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Rhineland - Middle Rhein - Westfalia - Hesse - Central
MAINZ
MUSEUMS
Gutenberg, Roman Galleons and Bubbly Wine
Several unique Museums in Mainz
within walking distance and many free or very small entrance fee.
DON'T
TREAD ON ME, MY SON
Mainz Cathedral and Culture in the heart of the Rhineland
Mainz is on the way to wherever you're going in the central
Rhineland.
COLOGNE'S
CRAZY DAYS CARNIVAL FESTIVAL
Costume Parties, Kisses and Scissors
Koln on the Rhine becomes the center of Germany's Festival
season in February with the biggest Carnival Party.
SECRET
WAR FACTORIES THEY DON"T WANT YOU TO SEE
The Krupp family's armorories were the center
of German Ruhr Valley war industries and sites can still be
found around Essen.
LTU
AIRLINES TO DUSSELDORF
Dusseldorf is well known for business but a surpirising vacation
destination, and LTU will get you there
HEADLESS
KNIGHT, SLEEPY NIGHT
Burg Reichenstein - the Castle next door
Castle Hotel with charm and history on Germany's Middle Rhine.
CASTLE
RHEINSTEIN
KNIGHT WATCH ON THE RHINE
Medieval
castle on the Rhine with armor display and connection to
the Holy Roman Empire.
RHINE
CASTLES EHRENFELS AND SOONECK
THE MICE WHO ATE THE BISHOP
Stops on the castle laden lower middle Rhine where legends of
remain quite colorful.
CASTLE
MARKSBURG
The Rhine’s original Knight’s Castle
The only castle along to Rhine to never
be destroyed for 700 years served as a prison and residence for the rulers
of Hesse.
EUROPEAN
CASTLES INSTITUTE
Philippsburg Castle
Where better to have a library for
castle research then in a castle on the Rhine with photos, plans and records.
RHINE AND MOSEL RIVER
CRUISES - KD Fleet
Cruising is a popular way to see the beautiful Rhine and Mosel
Rivers.
WINE
AND WURST
The German Wine Road through the Rhineland centers in Bad
Durkheim with tasting, tours and B&Bs.
GRAB
YOUR PITCHFORK
Monsters And The Women Who Create Them
Ingolstadt was the literary birthplace of Frankenstein, but the
castle can be found on the way to Kaiserslautern.
WANDERING IMMIGRANTS
The Museum for the German "auswanderung" in
Kaiserslautern is a unique place to visit
for those hunting German ancestry.
WORLD OF STEIFF
Toy Museum of Stuffed Animal Dreams
SINSHEIM
AUTO & TECHNIK MUSEUM
One of funnest technical Museums in Germany.
BURG
HORNBERG CASTLE HOTEL
Hotel and view restuarant in castle
of legendary German knight along the German "Castle Road".
CASTLE
GUTTENBURG
Staufer Castle of Falcons and Knights on the Neckar
DARMSTADT
FRANKENSTEIN CASTLE RUINS
Mary Shelly and Germany's spookiest Halloween Party
GERMANY’S
CASTLE ROAD
Medieval History and Scenic Touring on famed Route
GO
KARTING GERMANY
Best karting tracks in Cologne and Munich
HOCKENHEIM
RACE TRACK
German Grand Prix, Go Karts, Race Taxi and Museum
ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER
Germany's most famous
Romantic Road City
GERMAN FAIRY-TALE ROAD
Follow the Trail of the Brothers Grimm
Baden-Wuerttemburg - South West
MERCEDES
BENZ MUSEUM STUTTGART
New high style design museum of famed motoring technology.
STUTTGART
MUSEUMS
A variety of museums around the central Schlossplatz, art, history
and automobiles.
GERMANY'S
BLACK FOREST
More than Ham & Cuckoo Clocks
Baden-Baden and Europapark to skiing and jewelry, hiking
and steam rail, lots to do in Germany's most famous
forest
SHARE
A NUDE BATH WITH MARK TWAIN
Friedrichsbad in Baden-Baden
Germany's most famous therapeutic baths in the Black Forest have been
soaking the rich and famous for
250 years
GUTENBERG’S BIBLE AND LITTLE GUT WEIN
A bit about the guy who invented the book (or at least printing)
from Strasbourg to Heidelburg, with some wine-tasting along the way.
