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pniWs) Augsburg’s top choice packs
Nördlingen 6 a 500-year-old former bishop’s guesthouse
(Martin Luther and Kaiser Maxmilian I stayed
5 La Fontana Italian € here) with 57 rooms, all different but sharing a
(Bei den Kornschrannen 2; mains around €8; stylishly understated air and pristine upkeep;
h11am-11pm) Nördlingen’s most popular some have cathedral views. However, the big
restaurant is this large Italian pizza-pasta place pluses here are the large swimming pool, fitness
occupying the terracotta Kornschrannen as well centre and solarium. Parking is an extra €6.
as tumbling tables out onto Schrannenstrasse.
The menu is long, the service swift and when
the sun is shining there’s no lovelier spot to fill Füssen d
the hole.
5 Zum Franziskaner Bavarian €€
4 Kaiserhof Hotel Sonne Hotel €€ (Kemptener Strasse 1; mains €6-19.50; hnoon-
(%09081-5067; www.kaiserhof-hotel-sonne.de; 11pm) This revamped restaurant specialises
Marktplatz 3; s €55-75, d €80-120; pW) Right in Schweinshaxe (pork knuckle) and schnitzel,
on the main square, Nördlingen’s top digs once prepared in more varieties than you can shake GERMANY 35 THE ROMANTIc ROAD
hosted crowned heads and their entourages, a haunch at. There’s some choice for non-
but have quietly gone to seed in recent years. carnivores such as Käsespätzle (rolled cheese
However, rooms are still packed with character, noodles) and salads, and when the sun shines
mixing modern comforts with traditional charm, the outdoor seating shares the pavement with
and the atmospheric regional restaurant the ‘foot-washing’ statue.
downstairs is still worth a shot.
5 Zum Hechten Bavarian €€
(Ritterstrasse 6; mains €8-19; h10am-10pm)
Augsburg 9 Füssen’s best hotel restaurant keeps things
regional with a menu of Allgäu staples like
5 August International €€€ schnitzel and noodles, Bavarian pork-themed
(%0821-352 79; Frauentorstrasse 27; dinner favourites, and local specialities such as
€130; hfrom 7pm Wed-Sat) Most Augsburgers venison goulash from the Ammertal. Post-
have little inkling their city possesses two meal, relax in the wood-panelled dining room
Michelin stars, both of which belong to chef caressing a König Ludwig Dunkel, one of
Christian Grünwald. Treat yourself to some Germany’s best dark beers brewed by the
of Bavaria’s most innovative cooking in the current head of the Wittelsbach family.
minimalist dining room, though with just 16 4 Hotel Sonne Design Hotel €€
covers, reservations are essential.
(%08362-9080; www.hotel-sonne.de;
5 Bauerntanz German €€ Prinzregentenplatz 1; s/d from €89/109; pW)
(Bauerntanzgässchen 1; mains €7-17; h11am- Although traditional looking from outside,
11.30pm) Belly-satisfying helpings of creative this Altstadt favourite offers an unexpected
Swabian and Bavarian food – Spätzle (a kind of design-hotel experience within. Themed rooms
soft egg noodle or dumpling) and more Spätzle – feature everything from swooping bed canopies
are plated up by friendly staff at this prim Alpine to big-print wallpaper, huge pieces of wall art
tavern with lace curtains, hefty timber interior to sumptious fabrics. The public spaces are
and chequered fabrics. When the sun makes littered with pieces of art, period costumes and
an appearance, everyone bails for the outdoor design features – the overall effect is impressive
seating. and unusual for this part of Germany.
4 Dom Hotel Hotel €€
(%0821-343 930; www.domhotel-augsburg.
de; Frauentorstrasse 8; s €70-150, d €95-190;

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