Getting Around Esslingen
Esslingen am Neckar is a city of around 90,000 people a few kilometres south-east of Stuttgart, in the Neckar valley. Its economy rests on electrical engineering, vehicle and machine building, and it likes to call itself a city of engineers. The best-known employer is Festo, the automation company with more than 20,000 employees worldwide, whose headquarters is in the Berkheim district; a supplier or customer visit there is a typical reason to come.
From Esslingen station, the S1 suburban line reaches Stuttgart in about 17 minutes. Add the train and its arrival time to the booking, and the car is scheduled for that arrival. By road, Stuttgart is 15 km away, 30–40 minutes on the B10.
If your programme combines a meeting in Berkheim, a visit to a plant elsewhere on the Neckar and an evening appointment in Stuttgart, book by the hour: one chauffeur and one vehicle stay with you for the time you reserve. Send the full address with your booking; the confirmation then tells you where the car will stop.
Airport Transfers in Esslingen
Stuttgart Airport is 16 km from Esslingen, 30–40 minutes by car via the L1192 and the A8. Four terminals serve the airport: 1 to 3 form one building, and Terminal 4 stands a few minutes on foot from it. The Messe Stuttgart stands right next to the terminals, so a fair visitor staying in Esslingen uses the same road for the airport and the halls.
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden is 125 km away, 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, and Memmingen is 149 km south-east, 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 20 minutes. The right one depends on your airline and route.
Book with your flight number. For an arrival, your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pickup to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur. For a departure from Esslingen, what counts is the length of the drive, not the time on the clock: 30–40 minutes to the terminals on a clear day, longer when the A8 is busy in the morning. Journey times vary with traffic and weather. You set the pickup time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Long-Distance & Multi-City Travel from Esslingen
Esslingen lies close to the A8, which makes it a practical start for trips across southern Germany. Reutlingen is 39 km south on the B27, 45 minutes to 1 hour, and Ludwigsburg 25 km north, 30–40 minutes. Pforzheim, the "Goldstadt" of the jewellery trade, is 62 km north-west, 55 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes, and Heilbronn, where the Harmonie congress centre holds events for up to 3,000 people, is 71 km north, 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes. Heidelberg is 130 km away, 1 hour 35 minutes to 2 hours 10 minutes, and Konstanz on Lake Constance 190 km, 2 hours 10 minutes to 2 hours 55 minutes.
Munich is 210 km south-east along the A8, 2 hours 20 minutes to 3 hours 10 minutes. For a team that has a meeting in Munich in the afternoon and needs to be back in Esslingen at night, a car from door to door saves changing trains and keeps everyone and their bags together.
On every long run, the chauffeur who collects you in Esslingen drives you right to the destination address, and you can work or rest on the way.
Groups & Event Travel in Esslingen
Advent is the time to plan ahead in Esslingen. The Mittelalter- und Weihnachtsmarkt runs from late November until just before Christmas, with around 180 stalls, smiths, jugglers and musicians on several stages, and draws more than a million visitors a year. A group coming by coach for an afternoon at the market needs a drop-off near the old town and a pickup at a set hour in the evening.
When you book for other people, all their transfers can be kept in one account, each with its own booking and confirmation. If a visiting team flies in on several flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own. For a party travelling together, a Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats; the vehicle is matched to the load.
For Advent weekends, book once the date of the visit is known. Local vehicles and drivers are booked up early in those weeks. If your plans go beyond a standard booking, write to support with the dates, addresses, number of passengers, flights and luggage, and the team will arrange it.
