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DISCOVERING GERMANY

The following tours have been designed to those who want to extend their stay. Next
take in as many of the country’s highlights come three five-day tours covering the north,
as possible, while keeping long-distance centre and south of Germany. Add these tours
travel to a minimum. First, there are three together to create a superb two-week tour of BalticBaltic
two-day tours of Germany’s most dynamic the country. Finally, there are two themed SeaSea
cities: Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. These itineraries tailored to specific interests. Pick, DarssDarss ZingstZingst RügenRügen
itineraries can be combined to form a week- combine and follow your favourite tours, or FischlandFischland
long tour; extra suggestions are supplied for simply dip in and out and be inspired. Bad DoberanBad Doberan StralsundStralsund
RostockRostock
LübeckLübeck WismarWismar

SchwerinSchwerin
HamburgHamburg
Elbe
Elbe Lübeck, from across the River Trave
LudwigslustLudwigslust The city skyline is famous for its seven towers.
BremenBremen
Key
Fairy-Tale Germany
Weser Weser Aller Elbe Elbe Spree BerlinBerlin Southwest Germany
Aller
Spree
Coastal Germany
HanoverHanover
Eastern Germany
BrunswickBrunswick
MagdeburgMagdeburg Bavarian Alps
BielefeldBielefeld
Nuremberg’s Kaiserburg 0 kilometres/metres 100
The buildings that make up this imperial GERMANYGERMANY CottbusCottbus 0 miles/yards 100
complex include the round Sinwellturn tower. Elbe
Elbe
DortmundDortmund Spree
EssenEssen LeipzigLeipzig
Spree
KasselKassel Weser
Five Days in Fairy- MeissenMeissen
Weser
Tale Germany Rhein Five Days around A Cultural Tour of
Rhein
CologneCologne GothaGotha WeimarWeimar DresdenDresden
• Visit Nuremberg’s Kaiserburg. ErfurtErfurt Coastal Germany Eastern Germany
BonnBonn EisenachEisenach
• Explore the scenery of ChemnitzChemnitz • Discover treasures of Baltic • Learn how Eisenach shaped
Fränkische Schweiz to GiessenGiessen Gothic in Lübeck. the life of Martin Luther.
reach Wagner’s Bayreuth. Maria LaachMaria Laach
AbbeyAbbey • Visit the magnificent ducal • Visit Weimar, spiritual capital
• Fall under the spell of the palace in Schwerin. of German high culture.
pretty town of Bamberg. MoseltalMoseltal RheintalRheintal FrankfurtFrankfurt • Marvel at medieval Wismar; • Enjoy a concert in Bach’s
Main
• Marvel at the decoration of Mosel Mosel MainzMainz Main BambergBamberg BayreuthBayreuth catch a steam train from Thomaskirche, in Leipzig.
the Residenz in Würzburg. Main Bad Doberan to the beach. • See how Meissen porcelain
Main
TrierTrier WürzburgWürzburg
• Walk the medieval streets Rhein Fränkische SchweizFränkische Schweiz • Explore the medieval port is created.
of Rothenburg ob der of Stralsund. • Discover the architecture
Rhein
Tauber and Dinkelsbühl. HeidelbergHeidelberg RothenburgRothenburg AnsbachAnsbach NurembergNuremberg • Enjoy the sea air and white and art that made Dresden
cliffs of Rügen island. the “Florence on the Elbe”.
DinkelsbühlDinkelsbühl
MaulbronnMaulbronn RegensburgRegensburg
LudwigsburgLudwigsburg
Danube
A Gourmet Tour of Southwest Germany NördlingenNördlingen Danube
Baden-Baden- StuttgartStuttgart
Isar
BadenBaden Isar Five Days in the Bavarian Alps
• Sample the best Riesling • Try Spätzle noodles in TübingenTübingen
wines in the Moseltal. Baden-Württemberg; Inn • Take a cablecar into the • Reach Herrenchiemsee
Inn
Danube
• Drink in the atmosphere select from over 200 Rhein Rhein SchwarzwaldSchwarzwald Danube MunichMunich Alps from Oberstdorf. Palace by crossing the
of the Rhine Valley and wines in Stuttgart. • Visit King Ludwig II’s Chiemsee by ferry.
sample haggis in Mainz. • Enjoy Michelin-starred Freiburg imFreiburg im ChiemseeChiemsee iconic Schloß • Tour the Alpine
BreisgauBreisgau
• Seal a love affair with food in Baiersbronn. SchlossSchloss OberammergauOberammergau Neuschwanstein. Berchtesgadener
NeuschwansteinNeuschwanstein EttalEttal
Heidelberg with a • Taste Freiburg im LindauLindau FüssenFüssen Schloss LinderhofSchloss Linderhof BerchtesgadenerBerchtesgadener • Discover Ludwig’s Land to see corkscrew
chocolate kiss. Breisgau’s cheese. BodenseeBodensee Garmisch-Garmisch- LandLand eccentricity in peaks, deep lakes and
OberstdorfOberstdorf PartenkirchenPartenkirchen Schloß Linderhof. rustic chapels.
The Siege (Defence of a Church Courtyard During the 30 Years’ War) by Carl Friedrich Lessing (1848)The Siege (Defence of a Church Courtyard During the 30 Years’ War) by Carl Friedrich Lessing (1848)
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