The Inspiring Six Tour and our three weekend tours are best discovered by bus and train. And there are also some very special trains and routes waiting for you - simply hop on, be inspired and travel in a relaxed manner.
Reach your Destination Quickly with ICE and IC
Take the ICE to Lutherstadt Wittenberg - the starting point of the Inspiring Six Tour and the three-day Revolutionary Tour - from Berlin in approx. 40 minutes, from Dresden in approx. 2:45 h, from Frankfurt/Main in approx. 3:30 h and from Munich in approx. 3:50 h.
To Halle, the start of the Skyward Tour, you can travel by ICE from Berlin in approx. 2:15 h, from Dresden in approx. 2 h, from Frankfurt/Main in approx. 3 h and from Munich in approx. 2:45 h.
Getting to Eisleben where the Treasurer Tour begins takes about 3 hours from Berlin, about 3:15 hours from Dresden, about 4 hours from Frankfurt/Main and 3:30 hours from Munich.
Without stopping at the ticket machine
With the Deutschlandticket
The easiest and cheapest way to discover the Inspiring Six from your starting point is with the Deutschlandticket. Regional trains and buses run regularly between the cities.
Revolutionary Tour
Regional trains run hourly between Dessau-Roßlau and Lutherstadt Wittenberg during the day (approx. 0:30 h). You can also reach the individual sites of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom from Dessau-Roßlau and Lutherstadt Wittenberg by bus line 304 (approx. 0:45 h), and from Dessau-Roßlau by the Dessau-Wörlitz Railway during the summer months. S-Bahn and regional trains run between Dessau-Roßlau, Lutherstadt Wittenberg and Halle (Saale).
Skyward Tour:
Regional trains run twice an hour between Halle (Saale) and Naumburg (approx. 0:40 h). Once an hour there is a regional train or bus from Naumburg to Nebra (approx. 0:45 h). There are buses between Nebra and Lutherstadt Eisleben (approx. 1:15 h), from Naumburg there are also regional trains (approx. 1:30 h). There are also regular buses from the train station in Nebra to Nebra Ark.
Treasurer Tour:
Buses run between Lutherstadt Eisleben and Quedlinburg (approx. 2:40 h). Take bus 420 to Mansfeld.
Saxony-Anhalt-Ticket and Hopper-Ticket
Especially if you are traveling in a small group, the Saxony-Anhalt ticket is a good option. Also interesting are the Hopper-Tickets which allow you to travel cheaply on regional train routes.
Timetable information for the whole of Saxony-Anhalt is also available at mein-takt.de. The app for smartphones is called iNSA.
Special World Heritage Experiences
The World Heritage lines 304 (Dessau-Wörlitz-Wittenberg) and 310 (Dessau-Oranienbaum via the Middle Elbe-Gräfenhainichen biosphere reserve) connect the World Heritage sites in the World Heritage region by bus via a circular route. The World Heritage Card is valid as a ticket.
Regional trains run hourly between Dessau-Roßlau and Lutherstadt Wittenberg during the day, journey time approx. 30 minutes. From the end of March to the beginning of November, the Dessau-Wörlitz Railway connects the two towns across the uniquely beautiful Garden Kingdom.
Hop on, hop off at the Bauhaus
There are more than 300 Bauhaus buildings in Dessau. The Bauhaus bus (line 10) of the Dessau public transport company stops at all the Bauhaus sights on the route from the Kornhaus to the arcade houses, including of course Bauhausplatz, the main railway station and the Bauhaus Museum.
Extra tip:
With the Deutschlandticket you can also use the trains of the Harz narrow-gauge railways (except for the Drei Annen Hohne - Brocken section), the Dessau-Wörlitz Railway and the Wipperliese which runs in the Mansfeld region.
