Nuremberg and back by train
A Munich to Nuremberg day trip is a 9-hour day with a guide from start to finish. You ride the train north, spend four hours on a guided tour of the old imperial city and the Nazi Party rally grounds, and ride back the same evening. It costs $89 per person and holds 431 reviews at 4.4. Below: what the price covers, how the hours are spent, and how it compares with the Salzburg day by train.
Quick answer
The short answer. Book the Munich to Nuremberg day trip if you want one long day of German history with a guide beside you the whole way: $89, 9 hours, and a 4-hour guided tour that covers both the medieval old town and the Nazi Party rally grounds. If you would rather have hours on your own, the Salzburg day by train costs the same $89 and sets aside 3 hours to explore the city.
How the day works
What the nine hours are made of, from the meeting point to the last train home.
The day starts at Dachauer Str. 4 in Munich, where your guide meets the group at the local operator’s office, and it ends at the same address in the evening. In between, the itinerary is simple: a train ride north, a guided tour of Nuremberg, and a train ride back. The guide travels with you both ways, so you never have to find a platform or read a timetable on your own.
How long the train takes depends on which part of the listing you read. The description speaks of a 90-minute train journey; the itinerary lists two hours each way. Plan on 1.5 to 2 hours and you will not be caught out. Rasa from the United States had a practical thought on that: «it might worth to consider using a non stop train to Nuremberg, so people save time on the trip itself and use this time in Nuremberg instead.»
In Nuremberg the itinerary shows one block: a guided tour of four hours. That is the heart of a Munich to Nuremberg day trip, and it is at least twice as long as the guided walk on the Salzburg day. The listing does not set aside hours on your own; the tour itself is the day.
Stop by stop
How the listing describes the Munich to Nuremberg day trip, in the order of the day.
Meet your guide at the local operator’s office. Starting times show when you check availability on the listing.
Your guide rides with the group. The description says 90 minutes, the itinerary says two hours.
The listing names the massive medieval fortifications, Gothic churches, colourful marketplaces and the hilltop castle of the old imperial city.
A fully guided tour of the Nazi Party rally grounds, where the regime held its grand parades. Years later, an international war crimes tribunal in the city held that same leadership to account.
The guide covers Nuremberg as the unofficial capital of the first Germanic Empire, host of the Imperial Diet, and a centre of the Reformation and of printing.
Same route, same guide, back to Dachauer Str. 4. Two of the ten recent reviews we read mention a late train home, so keep the evening loose.
In Nuremberg
Three frames from the old town a Munich to Nuremberg day trip walks through, and one from Salzburg for comparison.
A church front in red-brown sandstone: two square towers on either side of a carved gable and a large round rose window.
A blue clock face with gold numerals in a pointed stone gable, small painted figures beneath it and a bell with two figures above.
Steep tiled roofs with rows of dormers, a timber-framed oriel in the middle, and two stone arches carrying the building over the water.
Wrought-iron shop signs with gilded scrollwork over a narrow lane of pale houses, a steep rock face rising behind them.
Every trip, current fare
The Munich to Nuremberg day trip next to the three other days that leave Munich for a historic town. Lunch is not included on any of them.
| Trip | Price | Price is for | Length | What the price covers | Where it starts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuremberg by train | $89 | per person | 9 hours | Guide on the train both ways; 4-hour guided tour of the old town and the rally grounds. Train fare not stated. | Dachauer Str. 4 | 4.4 · 431 |
| Salzburg by train | $89 | per person | 9.5 hours | Guide on the train; orientation walk of the old town with a map; 3 hours to explore. Passport required. | Dachauer Str. 4 | 4.7 · 1,805 |
| Rothenburg and the Romantic Road | $92 | per person | 10.5 hours | Coach with a live guide in English or German; stop at Harburg Castle; 2 hours on your own in Rothenburg. | Karlsplatz 21, coach lane | 4.5 · 2,546 |
| Herrenchiemsee by train and boat | $66 | per person | 9.5 hours | Guide from Munich; 40-minute guided palace tour. The boat and the palace entry are paid separately. | Dachauer Str. 4 | 4.9 · 150 |
The price
Nine hours with a guide, and the costs the listing leaves to you.
