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by far the most popular of Germany’s touring routes. Guttenberg
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45 min English tours 11am & 3pm,
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Unesco-listed palace, built Reutlingen
1 Würzburg by 18th-century architect
This scenic town in Balthasar Neumann as
Bavaria’s northeast corner the home of the local
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and is renowned for its Germany’s most important
art, architecture and and beautiful baroque Donau
delicate wines. A large palaces. The wonderful
student population keeps zigzagging Treppenhaus
things lively and plenty (Staircase) is capped by Ach
of hip nightlife pulsates what is still the world’s Pfullendorf Bad
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