Germany - Northern Half with Luxury & Style (11 Days): A Sample Itinerary
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DavidTravel Itinerary Highlights include:
Explore the sights and sounds of
Northern Germany on this incomparable journey through some of
its most fascinating cities. Witness the reunited city of Berlin
through its fine museums, grand churches and cathedrals, and
some of the finest restaurants in the world. Ride the “Rasender
Roland,” a narrow-gauge steam railway that ends in the small,
neo-classical town of Putbus. And discover Reeperbahn, Hamburg’s
famous red light district where The Beatles started their
career.
• Enjoy lunch at
Cecilienhof Palace, built about 1913 in the style of an
English country manor
• Visit the
Pergamon Museum, with its reconstructions of Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate of Miletus and the Ishtar Gate,
using pieces from the original ancient sites
• Delight in a horse-drawn carriage tour around the island of
Hiddensee,
followed by a delicious lunch of local specialties in the
charming village of Kloster
• View the
Speicherstadt, the 100-year-old warehouse district on
the harbor, the fish market, the Town Hall and the old Elbe
tunnel
Overview:
Occupying a prime position in the
heart of Europe – both literally and figuratively – today’s
Germany is an endlessly engaging destination: a land of high
culture, frothy beer, half-timbered villages and dynamic
cityscapes. Anyone expecting a homogenous country conforming to
rigid Teutonic stereotypes is in for a surprise. Germany has
shaken off the shackles of its inglorious past to stand as a
country of remarkable diversity, as notable for its avant-garde
architecture as for its horizon-wide countryside vistas.
Tourists will encounter a heady mix of untamed nature, fine arts
and youthful creativity. The capital, Berlin, has a reputation
(forged by the legendary “Roaring Twenties”) as a hip and
hedonistic community where almost anything goes. In contrast,
the quiet academic surroundings of historic university cities
like Heidelberg and Freiburg convey a peacefulness quite at odds
with the atmosphere of the capital.