Bavaria Travel Tips and Insider Guides
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Imagine it: 460,000 roast chickens. 400,000 sausages. 70,000 pork knuckles. 116 oxen. Dirndls, lederhosen, gingerbread cookies,... [Read the full story]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the small, alpine twin-cities on the Romantic Road in Germany were merged for the 1936 Olympics and after... [Read the full story]
Perhaps it’s best to visit Neuschwanstein knowing nothing of its history or the reason why it was built. Europe’s most famous... [Read the full story]
On a picture-book, sunny Sunday in early September, I was on my way to visit Ludwig II’s castle, Herreninsel, located on an... [Read the full story]
You never know what treasures you might find when you travel off the beaten path in Bavaria. I was strolling around the quaint... [Read the full story]
This past summer an American couple found themselves in a tiny Catholic church in a tiny Franconian village in Germany for a family... [Read the full story]
The Romans founded Augsburg many centuries ago, and now this German town honors Caesar Augustus with its name and this beautiful... [Read the full story]
A few towns and castles in Germany vie for the title of Most Suitable Setting for a Fantasy Novel, and Rothenburg ob der... [Read the full story]
I went to Garmisch Partenkirchen the first time with my father, a soldier in the US Army, and we spent a week wandering... [Read the full story]
Today we are featuring the lovely, medieval town of Regensburg in southern Germany. Read more about Regenburg’s treasures... [Read the full story]
The food of Franconia is hearty fare. Typical Franconian restaurants and inns dot the landscape of this German region and they... [Read the full story]
Herzogenaurach, a charming town in Middle Franconia, Germany has a rich history as a significant medieval center and it also... [Read the full story]
Forchheim is a wonderful, tiny town in northern Bavaria, known in the region as “das Tor zur fränkischen Schweiz,” or the... [Read the full story]
When traveling around Franconia (Northern Bavaria), be sure to visit the impressive Schloss Seehof, located just five kilometers... [Read the full story]
Rothenburg, or more correctly Rothenburg ob der Tauber , is a picturesque Bavarian town that seems almost suspended in time. A... [Read the full story]
Erlangen is a university town with a population just over a 100,000. Here visitors can look into a typical Franconian town without... [Read the full story]
Forty miles north of Nürnberg in the German state of Bavaria is the historic city of Bamberg. Divided in half by the Regnitz... [Read the full story]
A visit to Augsburg, Germany takes you back in time. There is evidence of settlements along the Lech and Danube Rivers existing... [Read the full story]
The medieval Old Town of Regensburg, Germany was fortunate to survive World War II without losing its beautiful architecture,... [Read the full story]
