Page 91 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - Germany

Germany Drive 8
DRIVE 8

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

Palaces and

Castles of

Münsterland

Kalkar to

Münster

Highlights

• Historical romance
Tour the grand moated castles
of Münsterland, from swaggering
Baroque palaces surrounded by
trim gardens to grizzled stone
castles whose painted halls hint
at Renaissance courtly life
• Cultural capital
Wander around Münster, a
bustling, prosperous university
town whose lanes abound with
historic architecture

• Country cooking
Sample hearty Westphalian fare,
including smoked hams, strongly
flavoured sausages and heavy
stews, in rustic beamed inns

Sculptures in the expansive gardens of
Schloss Nordkirchen

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