Germany - Southern Half with Luxury & Style (13 Days): A Sample Itinerary

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Have lunch at Eberbach Monastery
Baden-Baden Hot Spring Spa

DavidTravel Itinerary Highlights include:

Explore the sights and sounds of Southern Germany on this journey through some of its most fascinating cities. Wander the maze of passageways through Heidelberg Castle, one of the finest Gothic-Renaissance castles in Germany. Cruise the forever-stretching Rhine River, a conduit for trade, focus for industry and a link between nations and cultures.

• See the Palace Square with its ducal palace, the neoclassical Kurhaus (or spa house), the Luisenplatz with its beautiful neo-classical buildings and the Waterloo Obelisk, a memorial for those who died in the Napoleonic wars in Frankfurt

• Visit the Cathedral of Notre Dame, an example of European gothic art with its single tall spire that dominates the Alsace landscape

• Travel on Germany’s famous “Romantic Road,” displaying quintessential German scenery and culture

• In Meissen, tour the production halls and the exhibition of the internationally known Meissen porcelain factory

• Enjoy a special visit to Prague’s Jewish Quarter, completely surrounded by the Old Town and linked to Old Town Square by Paris Street the most beautiful street in Prague

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.