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The Romantic
Road 35
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On this trip you’ll experience the Germany of the bedtime story-
book – medieval walled towns, gabled townhouses, cobbled squares
and crooked streets, all preserved as if time has come to a standstill.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
10 DAYS
#lL 350 KM / 218 MILES
0 km # #
1
Würzburg
One of Germany's GREAT FOR…
finest baroque
palaces is here BG
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4
99 km
BEST TIME TO GO
Rothenburg ob der #
# #
5
Tauber Any time of year.
Wander the streets of
this medieval marvel # Nördlingen ESSENTIAL
I PHOTO
149 km The half-timbered
buildings of
Dinkelsbühl Augsburg
The Romantic Road's # Rothenburg ob der
quaintest town Tauber’s Plönlein.
K BEST TWO
DAYS
350 km # Schongau
The stretch between
Neuschwanstein & stops 4 and 6 takes
14 K
Hohenschwangau Castles #m
Two of Germany's # # in the most romantic
finest castles towns of the Romantic
Road.
Dinkelsbühl Gabled houses 491