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Articles on Bargain Travel Europe in Germany by Region
Rhineland - 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 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 than in a castle on the Rhine.
RHINE AND MOSEL RIVER
CRUISES - KD Fleet
Cruising is a popular way to see the beautiful Rhine and Mosel
Rivers.
WINE
AND WURST - GERMAN WINE ROAD - BAD DURKHEIM
The German Wine Road through the Rhineland centers in Bad
Durkheim with tasting, tours and B&Bs.
GRAB
YOUR PITCHFORK
Burg Frankenstein - Monsters And The Women Who Create Them
Ingolstadt was the literary birthplace of Frankenstein's creature,
but this castle can be found on the way to Kaiserslautern.
WANDERING
IMMIGRANTS - ANCESTRY
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
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
BROTHERS
GRIMM GERMAN FAIRY-TALE ROAD
Follow the Trail of the Brothers Grimm
FOOTSTEPS OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
The German Fairy Tale Museum in Bad Oyenhausen
SCHLOSS
LUDWIGSECK - FAMILY CASTLE BED & BREAKFAST
Take a hunting holiday in Private Baronial Country Manor
DUSSELDORF
Biggest Little Village on the Rhine
Germany's best kept big city tourism secret
DÜSSELDORF
FILM MUSEUM
German Film History on The Rhine
COCHEM’S
REICHSBURG CASTLE
Imperial Jewel of the Moselle River Valley
BOPPARD ON THE RHINE
Loreley Cruise and Wine Touring Town on the Middle-Rhine
CASTLE
THURANT MOSEL
Castle above the vineyards with the curious history of the Two Towers.
HOMBERG ON THE EFZE
Hessian Soldiers, Red Riding Hood and the American Revolution
NEANDERTHAL
MUSEUM
Hangin’ with the Caveman near Dusseldorf
RAIL
HISTORY EISENBAHNMUSEUM BOCHUM-DAHLHAUSEN
Largest Steam Train Rail Museum in Germany near Essen
SCHLOSS
BENRATH PALACE AND GARDENS
Prince Elector’s Little Summer Place at Dusseldorf
DUSSELDORF
CURIOUS ART MUSEUMS K21- KIT
Quirky Modern Art Museums of Dusseldorf
FEBRUARY
CARNIVAL IN DUSSELDORF
Get Gobsmacked on Königsallee at Karneval
DUSSELDORF
CHRISTMAS MARKET
New Ice Rink Brings Free Christmas Magic to the “Ko”
AUF
SCHÖNBURG
RHINE CASTLE HOTEL
Oberwesel On The Rhine - Medieval Walls and Wine
Castle Hotel and Middle-Rhine
Wine
Town
WORMS
CATHEDRAL - MARTIN LUTHER & THE NIBELUNGENLIED
Great Romanesque Cathedral on the Rhine
GIANT WINE BARREL - BAD DURKHEIM
Wine
Barrel Envy of German Rhineland
HARDENBURG
CASTLE - PFALZER WALD
Castle Ruin Near Bad Durkheim
THE MIDDLE
RHINE TRAIN
Mittelrheinbahn – Mainz to Cologne
Baden-Wurttemburg - South West
MERCEDES
BENZ MUSEUM STUTTGART
High style design museum of famed motoring technology.
STUTTGART
MUSEUMS
A variety of museums around the central Schlossplatz, art, history
and automobiles.
SINSHEIM
AUTO & TECHNIK MUSEUM
One of funnest technical Museums in Germany.
PORSCHE
MUSEUM - STUTTGART
Newest Shrine to Speed and Sports Cars
BURG
HORNBERG CASTLE HOTEL
Hotel and view restuarant in castle of legendary German
knight along the German "Castle Road".
CASTLE
GUTTENBURG ON THE NECKAR
Staufer Castle of Falcons and Knights on the Neckar River
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.
ZEPPELIN
MUSEUM
Airship History at Freidrichshafen
Go aboard a replica of the ill-fated Hindenburg or fly in a real airship
over Lake Constanz.
