Travel problems in Würzburg throughout Europe

I am currently staying in Würzburg, Germany. Studying at a local university. I am currently trying to figure out what is the best way to travel and have stumbled on a few problems. One of my main problems is transportation. I see a vast amount of deals for flights but my main problem is we have no airport in Würzburg. Alls we really have is a train station. I had two questions, first what would be the best way to get cheap flights throughout Europe? The only way I can see is take a train to Frankfurt then fly out of there. (However, I do not see a great amount of deals flying out of frankfurt). Also, Would it be better to fly out of a different airport to get I am currently staying in Würzburg, Germany. Studying at a local university. I am currently trying to figure out what is the best way to travel and have stumbled on a few problems. One of my main problems is transportation. I see a vast amount of deals for flights but my main problem is we have no airport in Würzburg. Alls we really have is a train station. I had two questions, first what would be the best way to get cheap flights throughout Europe? The only way I can see is take a train to Frankfurt then fly out of there. (However, I do not see a great amount of deals flying out of frankfurt). Also, Would it be better to fly out of a different airport to get better deals? Should I use train to get to frankfurt or something like bus? Some places I had in mind right now inside Fessen, Berlin, Dresden, Paris, London Rome, Amsterdam. Would it be cheaper to make two city trips or possibly three? Would this make it cheaper?better deals? Should I use train to get to frankfurt or something like bus? Some places I had in mind right now inside Fessen, Berlin, Dresden, Paris, London Rome, Amsterdam. Would it be cheaper to make two city trips or possibly three? Would this make it cheaper? Reply to this

At least Würzburg is well connected by trains.

Deals always available from Würzburg:
VRN area, e.g. places like Heidelberg or Speyer
http://www.vrn.de/imperia/md/content/fahrausweise/tarifgebiet/vrn-tarifgebiet_1_2008.pdf
http://www.vrn.de/imperia/md/content/service/informationsbroschueren/visitors-international_01-2008_low.pdf
VRN has 24 hours tickets. If bought on Saturday they are valid till 3am of the next weekday.
Trains to/from Würzburg are covered by VRN tickets. Trams and buses in Würzburg not.

Bavaria Ticket
A day ticket covering all regional trains in Bavaria. Plus nearly all other local public transport (e.g. trams and buses in Würzburg). Or in Nuremberg the U-Bahn to the airport.
covered railroads/stations map
http://www.bayerntakt.de/media/PDF-Files/Netzkarten/Netzkarte_Gesamt0608.pdf
Validity:
Mo-Fr from 9am till 3am next day
Sa,Su from midnight till 3 am next day
Bavaria Ticket Single (1 person) EUR 18,00
Bavaria Ticket (2-5 persons) EUR 27,00

Baden-Württemberg Ticket
Similar to the Bavaria Ticket but no for Baden-Württemberg. Würzburg is however also covered (but only the trains to/from Würzburg. Not the trams and buses there).
covered railroads/stations map
http://www.bahn.de/p/view/mdb/pv/planen_buchen/liniennetzkarten/2008/MDB49102-bawue_ticket_2008_streckenkarte.pdf
You could use this ticket to travel to Stuttgart Airport.

Advantage is that these tickets are always available. While cheap specials for far distance trains and flights tend to sell out fast. Esp. for weekend trips.
And it would be stupid to miss the highlights of these areas.

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other airports you may consider:
Nuremberg Airport (NUE)
Stuttgart Airport (STR)
Hahn Airprot (HHN)
shuttle bus from Würzburg to Hahn
http://www.hahn-airport.de/default.aspx?menu=by_bus&cc=en

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Also something to consider:
BahnCard 50 for students (EUR 110,00 gives 50% discount on normal train fare for 1 year). Esp. useful if you like to use the fast trains towards Frankfurt and Munich.
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/prices/germany/bahncard.shtml

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> how do you exactly order the bavaria ticket.
You go to a ticket machine and buy a Bavaria Ticket (Bayern Ticket). From/to is of no interest as long both places are inside the area covered by the Bavaria Ticket (and Bavaria is nearly twice as big as Switzerland).
Buying in advance makes no sense as this ticket is always available but comes with no change, no refund.

You can also go to a counter, but there it will cost EUR 2,00 more. Reply to this

In principle: yes
But you cannot take the ICE at 09:31 from Würzburg. Bavaria Ticket does not cover far distance trains like ICE or IC/EC. But you can take the RE at 09:40.

DB timetable
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
From: Wü
To: N
and select as means of transport "only local transport" if you plan to use the Bavaria Ticket (or Baden-Württemberg Ticket or VRN tickets). Reply to this