Romantic Road & Castle Road Grand Tour
Itinerary:
Day 1 Frankfurt - Heidelberg
Start your morning with a relaxing train ride
to Heidelberg, the old uni-versity town at the banks of Neckar-River.
Taxi transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, a private guide will
meet you at your hotel and take you on a city walk, including a visit
to the inner courtyard of the Heidelberg Castle. Afterwards time
for own activities. Overnight at H. Holländer Hof or similar.
Note: From Apr. 01 to Apr. 30 and Oct. 01 to Oct.
30 overnight will be in Frankfurt instead.
Day 2 Heidelberg - Nuremberg
After breakfast, a taxi will bring you to the
coach-station, where you will board your bus taking you along the Castle-Road
via Neckarsteinach, Bad Wimpfen and Rothenburg o.d.T. to Nuremberg.
Don’t worry sparing out Rothenburg, you will see it on your next
day. Arrival in Nuremberg in the late afternoon. After checking in
to your hotel. City-tour by means of electronic audio-visual guidance
available either in the afternoon or next morning before you leave
. Overnight at Hotel Intercity or similar. B
Day 3 Nuremberg - Rothenburg
Morning at leisure. Leave your luggage at reception
(own risk) and return to hotel in time to make your way to the bus-stop
in the afternoon. Continue on a 2 hrs ride on the Romantic Road to
Rothenburg o.d.T., Germany’s well-preserved "Jewel of the
Middle Ages" with its ramparts, city gates, town hall and Jakobskirche
(church) with an altar by the famous wood-carver Tilman Riemenschneider.
Upon arrival in Rothenburg, a taxi will take you to your hotel. In
the evening join the city walk with the historic Night Watchman in
Rothenburg. Overnight at Hotel Spitzweg / Markusturm or similar. B
Day 4 Rothenburg - Hohenschwangau
Morning free. In the early afternoon a taxi will
meet you at your hotel and take you to the bus stop. Your coach drives
along the Romantic Road passing such picturesque places as Dinkelsbühl,
Nördlingen and Donauwörth, with high-gabled houses and cobbled
streets. Via Augsburg, a metropolis during the Roman times and famous
for old trade dynasties during the Middle Ages, you reach Hohenschwangau.
Overnight at Hotel Müller or similar. B
Day 5 Hohenschwangau - Munich
In the morning pick up your entrance tickets
for the Neuschwanstein Castle at the front desk of your hotel and
visit the famous "Cinderella Castle", built by King Ludwig
II. In the late afternoon proceed to Munich, where tour ends at approx.
7:00 p.m. B
Reverse Itinerary:
Includes an additional visit to Linderhof
Castle. Tour ends in Frankfurt at approx. 9:00 p.m.
| Romantic
Road & Castle Road Grand Tour - 5 Days/4 Nights |
Twin |
Single |
| Frankfurt - Munich: Not available 2008 |
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| Prices per person, Australian
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Tour
Includes:
- Accommodation plus four days' breakfast
- Local train Ticket between Frankfurt and heidelberg
- Taxi transfers: bus stop - hotel and hotel - bus stop in Heidelberg
- Guided city walk in Heidelberg
- Audio-visual city-tour in Nuremberg
- Taxi transfers: bus stop - hotel and hotel - bus stop in Rothenburg
- City walk with English speaking guide in Rothenburg
- Entrance and guided Tour Neuschwanstein Castle
- Service charges and taxes
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