HOTEL
ZUR OBEREN LINDE
17th Century Half-Wood Black Forest Hotel
Romantic Hotel and Restaurant between Strasbourg and Bavaria
SCHLOSS
LUDWIGSBURG
Palace and Baroque Gardens of Duke Ludwig and King Friedrich the Fat
One of Germany's best Palaces - north of Stuttgart
HOTEL
ZUM RITTER ST GEORG
Romantic Old Town Heidelberg
The old city's most famous facade
GENERAL
PATTON DEATH
Mystery of WWII’s Most Fateful Car Accident
Find
the site of Patton's Car Wreck
LIMES
GERMANICUS - ROMAN HISTORY IN GERMANY
The German Limes Road - Forts and Museums
HEIDELBERG
CASTLE
Germany’s Most Famous Castle “The Beautiful Ruin”
Top Tourist Castle on the Neckar River Since the 1800s
HOLLANDER
HOF HOTEL - HEIDELBERG
Neckar
River Views in Old Heidelberg
SCHLOSS HIRSCHHORN CASTLE HOTEL
Romantic (K)nights on the Neckar
MAULBRONN
ABBEY WORLD HERITAGE MONASTERY
Along the wine roads of Wurttemberg west of Stuttgart
MARKLIN
MUSEUM - MODEL TRAINS IN GOPPINGEN
Märklin
Experience Store and Museum
Munich - Bavaria - South
OKTOBERFEST MUNICH
Famous Carnival and Beer Tents
THE RESIDENCE - MUNICH
Roman Emperors and Crown Jewels
The city center Bavarian Royal Palace
KING
TUTUNKHAMUN IN MUNICH
Tomb and Treasures of King Tut Exhibition
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
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.
AN
ORIENTATION 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
MUNICH'S
BR0THEL PLAYHOUSE
Leierkasten - Best Little Sex Haus in Munich
MUNICH
BEER & OKTOBERFEST MUSEUM
History
of Beer and a Restaurant in One
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.
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
DISCOVERING
THE BAROQUE CHURCHES OF MUNICH
Exploring the ornate Cathedrals of the Bavarian Capital
MUNICH'S
PINAKOTHEKS ART MUSEUM TREASURES
Three Epochs of Art Alte Neue and Moderne
MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS MARKETS
IN GERMANY
Christmas Time in Castles and Towns of the Middle-Ages
SCHLOSS
NYMPHENBURG PALACE AND GARDENS
Beauties and Scandal of the Bavarian Kings
OBERAMMERGAU
PASSION PLAY 2010
Ten year
event in Bavaian Alps
ROTHENBURG’S
BURG HOTEL
Romantic Road Stay on the Medieval Walls
ROMANTIK
HOTEL MARKUSTURM
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber Romantic Stay at the Gates
SCHLOSS
EGGERSBERG CASTLE HOTEL ALTMUHLTAL
Romantic Renaissance Castle Hotel in the Nature Valley of Bavaria
THE
ROMANTIC ROAD TOURING TRAIL
Traveling Germany's Most Famous Tourism Route
LANDSBERG
AM LECH ON THE BAVARIAN ROMANTIC ROAD
Beautiful Medieval Tower Town of the Romantic Road
SCHLOSS
SOMMERSDORF - FRANCONIA BAVARIA
Lived in Medieval Castle on the Romantic Road with Bed & Breafast
Rooms
FLUGWERFT
SCHLEISSHEIM AIR MUSEUM
Bavaria Flight History Airfield Museum Near Munich
DINKELSBUHL
WALLED TOWN ON THE ROMANTIC ROAD
Dinkelsbuhl
Medieval Town of Walls and Gates
BURG
TRAUSNITZ MEDIEVAL CASTLE IN LANDSHUT
Ancestral
Castle of the Wittelsbach Dukes
SCHLEISSHEIM
PALACES & BAROQUE GARDEN PARK
Extensive
Royal Park with Three Palaces north of Munich
BMW MUSEUM & WORLD
IN MUNICH
Car Heaven for Visitors to Bavaria
LINDAU
ON LAKE CONSTANCE
Lovely Island Harbor Town of Bavaria
DACHAU
PALACE
Renaissance Banquet Hall and Court Garden
Hamburg - 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.
