john iacobucci

My wife and I are heading to San Marino in September to attend the MotoGp. From there we're traveling to Austria and Germany, while in Germany we plan on visiting the Porsche museum and factory. Since it's our first trip to Germany I'm wondering if any Rennlist members could pass on any advice or suggestions about the museum/factory.

Thanks

911boy

Just do it! My Wife and I went for the tour on our Honeymoon!

daberlin

Yes, it's a MUST visit. However, be advise to book early with a set of proposed dates sooner rather than later.

email: factorytours@porsche.de.

Also, make plans while there to tour the museum. Did both in 2013 and it was awesome. Saw the new (then) 991 Turbo S's coming off the factory line. Best factory tour of the four we did (Mercedes/Stuttgart, Audi/Ingolstadt, BMW/Munich, Porsche/Stuttgart).

OKB

Porsche is good. Mercedes is better. Make a point to go to Mercedes even over Porsche.

9914s

^^this.

PantsFire

If you're passing Heidelberg you should stop off and wander round the old town, go up to the castle, it's very pretty.

Vista6019

Heidelberg is fabulous and book the plant tour as early as you can. The Porsche Drive program is really cool as well.

daberlin

I think it depends on which production line you were shown. I was on the E Class Tour (2013) at Sindelfingen. It was the least impressive of the four factories we experienced on our trip. My rank: 1. Porsche (911/Cayman/Boxster line), 2. BMW (3 Series Line), 3. Audi (Q5 Line), 4. Mercedes (E Class Line).

Pavegeno928

Museum is closed on Monday so be sure to book the factory tour on another day. I've done the factory tour about 7 times now and it's awesome and something new each time.

I just did the Leipzig factory tour as well and that was very neat to compare the two. Leipzig is about four hours northeast of Stuttgart, so if you have the time, try them both.

Two restaurants in the Museum. The ground floor is called Boxenstop and it's good. Sometimes it's filled, but during the week, there is a good small restaurant just down the street. Exit the Museum doors and follow the sidewalk around to the right for about 5 minutes. The factory and the dealership will be directly behind you as you are walking. It's on the right side of the street...great sandwiches and hot meals plus a great bakery all in one. (https://www.siegel-backkultur.de/filialen?id=7)

The Christophorous restaurant is on the top floor of the Museum and you should have reservations. Expensive, but amazing. We went there for our Anniversary...great steak.

In Austria, go to Gmund to see the original sawmill factory. There is a private Porsche Museum in town that is very nice...the ground floor starts off a little slow, but the upstairs has some great cars. (http://www.auto-museum.at) A nice hotel, but basic is: http://hotel-platzer.at

Salzburg is our favorite city. Stay at a place called Blobergerhof on Hammerauer Strasse. (http://www.blobergerhof.at/en/blober...f-in-salzburg/) It's a family place that has the most amazing breakfast we've found in Europe. Super nice family, Sylvia is the owner with her husband. Plenty of parking and the plan is in the country. Across the street is a bus stop that will have you in the center of Salzburg in 15 minutes...easy ride and you can purchase bus passes and the Salzburg card at the hotel that gives you big discounts at the cool things. Let me know if you are visiting Salzburg and I will pass you the places to see. Great thing about Salzburg is that everything to see is walkable and can be done in a full day.

If you will be over here before the end of June, let me know. We fly out 30 June...it's been an amazing three years over here. Also, I can send you my Black Forest drive route...been driving it for the last 2.5 years and it is amazing...no need to go to any of the tracks and deal with the crazy drivers and traffic and pay a lot. The Black Forest on a Sunday morning is a driver's paradise.