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Oktoberfest in Munich

  • 23-06-2010 5:30pm
    #1
    mp3ireland2
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    Anybody know where to get cheap accommodation for oktoberfest in Munich? I see the camping is €50 a night! some of my friends have hotel booked at €98.20! each for sharing with 3 in a room! is everything this crazy! Am i too late to be booking cheap accom!?


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  • #2
    Random
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    i would guess you're too late at this stage as most of it will be booked out now - very popular that time of year.

    have a look at the u-bahn and s-bahn train/subway networks and see if you can find somewhere reasonable on that a little outside the city centre. it's a very good reliable service in my experience.


  • #3
    munchkin_utd
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    its waaaaaay to late to be booking cheap accomodation for the weekends anywhere near the city itsself.
    (Still, prices arent that much off what you'd pay in galway on any normal weekend to be honest.)

    During the week hotels are reasonably ok priced, i.e. Etap at the trade fair centre for 90 euro a night.
    best bookings site is probably www.hrs.de as they allow you to sort by distance to the centre etc.

    an alternative strategy If you MUST be there at a weekend might be to base yourself in cities an hour or 2 away like Nuremburg or Regensburg, which are great towns in themselves, and do octoberfest as a day trip.
    Last trains back to the sticks are at about midnight and a 5 person day ticket for the trains is only 30 euro.
    I did a search and theres hotels near the station in those 2 places for 50euro a night for a double room.


  • #4
    John C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭John C


    munchkin_utd wrote: »
    ......
    an alternative strategy If you MUST be there at a weekend might be to base yourself in cities an hour or 2 away like Nuremburg or Regensburg, which are great towns in themselves, and do octoberfest as a day trip.
    Last trains back to the sticks are at about midnight and a 5 person day ticket for the trains is only 30 euro.
    I did a search and theres hotels near the station in those 2 places for 50euro a night for a double room.
    Above is a partial quote.

    Above post is informative. Here are more towns in Upper Bavaria+.
    Train times are for a Saturday night.
    - Ingolstadt: Audi cars, train 00:30h 57 minutes.
    - Weilheim: 17,000 inhabitants, near the Alpine foothills, last direct train 00:32h, 38 Minutes
    -Augsburg: great city, about 264,000 inhabitants. Train 00:06h and 02:02h 44 Minutes
    - Landshut, Lower Bavaria last train 23:55h, 45 Minutes

    German Railway: http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/index.shtml

    Other towns are Landsberg am Lech, Pfaffenhofen(Ilm), Rosenheim and Moosburg. They have some gems. Scheyern Abbey near Pfaffenhofen.
    To find smaller towns along those routes. One goes to that German Railway link, choose only local trains. Eg. Munich-Pfaffenhofen, Click on a route, click intermediate stops. One sees Reichertshausen, this is nearer than Pfaffenhofen.

    The original suggestion of Regensburg and Nuremberg is super. They are fabulous cities. This post is about other towns near the railway lines and how to find them.


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