AUTOBAHN
160-0
Driving
Germany's famous highways and sightseeing from above.
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
Berlin - East
BERLIN
ZOO
Europe's original Landmark Zoo 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.
OSTEL
- BERLIN’S DDR DESIGN HOSTEL
Communist days nostalgia and cheap
rooms in Berlin
THE
KENNEDYS MUSEUM BERLIN
President Kennedy and Family History at Berlins Brandenberg Gate
MELT! FESTIVAL
Music and Heavy Metal at German "Iron City"
Music Festival at Ferropolis Iron Mine in former East Germany
BERLIN
NIGHTLIFE ALL NIGHT PUB CRAWLING
Bars, Restaurants and Sex for Sale on Oranienburger Strasse
All night Pub Crawiling and Bar Hopping on Berlin's once Underground Street
BERLIN DDR MUSEUM
Remembering Good Old Socialism Days
What was life like communist East German Style
SCHLOSS
HOTEL KAVALIERHAUSER KONIGS WUSTERHAUSEN BRANDENBURG
Castle Hotel in Cavalry Barracks at the Schloss of Prussia's "Soldier
King" near
Berlin’s Schoenfeld
Airport
AIR
BERLIN / LTU DUSSELDORF- BERLIN
Visit two great Germany tourist cities for the price of one
LUTHER
CITY WITTENBERG
Martin Luther and The Church Doors where the Reformation Began
DEUTSCHES
TECHNIK MUSEUM BERLIN
Great Rail Collection, Aviation, Auto, Maritime, Science and Astronomy
BERLIN MUSEUM FOR FILM AND
TELEVISION
Fantastic Film Journey at Potsdamerplatz Sony Center
PERGAMON
MUSEUM
Antiquities on Berlin’s Museum Island
BERLIN
MINIATURE MODEL RAILWAY - LOXX AM ALEX
World's Largest Model Railroad at
New Alexa Center Mall
CHECKPOINT
CHARLIE BERLIN WALL MUSEUM
Secrecy and Freedom at the Mauerhaus am Charlie
BERLIN
COMMUNICATIONS MUSEUM
Playful Robots and German Post History
FAT TIRE
BIKE TOURS & RENTAL BERLIN
Bike Rental and Tours - Seeing Berlin By Peddle
FALL
OF BERLIN WALL 20th ANNIVERSARY
Celebrations and Events May to November
BERLIN
AQUADOM - GIANT AQUARIUM AT THE RADISSON HOTEL
Drink Like a Fish and Explore Sea Life in Berlin
REICHSTAG
GLASS DOME - TOURING VIEWS
Berlin's most iconic tourism stop
WARTBURG
CASTLE - EISENACH
Where Martin Luther Threw his Inkwell at the Devil
GLOBETROTTER
ODYSSEY HOSTEL FRIEDRICHSHAIN
Berlin 's Original Friedrichshain Hostel
BERLIN
FILM FESTIVAL AND METROPOLIS
60 Years
of Germany's Largest Film Festival
NEUES
MUSEUM - BERLIN'S MUSEUM ISLAND
Nefertiti and The Egyptian Collection
The centerpiece
of Berlin Museums Island Re-opens
BENDLERBLOCK
- BERLIN
Nazi Resistance & the Valkyrie Plot Executions
German
Resistance to National Socialism Memorial
TOPOGRAPHY
OF TERROR - BERLIN
Documentation Center Exhibit of the Nazi SS and Gestapo
Basements
of the Nazi Secret Police and Government Quater
TIPI
AM KANZLERAMT
Cabaret Tent Theater in the Park
Berlin Cabaret Style Entertainment returns to the Tierpark
BERLINER
DOM CATHEDRAL & HOHENZOLLERN CRYPT
Berlin's
Revival Royal Court Church - The Protestant St Peters
Saxony
DRESDEN'S
FRAUENKIRCHE
Baroque Masterwork Rebuilt from WWII Firebombing
SOPHIENKELLER
VAULT RESTAURANT - DRESDEN
Baroque Theme Dining Entertainment
CITY
NIGHT LINE SLEEPER TRAIN
FROM DRESDEN TO ZURICH
First Class on the City Night Line
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