Page 147 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - Germany

Germany Drive 14
DRIVE 14

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

The Romantic

Rhine

Koblenz to

Mainz

Highlights
• Castle hopping
Explore the Rhine’s many
fairy-tale castles, such as Rheinfels,
Pfalzgrafenstein and Rheinstein
• Rhine wine
Cosy up in a half-timbered inn at
Bacharach and sample the famous
Rhineland wines

• History in print
Admire some of the world’s earliest
printed books in the town of Mainz,
where Gutenberg invented the process
• Craggy cliffs
Appreciate cascading vineyards and
sweeping views of the Rhine Gorge,
a spectacular stretch of Germany’s
most celebrated river

Imposing Burg Rheinstein overlooking
the Rhine

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