The Germany Travel Guide

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

 

Goseck, Germany

• Sonnenobservatorium (aka Goseck Circle) Ruins, Germany