Advice needed

Hey guys,

I need some advice with the trip I%26#39;m planning. I have 9 nights and I want to do the following trip.

Arriving in the morning at Munich. Rent car and go to Fussen and spend 2 nights there.

From there go to Lake Konstanz and spend 2 nights there driving around the lake and on the other side to switzerland.

Then drive to Heidelberg and stay 1 night in that area.

From there to wurzburg and spend 1 night there.

From wurzburg head down the romantic road and spend 3 nights along the way.

Do you think it%26#39;s doable? or should I make some amendments?

Thanks a lot

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%26gt; Do you think it%26#39;s doable?

Yes.

%26gt; From wurzburg head down the romantic road and spend 3 nights along the way.

But I don%26#39;t think you%26#39;ll need 3 days for this. Also at the Southern end point (Füssen) you have been already at the begin of your trip.

You could e.g. include some place on the route from Heidelberg to Würzburg. E.g. Miltenberg and Amorbach.

Or from Würzburg to Bamberg.

http://www.bamberg.info

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It%26#39;s very doable. But why 3 nights on the Romantic Road? Besides Fuessen and Wuerzburg, there%26#39;s Rothenburg ODT, which is worth an overnighter. Then there%26#39;s Dinklesbuhl (worth an hour), Nordlingen (worth an hour), and that%26#39;s about it. Either use the additional days to spend elsewhere, or better yet see Munich.

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Your plan is certainly doable, and much better than most peoples. In and around anywhere in Germany should be easily a week or two of excellent things to see and do.

Some excellent things to do between Lake Constance and Heidelberg:

www.burg-hohenzollern.de fairytale-like Hohenzollern castle

www.tuebingen.de Tuebingen, our favorite town to visit repeatedly in Germany with its hilly cobblestone streets, half-timbered houses, castle, intersesting nontourist shoips, and one of Europe%26#39;s oldest universities

Bebenhausen Monastery (in www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de ) very pleasant well preserved medieval monastery just north of Tuebingen

www.stuttgart-tourist.de Stuttgart with its big city sights including the excellent Mercedes Benz and Porsche Museums, after all, Stuttgart is where the automobile was invented

www.ludwigsburg.de Ludwigsburg with Germany%26#39;s largest perfectly preserved Baroque palace (in www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de ), the Swabian Versailles, with extensive gardens and the longest and best palace tour that I have been on in Europe

lots of pleasant towns, castles and vineyards such as Besigheim, Lauffen and Bad Wimpfen between Stuttgart and Heidelberg along the Neckar River ( www.tourismus-bw.de for information on this German state in which all these places lie)

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%26quot;But why 3 nights on the Romantic Road? Besides Fuessen and Wuerzburg, there%26#39;s Rothenburg ODT, which is worth an overnighter. Then there%26#39;s Dinklesbuhl (worth an hour), Nordlingen (worth an hour), and that%26#39;s about it.%26quot;

There%26#39;s much more than that, my free booklet (obtainable from places along the route) I have on it lists 51 places to visit on or very close to it, so the OP could spend his entire vacation along it if desired. There are the three main sights, the Residenz in Wuerzburg, the walled town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, and Neuschwanstein Palace which are considered the highlights, but there are many other excellent places along it besides the three walled towns (you left out Dinkelsbuehl), such as the castle at Harburg, and I think I would prefer most of them to either Rothenburg or Neuschwanstein with their tourist hordes in the warmer months.

For staying in a castle from the 1100s consider Katzenstein Castle ( www.burgkatzenstein.de in German only) fairly close to Noerdlingen (and having the only town walls that can be completely walked, that is much over an hour in itself if someone wants to do it), and of course also the museum has displays on the meteorite impact Ries Basin in which it lies.

But it%26#39;s true that Germany is full of other excellent places to visit, people don%26#39;t have to stick to the Romantic Road which is really just a very successful marketing gimmick.

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Thanks very much guys for your replies. Will look at the links you gave me and see whether I can amend my sleepovers a bit.

Thanks!

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Hey guys,

still working on my trip :-) Where should I choose to stay for a sleepover?

Dinkelsbühl or Rothenburg ob der Tauber?

Thanks :)

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RODT. You%26#39;re traveling all this way to get here, might as well see what the fuss is about.

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Touristy, I know, but I think Rothenburg is great overnight. You can do Nightwatchman walk.

I continually recommend Hotel Spitzweg inside city walls for great hospitality.

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Thanks guys!

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Me again :-)

My trip is in 15 days, can%26#39;t wait considering I%26#39;ve booked my tickets since April :-)

During my 2 nights stay at fussen, besides the castles, what are the must see places in the area? I will have a car.

Thanks a lot