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Germany Drive 11
                                                   DRIVE 11




                                                                  Hamburg
                                                           Bremen
                                                                       Berlin
                                                                 Hannover
                                                        Dortmund
                                                          Köln  GERMANY
                                                               Frankfurt
                                                      Saarbrücken
                                                                   Nürnberg
                                                           Stuttgart
                                                                    München


                                                   On the Trail of

                                                   the Sun King


                                                   Zwickau to

                                                   Bautzen



                                                     Highlights

                                                   •  Local folk crafts
                                                     Explore the historic mining towns in
                                                     the Erzgebirge and buy beautiful
                                                     wooden toys and traditional
                                                     Christmas decorations
                                                   •  Baroque Dresden
                                                     Tour the rebuilt grand palaces and
                                                     impressive churches that spread the
                                                     fame of the “Florence of the Elbe”
                                                   •  Riverside beauty
                                                     Cruise down the Elbe on a vintage
                                                     paddlesteamer, stopping off along
                                                     the way at pretty spa villages
                                                   •  Magical scenery
                                                     Visit the Bastei to see the
                                                     fantastical gorges and plateaus
                                                     of Saxon Switzerland




                                                   Fürstenzug, a frieze made of Meissen china
                                                   tiles, Dresden




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