The Germany Travel Guide

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Berlin, Germany (1988 Europe Capital of Culture)
- Berlin Wall, Berlin
- Reichstag Building, Berlin
- Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
- Hitler’s Bunker, Berlin
- Museum Island, Berlin (Collection of the city’s best 5 museums)
- Pergamon Museum (Ancient world incl Greek, Roman, Babylon and middle east artifacts including Ishtar’s Gate (Babylon), the Roman Market Gate of Miletus and much more)
- New Museum (Queen Nefertiti is the show piece if the Egyptian Museum. Museum of Pre-History also)
- Gallery of Old Masters, Berlin (ranks among the world’s finest art collections with 1,500 significant pieces)



Bochum, Germany

Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Cathedral
- Christmas Market, Cologne

Dortmund, Germany

Essen, Germany (2010 European Capital of Culture)
Hamburg, Germany (second largest port in Europe; stylish media center)

Lubeck, Germany (set of an island on the River Trave surrounded by water defenses of the river and moat. Great place to wonder on foot)


Hannover, Germany (mostly a major transport an trade hub, good museums and gardens)

Kassel, Germany

Leipzig, Germany

Meissen, Germany (cobbled square and photogenic rooftop vistas; survived WWII unscathed)


Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria

Regensburg, Germany (One the banks on the Danube, web of cobbled medieval lanes and sunny squares. University city)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany


Stuttgart, Germany

Frankfurt, Germany

Kaiserslautern, Germany
Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

Dresden, Germany (Completely destroyed and amazingly rebuilt after WWII)
- Zwinger Palace, Dresden


Black Forest, Germany

Heidelberg, Germany

Usedom Island, Germany (Baltic Sea island 1900th century spa town)


Baden-Baden, Germany (Spa town)

Freiburg, Germany (Germany’s sunniest town, big university, good base to explore the Black Forest, lots of festivals all year)

Weimer, Germany (1999 Europe Capital of Culture)

Eisenach, Germany
- Wartburg Castle, Eisenach, Germany (best-loved medieval castle in Germany)

Bremen, Germany
- Town Square, Bremen Germany (UNESCO)

Chemnitz, Germany

Halle/Saale, Germany

Hildensheim, Germany
Magdeburg, Germany

Romantic Rhine Valley (Rhine Gorge), Germany (Boat trip down the Rhine Gorge)
- Bacharach
- St Goar & St Goarhausen
- Braubach
- Koblenz
- Lorelei Fortification



Moselle Valley, Germany (Boat Trip on the Moselle River)
- Cochem, Moselle Valley
- Beilstein, Moselle Valley
- Bernkastel-Kues, Moselle Valley



Fussen, Romantic Road, Germany
- Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany

Rothenburg, Romantic Road, Germany (medieval fortified city; most beautiful and most visit medieval town in Germany)

Wurzburg, Germany

Trier, Germany
- Ancient city of Trier, Trier, Germany (Best-preserved Roman ruins north of the Alps, Germany’s oldest city, UNESCO)
- Amphitheater, Ancient city of Trier (Unique Roman amphitheater design where they dug up a slope using the hill itself to create one side)

Berchtesgaden region, Bavaria, Germany



Southern Germany Castle Road: Mannheim to Bayreuth; 316 miles.

Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany
- Konigstein Fortress, Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany (medieval fortified city)


Weimar, Germany

Erfurt, Germany


Nuremberg, Germany
- Christmas Markets, Nuremberg
- Kaiserburg Castle, Nuremberg

Bamberg, Germany

Bonn, Germany

Mainz, Germany

Dusseldorf, Germany
- Neu Zollhof, Dusseldorf

Aachen, Germany

Aachen, Germany SofiLayla / Pixabay
Goseck, Germany
- Sonnenobservatorium (aka Goseck Circle) Ruins, Germany