Take the Train and other Lindau, Germany Transportation Tips

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Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Lindau has its own train station, right on the island in the Old Town. Lindau is a major station on the Munich-Zurich line, with even the "fastest" trains stopping here. If you're coming from Munich, however, you'll save a lot of money and not lose a lot of time by taking slower trains and using a "Bayern-Ticket." For example, if you take the "RE" trains (usually with a change in Buchloe or Kempten), up to 5 people can get to Lindau for EUR 28 in just over 3 hours. You can shorten your trip by 40 minutes or so by taking the direct EuroCity, but you'll have to pay EUR 35 per person for the time savings.

In addition, you have good connections between Lindau and Friedrichshafen Flughafen (Airport), usually with a change in Friedrichshafen Stadt. Travel time is less than an hour and ticket cost is less than EUR 5.

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Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: Frequent boats depart Lindau for various destinations along the lake during the summer. While service is less frequent off-season, there are still regular boats to destinations such as Friedrichshafen. For our part, we took the boat across the lake from Lindau to Rorschach, Switzerland.

As of 2008, one-way fares between Lindau and Friedrichshafen are EUR 12, and EUR 9.40 between Lindau and Rorschach. For boats to Rorschach, a Swisspass will give you a 50% discount, but note you must first validate your pass at a Swiss rail station. Fortunately for us, our boat crew allowed us the discount with our unvalidated pass, even though they were under no obligation to do so.

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