As one of Europe’s most populated countries, Germany is a very popular flight destination. It also has several international airports namely Altenburg, Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Dresden, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Baden. This of course makes it very easy for travellers to fly into an airport as close to their final destination as possible. Flight time is only a couple of hours making it very easy to hop over for business or pleasure.
If you are planning a trip to Germany then a great place to start is travelsupermarket.com. Select the airports you wish to fly out of and into and your dates and the website will compare all flight deals currently available giving you the cheapest flight prices.
Easyjet is of course always worth a look to try and find a bargain price, especially if you are not travelling at the weekend. Week day flights are often cheaper although be aware, if you are planning to fly on either the first or last flight of the day you could get caught up in the business traffic which pushes prices up.
Again, lastminute.com and Expedia are always good if it’s a spontaneous trip and you can go at very short notice.
Going on a holiday in Germany? No need to look for a hotel - we’ve got the pick of the crop listed for you right here. Right in the heart of Stuttgart is Am Schlossgarten Hotel, nestled between a park and Konigstrasse (the shopping district); described as an “oasis of comfort and charm,” it combines a peaceful atmosphere with tasteful furnishings.
In Berlin, stay at the Brandenburger Hof Hotel, a short walk away from Kurfuerstendamm and the Memorial Church; this hotel combines a Mediterranean feel with a modern flair. The Splendid-Dollmann hotel, in the Lehel district of Munich, is a quaint building filled with art and antiques; the Isar river, the English Garden, and the Maximilian Strasse boutiques are nearby. In Frankfurt, the Kempinski Hotel Gravenbruch offers a getaway from the noise of the city; surrounded by a park, some rooms have a view of the lake, but all come with air conditioning, a cable/pay TV, a radio, a telephone with voicemail, a safety box, and a mini-bar. Luxuriate in the sauna, solarium, and outdoor and indoor swimming pools; get a good sweat going in the tennis courts, fitness room, or jogging path. Over a hundred years old, Dom A Le Meridien Hotel is located near the Gothic Cathedral in Cologne; destroyed in the war, it was renovated into its present-day Italian Renaissance style. Rooms come with marble baths, 2 telephones, high-speed Internet access, a plasma-screen TV, and mini bars. Dine in le Merou restaurant, or have a drink at Sir Peter Ustinov´s Bar International; a jogging course is also in the area.
Other Germany hotels include Hotel Sorat in Brandenburg, Best Western Savoy in Duesseldorf, and Kempinski Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg.
Depending upon which part of this stunning country you plan to visit, you can choose different gateways to Germany; Berlin, for example has 3 airports! Other main airports include Frankfurt (or Frankfurt / Hahn, which Ryanair flies to), Munich, Stuttgart, and Dusseldorf. All in all there are 30 airports within Germany which you can fly to! If you travel via Berlin, your entry point is Berlin International Airport, also known as Tegel.
However, it will soon be closed upon completion of the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport anytime between 2011 and 2012. The old airport is located in Tegel, a part of the northern borough of Reinickendorf. You can take Lufthansa, the largest airline in Europe and Germany’s flag carrier. The airline offers economy class travel for cost-conscious flyers, which include audio-video-on-demand or private TV and radio monitors built into the seats. Lufthansa does not offer in-flight entertainment on its short-haul planes.
If you are on a tight budget, Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline offers cheap flights to Berlin as well as most major EU major cities. Another airline, easyJet, also one of Europe’s largest cut-rate carriers also offers cheap flights to Berlin.
Other budget-fare carriers are airberlin (Germany-based), Clickair (Spain-based), Sterling Airlines (Denmark-based), transavia. Netherlands-based), TUIfly (Germany-based), all offering low-cost flights to Berlin.
