Ten Tips to Travel in Berlin
What are the best tips to save money when the streets of Berlin, Munich and various parts of Germany? That's the theme of the proposed talks Fodors.com editor, Salwa Jabado, the rubric forum site recently. The members of the community-forum raises many good ideas, like dining in the cafes Turkish doner, the roads using public buses, setting up supplies at the local bakery, and surfing the web to search for rental apartments at affordable prices. Here are 10 tips for a trip to Berlin, which was taken from the input members of that forum.
1. Use the best museum ticket. "My husband and I spent five days in Berlin and found the place it absolutely stunning, especially if you are a connoisseur of art in museums. We bought tickets to the Museum Schaulust for three days at 19 euros and see six museums, including the Pergamon museum. Tickets This admission ticket also includes free audio tour, so it is very feasible. " -Outwest.
2. Take a bus. "Public bus number 100 is the most common vehicle right to the streets to see the scenery. The route started from along the Unter den Linden, Alexanderplatz to the Zoologischer Garten Bahnhof with many attractions along the way. Travel time is 26 minutes. If you have a Welcome Card (Welcome Card), the trip is free, if not then this trip at 2:10 euro per person. " 959-Traveller1
3. Save during the holidays. "If you go to Berlin at Christmas, the streets around the Christmas Market is free entertainment. Gluewein at the Christmas market is usually worth one euro per cup. You can get drunk with cheap wine, but be careful not to fall into the Spandau with bag full of Christmas balls. " -Proenza_Preschooler
4. Sailing. "All tickets for public transport is also well used to enjoy the journey with a few ferries that run BVG, Berlin's Transit Authority. You will sail for free for 20 minutes across Lake Wannsee S-Bahn station Wannsee to the other side of the lake, where you can use the bus express to return to the center of town. " -Cowboy1968
5. Surfing on the internet to get the best hotel rates. "For a nice hotel at a cheap price during the summer, book a room at Hotel Mercure Hotel an der Charité at booking.com. Summer special price: three nights with breakfast: 240 euro / per double room (not per person!). Hotels This is a modern and quiet hotel with four star service breakfast. I stayed there last year and will return again. " -Schuler
6. Setting up the supplies from the store. "Galleria department store at Alexanderplatz (Berlin) has a fantastic food department on the ground floor, lots of stuff okay for a picnic or stock food in the apartment, and plenty of souvenirs (chocolate, mustard, etc.), all of which should be cheaper You pay in the department of food Ka De We. " -Rialtogrl
7. Bring the card. "We bought a Berlin Card which gives us unlimited access for three days we were there. We rode the bus number 100 many times when we walk around the city. We also take a tour of Berlin and get a discount because we have the Berlin Card . The tour's brilliant and is a good thing to start our journey. " -Snowflake25
8. Priceline works over there too. "I feel like a broken CD, but try Priceline. I have just returned from a weekend trip in Berlin yesterday, and pay 85 dollars per night. For the money, we get the Movenpick, which is one step above what you can expect a price like that. " -Travelgourmet
9. Eat where locals eat. "In Berlin, if you happened to be in Wannsee, stop at Lorretta am Wannsee. This place is near S-Bahn station, at the corner of Potsdamer Chaussee. There biergarten and you can get a brat, potato salad, wine, beer, and even a crepe for dessert mouth with a very reasonable price. " -Trophywife007.
10. Understand and use the taxi system. "For the price of a taxi in Berlin (and also in some other cities), if you walk under a distance of 2 km you can ask for a short trip rate (Kurzstrecke)-three euros for a trip under 2 miles. You must stop the taxi then requested that price move before the driver enable argonya. Taxis can be cheaper than public transport, depending on where you were heading and the number of people in the group. " - RufusTFirefly.
Tourism in the Land of Four Seasons
The roads to neighboring countries or around Southeast Asia has often you do. However, the upcoming vacation, you want to add to the experience by trying to make a trip to the land of four seasons as several countries in Europe, the United States (including Alaska), Canada, Russia, Australia, or China.
How to prepare for a trip away from the equator to the country four seasons? What should be done? How to choose the right time for a vacation? Such questions are indeed often emerged.
Get to Know The Country
State where you want to go should you get to know first. You can collect various information about the country via the Internet, travel magazines, newspapers, or watching television. Most importantly you know the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and cold, the fall in any month. Thus, you can prepare a variety of things related to your trip.
For Europe, America, Russia, Canada, and China, took place in a range of spring March-May, summer from June to August, autumn September-November, winter from December to February.
In contrast with Australia, enthroned spring period September-November, summer from December to February, autumn in March-May, winter in June-August.
By knowing what's in season in the country to be visited, you can arrange the necessary budget. In the summer, four-season community in the country will spend their time with a vacation to the beach, enjoying the sun's heat in city parks. And it can be said, at the peak this summer of people doing the streets, everyone is on holiday, often referred to as the high season.
Similarly, when winter arrives in Europe, the United States, Canada, Russia, from November to December, these people already get ready for Christmas and New Year. It's Christmas time, often referred to as the peak season. If you have this, noteworthy airplane ticket prices will soar, the price of hotel rooms will be increased significantly.
For example, a plane ticket from Jakarta to Europe go-home when the promo in spring or autumn for Rp 4 million-USD 5 million, in the summer or cold can turn into a USD 10 million-USD 13 million. Room rates for standard double room in the spring or fall 40 euros-50 euros per night, in summer or winter can terdongkrak to 80 euros-100 euros per night.
So, if you want to save money, you should choose time off in the spring or fall because it will really save money. But if you still want to go in summer or winter (Christmas and New Year), prepare extra funds to anticipate the sudden price rise during the holiday season.
Clothes and food
Affairs clothes and food are also important. There's no way you can walk comfortably when wearing the wrong season, so you can not travel with the rest if stomach rumbling.
To avoid trouble, adjust your clothes by season in the country to be visited. If it is hot, bring a thin T-shirts. When in the spring, fall, or winter, you should bring warm clothes, sweaters, and jackets. Use layered shirts to ward off the cold that penetrated the bone. If you have any costume, be a very expensive shopping clothing accessories in the country four seasons. Unless you know where the cheap shopping there.
Similarly, food. The principle is Asian food such as rice or noodles are sold in a number of Indonesian restaurants are scattered in the Netherlands, restaurants Vietnam, China, Thailand, in Europe will deplete the contents of your bag. Once the meal, one serving, minimum 10 euros-15 euros will float.
If you want to save money, enjoy the local foods such as bread, potatoes, kebab, and others that cost far more expensive than Asian cuisine. Those who could not leave the sauce can bring sauce sachets rather than having to pay every desire sauce.
The roads around the city can be done with open berdek bus hop-on hop-off stops at several tourist sites in cities in Europe. The price is certainly quite expensive. If you want to save money, you can buy a daily or weekly ticket package that you can use to ride the train metro or subway, city bus or tram.
By holding a lot of information, tips and tricks to apply the right, you can realize the dream of traveling to the land of four seasons in comfort.