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 Car Hire & Driving in Stuttgart, GermanyWelcome to Stuttgart Car Hire, Germany; available at Stuttgart Airport.Stuttgart Car HireStuttgart is situated in southern Germany and lies within easy reach of Augsburg to the east of Stuttgart in your German hire car and Baden-Baden to the west of Stuttgart in your German hire car. For information on what you might see on a trip to either Augsburg or Baden-Baden in your German hire car from Stuttgart, visit our Augsburg Car Hire or Baden-Baden Car Hire links, Stuttgart is beautifully located deep in a valley, with beautiful countryside to investigate in your German hire car. Stuttgart’s street climb steeply to meet the surrounding hills covered with orchards, vineyards, forests and meadowlands, which you can also explore in your German hire car. Stuttgart’s association with the motor industry, through such famous names as Daimler, Bosch and Benz, give Stuttgart an image of industrialisation, but in reality Stuttgart is a very enjoyable place to explore in your German hire car. The Mercedes star proudly adorns the Hauptbahnhof tower in Stuttgart and the Mercedes platform is open for a visit in your German hire car while in Stuttgart. You can also take a free tour of the Mercedes-Benz Museum and factory while in Stuttgart in your German hire car, and the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart has a grand display of ‘Toys for Boys’ which you can tour while in Stuttgart in your German hire car. For such a large city of regional importance, Stuttgart has a wonderful relaxed atmosphere; maybe this is connected with the surrounding vineyards, which you can also explore in your German hire car from Stuttgart. The motor industry aside, Stuttgart has some fine museums and galleries that you can visit in your German hire car while in Stuttgart. The highlights of Stuttgart that you should visit in your German hire car while in Stuttgart include the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, which is one of Europe’s great modern art galleries and definitely worth exploring while in Stuttgart in your German hire car. The Stifisfruchtkasten in Stuttgart is house in a former wine depot and has a wonderful collection of musical instruments also worth investigating while in Stuttgart in your German hire car. The reconstructed Stifiskirche in Stuttgart has two very different late Gothic towers that deserve a look at while in Stuttgart in your German hire car. A trip to the theatre is a must while exploring Stuttgart in your German hire car and where better than the Stuttgart State Theatre, which incorporates the world famous Stuttgart Ballet and the Stuttgart State Opera. Germany’s largest Zoological and Botanical Gardens at Wilhelma Zoo are also worth a visit in your German hire car while in Stuttgart and are situated in the northern edge of Rosesteinpark in Stuttgart. Laid out between 1842 and 1853 as a Moorish garden, Stuttgart zoo now has more than 10,000 animals of around 1,000 species that you can see on a visit in your German hire car while in Stuttgart. While exploring Stuttgart in your German hire car you should get a Stuttgart Plus Card, which entitles free entry to all public museums in Stuttgart, discount on admission charges to other attractions you may wish to visit in your German hire car while in Stuttgart and city tours. You can obtain a Stuttgart Plus card from the Stuttgart Tourist Information Office, which can also provide more advice on what to see and do in Stuttgart in your German hire car. You will find the Stuttgart Tourist Information Office at Konigstrasse 1a, Stuttgart in your German hire car. Stuttgart Airport Car HireStuttgart Airport lies 13km (8 miles) from Stuttgart in your German hire car. Stuttgart Airport has 4 passenger terminals with an annual capacity of 8 million passengers through 78 check-in desks. Stuttgart Airport operates 24 hours a day. At Stuttgart Airport there are 500 short term and 7,000 long term parking spaces, should you need to leave your German hire car at Stuttgart Airport. Stuttgart Airport has all the facilities you would expect, including a post office, bank, bureau de change, auto exchange machine, restaurants, cafeterias, bars, VIP lounge, duty free shop, newsagent/tobacconist, chemist, gift shop, car rental services, first aid, baby/parent room, disabled access/facilities, business centre and a tourist help desk, which can provide advice on what to see and do in your German hire car while in Stuttgart. Southern Germany Car HireThe landscape of Southern Germany rises through densely-forested uplands to the Alpine backdrop of Bodensee, Germany’s largest lake, giving you some beautiful scenery to explore in your German hire car while in Southern Germany. Now and then you will find in your German hire car that the forest of Southern Germany clear to reveal sights such as Renensburg, a city with Germany’s greatest concentration of medieval buildings that you can visit in your German hire car; Baden-Baden, Germany’s oldest spa town, which is definitely worth exploring in your German hire car; romantic Heidelberg and the fairytale turrets of Scholoss Neuschwanstein which you also