Explore Germany

There is something for everyone in Germany towns and cities – whether its the big city buzz or the famous architecture, the historic sights or the packed shopping streets, the enchanting medieval houses or the scintillating nightlife. Incredibly, there are more than 10,000 towns and cities in Germany between the North Sea and the Alps. And each one has a charm all of its own. In these vibrant destinations, you can look forward to concerts, cultural events, and high-calibre museums. There is also plenty to discover in the way of monuments and historical buildings.

Quick Facts

  • Capital: Berlin
  • Language: German
  • Currency: Euro 

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BERLIN
Main attractions

  • Reichstag
  • Brandenburg Gate   -  Berlin's signature attraction
  • Berlin Television Tower (Fernsehturm) - visit  Berlin's highest bar for a great view of the city
  • Gendarmenmarkt
  • Berlin Cathedral 
  • Kurfürstendamm 
  • Charlottenburg Palace
  • Museum Island
  • Mauermuseum - Haus am Checkpoint Charlie 
  • Unter den Linden  -  Berlin's most beautiful boulevard
  • Friedrichshain park  -  Berlin's oldest municipal park
  • Berlin Cathedral

Recommended excursions

  • Saxony
  • Spandauer Forst
  • Zossen-Jüterbog railway -  Through the countryside by railbike (Draisine)
  • Spree Forest, Lübbenau   
  • Tropical Islands Resort, Krausnick   
  • Potsdam    
  • Dresden & Meissen Porcelain factory
  • Movie Park Babelsberg  

MUNICH

Main attractions    

  • Pinakotheken art museums
  • World famous Hofbrauhaus 
  • National Theater with the Royal Palace
  • Marienplatz 
  • Viktualien market with its colorful outdoor stalls
  • Palace of Nymphenburg, the former summer residence of the Bavarian elector princes and kings with its beautiful and spacious gardens 
  • BMW museum and the new BMW Car World 
  • Olympic Tower  from where you can  have a fantastic panoramic view from the top of the 290 meter high Olympic Tower 
  • Artist quarter of Schwabing where you may stroll along Leopold street 
  • Bavarian Beer and Food Evening tour
  • Behind-the-Scenes Brewery and Beer tour in Munich
  • Munich Christmas markets

Recommended excursions  

  • Royal Castles of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof  
  • Salzburg   -  home town of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Romantic Road, Rothenburg and Harburg day tour
  • Berchtesgaden and Eagle's Nest 
  • Swarovski Crystal Worlds and Innsbruck
  • Ingolstadt Village Shopping  -  a luxury shopping destination

FRANKFURT

Main attractions    

  • Frankfurter Dom
  • Frankfurt Main River Sightseeing cruise 
  • The Römer
  • Hauptwache: Main shopping area, pedestrian zone
  • Frankfurt Opera House
  • National History Museum
  • Museum Embankment: Museum district along the Main River
  • Affentorplatz/Alt-Sachsenhausen: Bar and restaurant area
  • Botanical Garden
  • The Römerberg - Frankfurt's Old Town Center
  • St. Bartholomew's Cathedral
  • St. Paul's Church
  • The Hauptwache

Recommended excursions

  • Rhine Valley Trip from Frankfurt including Rhine River cruise
  • Heidelberg and Rothenburg 
  • Heidelberg and Schwetzingen Castles 
  • Black Forest and Baden-Baden 
  • Neuschwanstein Castle and Rothenburg 
  • Historic Hanau
  • Darmstadt

Baden Baden 
Main attractions

  • The Kurgarten (Spa Garden)
  • Lichtentaler Allee
  • Fabergé Museum 
  • Caracalla Baths
  • Old Town
  • Roman Bath Ruins
  • Brahms House
  • The Opera House (Festspielhaus)
  • The Baden-Baden Museum
  • Altes Schloss Hohenbaden

Recommended excursions

  • Black forest

Cologne
Main attractions

  • Roncalliplatz and Alter Markt
  • Cologne Rhine River dinner cruise 
  • Cologne Old Town (Altstadt)
  • Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral)
  • Hohenzollern Bridge (Hohenzollernbrücke)
  • Schokoladen Museum (Chocolate Museum)
  • Hard Rock Cafe 
  • Museum Ludwig

Recommended excursions

  • Konigswinter - provides a good hiking trail leading to the Drachenfels (‘Dragon’s Rock’) castle at the top
  • Aachen and Lindt Chocolate factory
  • Bonn and Seigburg 
  • Phantasialand, Bruhl - Located between Bonn and Cologne, Bruhl is home to ancient castles and the amazing amusement park, Phantasialand
  • Boating along the Rhine
  • Dreiländerpunkt – to  visit a point where the borders of Germany, Netherlands and Belgium meet, you can visit the Dreiländerpunkt from Aachen
  • Berchtesgaden - Bavarian Alps 

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