What is the best time of year to go to germany?

Question

Also my son is stationed at katterbach army base..Does anyone know what airport i would fly into?I am having problems finding this out...

Answer 1

Most likely Frankfurt.

Late spring to early fall is the best time to visit.

Trains and buses easy to use compared to  USA.

Eat, drink, and be Merry

Answer 2

Best season for a visit to Germany is IMHO summer or early autumn. Winters tend to be rainy and cold.

Katterbach is a village near the town of Ansbach in Bavaria. From the US you can get direct flights to either Frankfurt/Main (note: the Main is a river) or Munich.

Frankfurt's airport (FRA) is the major German airport, by passender numbers ranked third in Europe and among the ten busiest worldwide.

If your son can't pick you up at the airport, you may take the train, Ansbach has a station. The trip will take about 3 hours both from Frankfurt's as well as from Munich's airport. However, Frankfurt's airport has its own long-distance station and you'll need to change trains only once in Würzburg. From Munich's airport you'll first have to take the suburban metro to main station, and then possibly change trains once again in Nuremberg.

I'd therefore definitly opt for Frankfurt, it'll be way more comfortable since you won't have to find (or fight) your way through the metro with all of your luggage and after a long intercontinental flight.

Regardless of that, in both cases you'll have the opportunity of a ride on the German high-speed ICE trains, traveling at up to 200 miles/hour (http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en... ).

Timetables Frankfurt - Ansbach: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.e...

Timetables Munich - Ansbach: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.e...

Frankfurt airport: http://www.flughafen-frankfurt.com

Munich airport: http://www.munich-airport.de

You may also rent a car, but I wouldn't recommend that. Traffic on Germany's Autobahnen is way faster than on US interstates (remember: no speed limit) and tends to be more aggressive. If you're not used to that and/or are simply tired from the flight …

Nevertheless, directions and a map from Frankfurt's airport to Katterbach, and from there to Munich's airport (so you get the idea): http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Frankf...

Last but not least: Ansbach's web pages are located at http://www.ansbach.de/cda/showpage.php?l... .

Answer 3

i would say frankfurt as well.

thats about 200 kilometres from katterbach, so you may have your son pick you up, take a flight to nuernberg or take the train!

about the time of the year: i agree, i would go between fall and early spring. we didnt have much snow last winter so you should wait for the winter hoping to get snow ;)

Answer 4

That depends on what you want to do. If you are into winter sports then I recommend visiting during the winter. If not then I love the summers over here.

Katterbach is by Ansbach and the nearest airport is the one in Nuremberg Germany. The Airport code is NUE, just go to expedia.com and put nue as the destination you will find it. It is only about a half hour ride from NUE to Katterbach along B14, compared to about 2 hours traveling to Frankfurt. There in not a direct train route either so I would try to fly to the Airport in Nuremberg.  There is a shuttle bus at the airport that will take you to the train station and downtown Nuremberg. Once at the train station there are a number of trains throughout the day that are going to Ansbach. Once in Ansbach you can take a cab to Katterbach.

Best of luck.

Answer 5

Id have to see where Katterback is but the main airports are generally Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and a few others.

As far as to the best time of year, I prefer the Fall, Autumn. It is like New England there in that time of the year and is when the most fun festivals that I like are at.  It is not usually too hot or cold in late Sept and early October.