should take time to visit in your German hire car while in Southern Germany. In Southern Germany you can obtain a German hire car at Augsburg, Baden-Baden, Friedrichshafen, Heidelberg and Stuttgart. For an idea of what you might expect to find on a trip in your German hire car to these places in Southern Germany, visit our Augsburg Car Hire, Baden-Baden Car Hire, Friedrichshafen Car Hire, Heidelberg Car Hire or Stuttgart Car Hire links. The quality of the German road network makes driving a German hire car an excellent way to explore Germany. Although constant driving in your German hire car at high speed can be tiring, the Autobahn makes it possible to cover long distance across Germany in your German hire car in a short time, enabling you to move easily in your German hire car from one area of interest to another. A German hire car is the best way of getting around Germany if you aim to explore smaller towns, villages and the countryside of Germany. The best known feature of Germany’s extensive and well maintained road system that you can use in your German hire car is the Autobahn, the network of toll-free motorways covering the whole of Germany. However other roads like Bundesstrassen (national roads) and Landstrassen (main roads) are generally engineered to a high standard, with good surfaces and helpful signposting to help you navigate in your German hire car. While driving around Germany in your German hire car you will find that Autobahns are identified by a white letter ‘A’ and a number on a blue background and national roads by a black letter ‘B’ and number on a yellow background. The previously inadequate road network of eastern Germany has been transformed beyond recognition through the construction of motorways across eastern Germany, like the Ostseeautobahn, which links the Baltic coast to the rest of Germany, and through the improvement of other roads, which now make the roads of eastern Germany a pleasure to use in your German hire car. The downside to all this rebuilding across Germany is the density of traffic. In your German hire car, you may find that congestion can be acute in built-up areas and anywhere at holiday times. There are more than 100 named tourist routes that you can use in your German hire car which criss-cross Germany. Some, such as stretches of the Deutsche Alpenstrasse (German Alpine Road) that you can use in your German hire car, were purpose-built as scenic highways through Germany, although most are ordinary roads linking places of similar interest that you may wish to visit in your German hire car while. The best known of these routes that you can explore in your German hire car while is probably the Romantische Strasse (Romantic Road), which run from Wurzburg in northern Bavaria to Fussenn at the foot of the Alps and takes you through picturesque, historic towns in your German hire car on the way. Even if they are not designated as such, many of the roads you can use in your German hire car through Germany’s well-wooded uplands qualify as scenic routes, and extensions of the Autobahn networks that you can use in your German hire car also offer spectacular visual experience of the German countryside. Germans are fast drivers and determined popular resistance among motorists has prevented the adoption of a compulsory speed limit on Germany’s Autobahn. Although the speeds can be a little unnerving when driving in your German hire car, most drivers are aware of what they are doing and respect the rules of the road, having passed Germany’s particularly rigorous driving test. Once you have become used to conditions in your German hire car, you will find the behaviour of fellow road users fairly predictable. While exploring Germany in your German hire car it is useful to have knowledge of the rules of the roads. Germans drive on the right; on roads without yellow diamond priority signs, you should give way to traffic from the right in your German hire car; seat belts must be worn by all occupants of you German hire car; children under 12 must use an appropriate safety seat while travelling in your German hire car; you should halt at tram stops where there is no central reservation in your German hire car and allow passengers to cross the road; you should give way to trams and buses in your German hire car as they leave stops; ensure you use dipped headlights on your German hire car in poor visibility and in tunnels; do not use side lights when driving your German hire car; give way to pedestrians in your German hire car when turning at uncontrolled junctions (intersections); do not drink and drive you German hire car as the penalties are severe; traffic lights are supplemented by priority signs, which must be obeyed in your German hire car when the lights are not functioning e.g. at night or weekends; insulting behaviour to others while driving in your German hire car is an offence; fines can be imposed on the spot by police and your German hire car may be confiscated; finally a flashing light may indicating that you can turn right in your German hire car when traffic lights are red, but you must give way to traffic coming from the other direction.
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