BURG
RÖTTELN
Castle in Autumn Baden-Wurttemburg
Beautiful 13th Century castle ruins in south-west Germany
GOLD
WALL, WATCHES AND SHINY BAUBLES
The Jewelery World of Schmuckwelten Pforzheim
"World of Jewellery" in Germany's "Gold City" of
the Black Forest
GOLDEN
LÖWEN HOTEL
A Little Romance in Baden-Baden
A unique place to stay on a budget in one of Europe's most
exclusive luxury resort towns.
BEST
CHRISTMAS MARKETS IN GERMANY
Geschenck shoppen till you droppen at Weinachtsmarkt
Christmas Traditions for travel in wintery Germany the best Christmas Markets.
STUTTGART
- CITY OF FESTIVALS
Capital of Baden-Wurttemburg has a Festival for All Seasons
HOHENZOLLERN
CASTLE
Castle in the Clouds
Ancestral mountaintop castle of the Hohenzollen Dynasty.
SIGMARINGEN
CASTLE
Hohenzollern Palace on the Danube
Grand palace of the family still in private hands with art and armor collections
by tour.
Munich - Bavaria - South
OKTOBERFEST MUNICH
Famous Carnival and Beer Tents
THE RESIDENCE - MUNICH
Roman Emperors and Crown Jewels
The city center Bavarian Royal Palace
WINTER SNOW FUN IN GERMANY
Ski, Sled, and Jump at Germany's Alps Winter Playgrounds
Igloos, cross-country skiing, bobsleds and the ski jumps are just
some of the winter play sports activities in Germany for 2007.
FLYING
WITHOUT WINGS – SKI JUMPING IN THE ALPS
Ski Flying in Oberstdorf
The Heini-Klopfer Ski Flying Tower in Oberstdorf in Germany’s Allgau Alps.
A TOUR WALK AROUND MUNICH
From Beer for Breakfast to the Brauhaus After Dark
This Bavarian capital is one of Europe's
best large cities for seeing on foot an orientation starting from the Marienplatz
POLYNESIAN
MUNICH
Munich's
Trader Vics bar and restaurant is one of the last with the original
tiki style made famous with the Mai Tai
ART
AND AUGUSTINER
Castle Art Museum in the Bavarian Alps
An art museum in a Bavarian Castle and a bar/restaurant
which is an art work itself when visiting the Oberbayern region.
LUFTWAFFE
MEMORIES
Deutsches Museum
Follow
Germany's aviation history from the Deutsches Museum in Munich to the
hidden Messerschmitt hangar in Augsburg.
MUNICH WALKING TOURS
Hitler’s Bavaria
Guided walking tours of Munich following Nazi rise to power.
STRONG BEER IN BAVARIA
Munich's Fifth Season
Springtime mini-Oktoberfest style parties celebrate Munich's dark beer time
at traditional brew house beer halls.
PLATZL
HOTEL MUNICH
Bavarian Traditional Luxury in Old Town Munich
WINTER ROMANCE IGLOOS
AND SKIS
Snuggle in World's Highest Igloo Hotel at Zugspitz
MOZART GETS A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN AUGSBURG
He
doesn’t sound a day over 230
Mozart in Augsburg, a celebration of music
and art.
BIG
GUNS AND FAT UNIFORMS
Bavarian Army Museum Ingolstadt
German military history in Ingolstadt an hour
from Munich.
GESUNDHEIT
AND CULTURE IN THE NUDE DAY SUN
Munich's
Englischer Garten
This
enormous green space is the heart of Munich's leasure.
BABBLING
BROOK AND BICYCLES
Bed and Breakfast in the heart of Munich
Where
to stay in Munich with a bit of bucolic peace
from the hustle and bustle next to the famous Englischer
Garten.
DACHAU CONCENTATION CAMP HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Dachau concentration
camp now a holocaust museum is 35 minutes from Munich and
a sobering
journey.
