60€ to 9.80€. You can also purchase a day ticket costing 5.60€ to 21€.
Tours
The best way to get acquainted with Bonn is to take a walking tour, the meeting point of which is the Bonn Tourist Office . Call tel. 0228/775000 for reservations. Tours lasting 2 1/2 hours cost 15€ for adults or 8€ for children 6 to 14, free for children 5 and under, with a family ticket (two adults and two kids) going for 30€. Tours depart January to April 4 and November 2 to December 15 only on Saturday at 2pm. The "Big City Tour" is conducted on a bus with commentary in English and German, taking in all the scenic highlights and going by the major monuments. The last part of the tour involves a walk through the historic core.
Getting There
By Plane
The nearest airport is Flughafen Köln/Bonn. Buses from the airport to Bonn's main rail station run every 30 minutes daily 5:40am to 10:30pm.
By Train
The Bonn Hauptbahnhof is on a major rail line, with connections to most German cities. There are 12 trains daily to Berlin (trip time: 5 hr.), more than 30 trains to Frankfurt (trip time: 2 hr.), and service to Cologne every 15 minutes (trip time: 20 min.). For information, call tel. 01805/996633 (www.bahn.de).
By Bus
Long-distance bus service connects with such cities as Munich, Stuttgart, Aachen, Brussels, and London. For information, call Deutsches Touring GmbH in Frankfurt (tel. 069/7903501; www.touring.de). Regional bus service from Bad Godesberg and nearby towns is provided by Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH at Meckenheim (tel. 0228/7111; www.rvk.de).
By Car
Access is by the A565 Autobahn connecting with the A3 Autobahn from the north or south.
