Here's How Students Can Travel Around Saxony on a Budget During the Holidays

Children, teens, and young adults can plan trips throughout Saxony with the vacation ticket. For 36.50 euros, students, apprentices, and volunteers up to age 21 can use the ticket to ride all buses and trains until the end of the school break, according to several Saxon public transit authorities. Trips to Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia are also possible, as the ticket is valid throughout the Central German Transport Association (MTV) and thus extends to Halle and Altenburg.

The ticket is available at the service centers of the transit companies, at all ticket machines, and from many train conductors and bus drivers. To purchase the ticket, young passengers need their student ID or a customer card issued by the companies or transit associations. The ticket is valid only for the person named on it and cannot be transferred to others. 

Special train trips available

The ticket price also includes special trips, such as the narrow-gauge railway to the Zittau Mountains or the forest railway to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Muskauer Park. Free travel is also available on the excursion boat from Bad Schandau to Hřensko in the Czech Republic and on the Augustusburg cable car. The Weißeritztalbahn, Lößnitzgrundbahn, and Fichtelbergbahn also offer discounts: With the vacation ticket, only a single round-trip ticket is required.