BAROQUE
IN BAVARIA - ETTAL BASILICA
Magnificent Baroque Cathedral in the Alps of southern Bavaria
is still an active Benedictine
Monastery.
MAD
KING LUDWIG'S PLEASURE PALACE - LINDERHOF
Schloss Linderhof the first of Ludwig II's magnificent
palaces in Bavaria.
A
GERMAN KING'S FANTASY CASTLE
Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria
Revival castle of "Mad" King Ludwig was inspiration of Walt Disney
fantasy castle in Bavaria.
NUREMBURG
TOY MUSEUM
Wooden Soldiers, Dolls, Trains and Cars
200 years of toys in Bavaria's biggest medieval walled city.
ZEPPELIN
MUSEUM
Airship History at Freidrichshafen
Go aboard a replica of the ill-fated Hindenburg or fly in a real
airship
over Lake Constanz.
MAX
KRUG CLOCKS
Cuckoo Clocks
and Steins in Munich
KALTENBERG KNIGHTS TOURNAMENT
World's Largest Medieval Show and Fair at Bavarian Castle
MUNICH’S
AIRPORT
Stop-Over Destination
What is there to do with a layover at the Munich Flughafen
BERCHTESGADEN EAGLES
NEST
WWII Hitler History Tour in Alps Vacation Land
MUNICH SIGHTSEEING TOURS
The Bavarian City by Bus, Foot, Bicycle
Hamburg - Berlin - North
HAMBURG'S
LANDMARK ST. MICHAELIS CHURCH
If it's Baroque it must be "Michel"
This Hamburg symbol provides
the best sight-seeing views of northern Germany's cosmopolitan port
city
MARK
TWAIN ON THE ELBE?
Hamburg’s
Historic
Harbor
The
harbor is the center of Hamburg's life as a city with many tourist
opportunities.
HAMBURG'S
REEPERBAHN
Street of rope and adult freedom, an all night party
The Reeperbahn in Hamburg's St. Pauli District is maybe the most famous street
in Germany for it's unique entertainments.
SUPERMODEL SECRETARIES
- HAMBURG
Unique
sight-seeing in Germany's northern port.
FOOTSTEPS OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
The
German Fairy Tale Museum in Bad Oyenhausen is the place to visit
for anyone after the Grimm tall tale tellers.
AUTOBAHN
160-0
Driving
Germany's famous highways and sightseeing from above.
BERLIN ZOO
Cute Knut polar bear cub and Landmark of "Old" West
Berlin
BERLIN
LITERATI HANG WITH EINSTEIN
World
class coffee house with a pedigree in Berlin
BERLIN
ACTIVE TOURING - Biking and Sight-Jogging
New tours of Berlin for the active traveler.
WALKING
FIRST CLASS ACROSS GERMANY AT 160
Taking
the ICE train from Berlin to Hamburg, be sure to climb aboard the
right coach.
ICE
AGE COMES TO LUEBECK
4th Annual Ice and Snow Sculpture Fesitval
Winter for kids on Germany's northern most Penninsula
FERRY
THE ELBE TO LUCKY CITY
Glückstadt - Herring & Cycling
Historic market and harbor town
in Schleswig, short drive or train ride from Hamburg on
the Elbe River cycling trail.
SPEICHERSTADT
HAMBURG'S OLD WAREHOUSE CITY
History, Dungeons and Model Railroads
20 year old harbor warehouses house several museums of shipping, spice trade,
model railroad, and Hamburg history.
BUCERIUS
KUNST FORUM ART MUSEUM IN HAMBURG
American Art travels to Europe
One of Northern Germany's premiere art institutes presents exhibitions
through out the year in Hamburg's city center.
HAMBURG PORT OF IMMIGRANT
DREAMS
Ballin-Stadt Emigration Museum Hamburg
Journey through Hamburg's immigration story in the former Hamburg-Amerika Line "Immigration City" 1850-1934
MELT! FESTIVAL
Music and Heavy Metal at German "Iron City"
Music Festival at Ferropolis Iron Mine in former East Germany
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