Heidelberg Car Rentals

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Germany has an excellent public transportation system, making it possible to get everywhere you need by using either the bus or train. But if these options do not appeal to you, then renting a car is another option for your trip to Heidelberg.

There are two main issues when renting a car - being comfortable with foreign traffic rules and signs, and parking. While most traffic laws are the same in Germany as in other countries, road signs and street markings can vary. If you do rent a vehicle, it is important to research the German traffic rules before you arrive. As for parking, it is very limited in Heidelberg, and it is rarely, if at all, free. On-street parking is difficult to find, but there are many parking garages available. (The Getting Around section has more detailed information on traffic laws and parking in Heidleberg.)

Major car rental agencies are at both airports and you can always book online or by phone before your trip. You can rent a car at age 21 with restrictions, and at age 25 and older with no restrictions. (Make sure your normal auto insurance covers international car rentals, or purchase additional insurance with the car rental agency.)


Directions to get to Heidelberg by auto:

From Frankfurt, terminal 1: (map)
      
From the airport, take the B43 towards the A5 (blue sign with white roads).

Leave B43 and join A5 towards DARMSTADT, A5, BASEL. Follow this for about 74 km.

Change from A5 onto A656 towards HEIDELBERG, A656. Follow A656 for 1.86 km.


Leave A656 at the motorway interchange Heidelberg and join B37. The B37 will lead you straight to the Altstadt.

From Stuttgart, terminal 2: (map)

From the airport,

Follow the Flughafenstrasse towards the B27/A8.

The Flughafenstrasse will merge into the B27. Follow for 1.14 km.
      
Leave B27 and join A8 at ramp (52B) towards KARLSRUHE, MÜNCHEN, A8.

Continue following the A8 signs (to PFORZHEIM, KARLSRUHE, BASEL) for about 68 km.

Merge onto the Autobahndreieck Karlsruhe towards MANNHEIM, KARLSRUHE, A5, FRANKFURT. Follow for about 1 km.
      
Merge onto the A5 at ramp Ad Karlsruhe (46). Follow for 46.59 km.

Merge onto the B535 towards LEIMEN, HEIDELBERG, B535. This becomes Speyerer Strasse. Follow for 4.5 km.

Speyerer Strasse becomes Ringstrasse, and then merges onto Kurfürsten-Anlage.

Turn Left onto Adenauerplatz (B3).

Turn Right onto the B37. This runs alongside the Altstadt.