Land Rheinland-Pfalz General Tips by MikeAtSea

Favorite Thing: This all-inclusive card gives free admission to more than 90 attractions and places of interest in Rhineland-Palatinate. When you buy a card, you also receive a free copy of the attractive and clearly laid-out Marco Polo travel guide to Rhineland-Palatinate, which lists all the attractions and the tourist regions of the state.
Besides the ever-popular Holiday Park in Hassloch, you can also visit the famous Nürburgring with its huge multimedia, interactive exhibition ("Erlebniswelt Nürburgring"), Sea Life Speyer, the Kurpfalz wildlife park in Wachenheim, a variety of castles and palaces and a wide range of museums. The card also entitles you to €10 off the price of a riverboat cruise on the Rhine and Moselle with any one of six cruise operators, including the KD line.
There are three different cards for different lengths of stay. For just €46, visitors can visit any of the listed attractions and leisure facilities on any three days within a ten day period. The six-day card for €68 is valid for the whole season and also includes the SWR CultureCard, which gives discounted admission to lots of different events. The two-day card costs €29 but does not include free admission to the Holiday Park, and can only be used for a limited number of river cruises.


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Favorite Thing: I still remember the old days when one needed a visa for every single European country. That is of course if you have a nationality that is not really favoured in Europe for free entry and travel.
Today it is a lot easier, okay not getting the visa since some Consulates and Embassies require personal interviews, however once you have the Schengen Visa one can freely enter and travel between the following countries: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finnland, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Greece and Italy.
If you for instance travel to Germany and then wish to visit Switzerland make sure you have a multiple entry visa, since some countries are not part of the Schengen agreement yet. This includes Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and all EU countries of the former Eastern block. Some of the newer European Union countries from the “East” may enter this agreement in the near future.


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