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Dear visitors,

For information about:
1) Arriving by plane: we recommend checking Germanwings, DBA, or HLX for cheap flights to the Köln/Bonn airport (see links below)
2) Arriving by car: please see the directions link below (from Frankfurt, Köln, & Düsseldorf); Highway 565, Exit "BN-Endenich"
3) Hotel accomodations: we recommend the following (online booking possible or by phone;all homepages viewable in English):

Hotels where you can directly check the availability and book online:
Name: Comments Prices starting from
 Telephone
  Hotel My Poppelsdorf ( or )   Bonn-Poppelsdorf: ~2 km to the MPIfR.
70 Euros/night +49 228 26 910
  Hotel President ( or )   Bonn-Poppelsdorf: ~2 km to the MPIfR. 82,50 Euros/night +49 228 72 500
  Sternhotel ( or )   Bonn-City Center: 5 min. from the central train/bus station, ~3 km to the MPIfR
 100  Euros/night +49 228 625 004

Hotels where you can send a direct online/email inquiry:
Name: Comments Prices starting from
 Telephone
  Hotel Mozart ( or )   Bonn-City Center: 5 min. from the central train/bus station, ~2 km to the MPIfR
 70 Euros/night +49 228 659 071
  Hotel Continental ( or )   Bonn-City Center: next to central train/bus station - good if arriving very late. ~3 km to the MPIfR
 90 Euros/night +49 228 391 8990

*Also see the website www.hotel.de for available hotels in Bonn and direct booking options
*For an additional hotel list, click here

If you have further questions or would like help making a reservation, please contact Michelle Fekety at: mfekety@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
4) Bus from Hauptbahnhof to MPIfR:  see #610 or #611 (Institute bus stop: "Immenburg")
    Bus from Poppelsdorfer hotels to MPIfR: see #631
5) Airport bus:  #SB60 (to/from Bonn Hbf. about every 30 minutes) - for more information, see link to website

The address of the MPIfR is:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
Auf dem Hügel 69
53121 Bonn-Endenich
Bus connections:
Bus connections to the MPIfR, etc.

Directions to the MPIfR:
from Frankfurt, Köln, & Düsseldorf
from Frankfurt, Köln, & Düsseldorf

Cheap Airlines:
Germanwings 
Air Berlin 
EasyJet 
TUI Fly
Lufthansa 		Billigflieger 
Expedia 
Opodo 
lastminute.com 
cheapfares.de

Airport Layouts:
Köln/Bonn Airport

Train travel:
Deutsche Bahn

In and around Bonn:
Bonn City Guide (pdf file)
Bonn City Guide (pdf file)

Other informative links:
www.bonn.de ( or ) www.bonn.regio.de ( or ) www.bonnsite.de () www.bonnaparte.de ()
www.bonnxxl.de ()

Some pictures:
1) Calmont
   (Hiking trail on Calmont mountain
   near Ediger-Eller in the Mosel Valley.
   Hiking trip on May 28, 2005)
2) Eller-Calmont
    (see above)
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