Rick Steves' Germany & Austria

• The 2008 edition of Rick Steves' Germany and Austria is now available.

Updates since the 2008 edition:

Germany

Munich

The Hotel Munchner Kindl now has Internet access in most of their rooms. Also, they regret that they cannot honor Rick's rates for 2008 during special exhibits and Oktoberfest.

Rothenburg

The Romantic Road discount for Eurorail passholders dropped from 60% to 20% for 2008.

Austria

Vienna

Budai Ildiko, who rented rooms, has retired.

The Lipizzaner Museum in Vienna has closed, however, you can still see performances of the horses of the Spanish Riding School, go on tours, and so on. For more info, see www.srs.at.