Although it is most widely known for its once-every-decade Passion Play that is staged in town, there are plenty of other reasons that make a visit…
With its steep-sided banks lined with pretty half-timbered buildings and topped with medieval castles, it’s no wonder that UNESCO declared the 65 kilometer stretch of the…
Ask anyone who is visiting Germany at Christmas what they plan to do, they’re bound to tell you that they’ll visit a German Christmas market. With…
My visit to Passau came about by chance. My husband and I were staying at the small village of Niederranna on the Danube about 35 kilometres…
Many travellers overlook Fussen as they pass by on their way to the region’s most popular tourist attraction, Neuschwanstein Castle, but it offers plenty of…
One of ‘Mad’ King Ludwig II’s Bavarian castles, Linderhof Palace is the smallest of the three and although it doesn’t have any dramatic turreted towers, it…
One of the prettiest towns I’ve visited in Europe has to be Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Southern Germany, and whilst it’s a hugely popular destination…
Postcard-worthy villages tend to feature heavily on my European itineraries so it was with great anticipation that I headed to Rothenburg ob der Tauber in…
In the centre of the fairyale German town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Christmas comes 365 days a year. The town is the home of the…
It’s no wonder Walt Disney styled his Fantasyland Castle on Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle. Bavarian King Ludwig II was fascinated by all things Wagner, and back in…