At $89 per person, the Munich to Nuremberg day trip costs the same as the Salzburg day by train and a little less than the $92 Rothenburg coach day. Spread over nine hours, that comes to $9.89 an hour, for a guide who stays with you from the meeting point to the last train.
What the listing does not promise matters as much. It does not say the train fare is included, so ask before you book. Lunch is not included on any day trip on this site, and there is no hotel pickup on this one: you meet at Dachauer Str. 4.
Day trips on this site start from $66 per person, for the Herrenchiemsee palace day by train and boat. The listings at $22 to $59 are the aquarium ticket, the hop-on hop-off bus, the bike tour and the three guided visits to the Dachau Memorial Site.
Before you book
Two minutes on the listing now saves surprises on your Munich to Nuremberg day trip.
The listing says your guide travels with you by train. It does not say the fare is in the price. Ask before you pay.
Jody from the United States: «We went to the courtroom and museum because there had been an event at the rally grounds the day before and it was being deconstructed. I preferred the courthouse and museum so all was good!»
Jody also wrote that the train «was late for our return», and another reviewer got back three hours late. Do not book a tight dinner.
Lunch is not part of the price. Bring a card or cash for a meal in Nuremberg.
The listing offers free cancellation and reserve now, pay later. Check the deadline on the listing before you book.
Nuremberg or Salzburg
Same price, same meeting point, very different days.
The Nuremberg day trip from Munich and the Salzburg day by train look alike on paper. Both cost $89, both leave from Dachauer Str. 4, both put an English-speaking guide on the train with you. The difference is how the hours in the city are used.
Nuremberg is a guided day. The itinerary gives four hours to the tour, and it covers two very different eras: the medieval imperial city and the Nazi Party rally grounds. Salzburg is a mixed day: a guided orientation walk with a map, past Mozart’s residence, the Mirabell Gardens and the cathedral, then 3 hours to explore the city on your own. The fortress on the hill is yours to visit in that time if you choose.
The reviews lean towards Salzburg: 1,805 at 4.7, against 431 at 4.4 for Nuremberg. Salzburg also asks more of you at the start: the listing requires your official passport and does not accept a driving licence.
Who it suits
Four honest tests for choosing between the Munich to Nuremberg day trip and Salzburg.
Chee from Malaysia praised a guide «Full of passion and enthusiasm explaining the history of World War 2.» Four guided hours leave room for that.
Catherine from the United Kingdom wrote that her guide «regularly asked if we had any questions but made sure the tour wasn't rushed.»
The Salzburg day sets aside 3 hours to explore the city at your own pace after the guided walk.
His residence and the Mirabell Gardens are on the Salzburg route. Bring your passport: the listing does not accept a driving licence.
Our verdict
Book this day trip from Munich to Nuremberg if you want history explained, not just shown. For $89 you get a guide on the train both ways and a four-hour tour that joins the medieval city and the rally grounds in one story. Michael from the United States: «Nuremberg itself was a great mix of beauty, history and culture. Highly recommend.»
If you want time on your own, take the Salzburg day at the same price.
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Common questions
Yes. The listing promises a fully guided tour of the Nazi Party rally grounds as well as the historic old town, inside a four-hour guided tour. One reviewer’s group went to the courtroom and museum instead, because the grounds were being cleared after an event the day before.
About 1.5 to 2 hours each way. The description says 90 minutes and the itinerary says two hours. Your guide travels with you in both directions.
The listing does not say. It says an expert guide accompanies you on the train journey, not that the fare is covered. Ask before you book.
No. Lunch is not included on any day trip on this site. On the Munich to Nuremberg day trip, bring money for a meal in the city.
No. You meet your guide at Dachauer Str. 4 in Munich, and the day ends there. On this site only two van days include pickup: Neuschwanstein for up to 8 people, and Königssee.
Yes. The listing offers free cancellation; check the deadline on it before you book. You can also reserve now and pay later.
Go deeper
Mozart’s city across the border by train, with a guide on the day.
RothenburgThe walled medieval town on the Romantic Road, by coach in one day.
HerrenchiemseeThe palace on the island in the lake, reached by boat.
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