Transportation and other Berchtesgaden, Germany Transportation Tips

'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Getting There: To get to Berchtesgaden fly to Munich and then by train. Trains are frequent (about every hour). Check frequency and type of train beforehand on the Deutsche Bahn
web site.
http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/query.exe/en
On certain trains you can get a Sparpreis 25 which gets a second person at half price or if your travel on or include a weekend, a Sparpreis 50 which in effect means you get two persons for the same as one at normal fare. Expect to change train at Freilassing (about 1 1/4 hours from Munich) as very few trains go to direct to Berchtesgaden.
Or even better fly to Salzburg and then get a (German) Taxi. (Austrian Taxis are dearer).
The journey is about 40 minuets and the driver will meet you at the baggage reclaim exit.
You can order your taxi on line in advance at
http://taxizentrale-berchtesgaden.de/
There is a fixed price of 40 Euro
For 2 persons, public transport will cost about 4 Euro to the Hbf, 16.20 to Berchtesgaden and finally a taxi to your hotel for about 10 Euro. Thats a total of 30 Euro. The time involved depends on how lucky you are with connections but it will be at least 2 hours.

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: Getting Around: Getting around Berchtesgaden is very easy.
The town and surrounding area is serviced by a very good bus service (RVO). Get a local bus timetable from the Kurdirektion (Tourist Office) or print one from the website (http://www.rvo-bus.de/site/rvo__bus/de/start.html) in advance if you know which buses you will be using.
The time each bus is at a stop is indicated at every stop. Be there on time. Do not expect buses to be late.
There was a 6 day Urlabs Ticket from the Tourist Office for 18 Euro that gave you unlimited travel on all local buses (RVO) for any 6 days during your stay
This is now discontinued
Now you get a Kurkarte from your hotel, guest house or apartment house immediately upon arrival. There is no charge for your Kurkarte
This will give you unlimited travel free travel on all local buses (RVO) for the duration of your stay (indicated on your kurkarte).
The exception is Salzburg (9540). As the bus travels through Austria you must pay 3e per person each way.
I am not sure but I expect it will not cover the toll on the Rossfeld Ring Road or the Obersalzberg to Kehlstein bus (only in Summer).
You just show your Kurkarte to the bus driver and give him you destination and he will give you a ticket.
Now that's what I call looking after tourists
In recent years services have been improved and there are now extra timings and the integration at the Haupbahnhof / Busbahnhof (beside each other) seems better.

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Website: http://www.rvo-bus.de/site/rvo__bus/de/start.html