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WEEK
1
Arrive Frankfurt
TRANSPORTATION
Frankfurt
Airport -->Bacharach on the Rhine: about 1:20 hr.
* Use Germany Railpass
Day 1
Rhine
River
Bacharach
Drop bags at accommotation.
SIGHT SEEING:
Rhine
River map w/Ferry Landings
Railpass day 1will cover 1 hour Rhine Crusie
to St. Goar on KD line. (or
waite and do this on day trip to Clogne)
Ferry Cruise times Bacharch to St
Goar
10:15-10:55 11:15-11:55 12:15-12:55 15:15-15:55
17:15-17:55
Explore
St
Goar
--Heere Strasse (main Street)
--Rheinfels
Castle see day 4
--World War
II & St Goar
--a little
shopping
Return to Bachacrach 10 min by train
Dinner at:
Hotel
Kranenturm or
The
Altes Haus
LODGINGS: Bacharach
on Rhine.
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Bacharach
SIGHT_SEEING:
See Photo Gallery
of Bacharach
--St. Peters Church
--Wernerkapelle
(Werner's Chapel)
--Burg
Stahleck (Castle & Hostel)
--Fritz Bastian's Wine Tasting
--Phil
Jost StoneWare & Steins
TRANSPORTATION: Bacharach -- > Cologne --> (optional: St Goar
-->cruise to) Bacharach
to Cologne / Köln about
2 hours * Use
Germany Railpass
Day 2
Start Early If you did not do Rhine Cruise
yesterday, so you can include this today on your way Back from
Cologne
SIGHT SEEING:
Cologne
Cathedral
--across from Train Station. Daily
6-19:30 Cathedral Treasure Chamber
open 10-18:00 Eur 4.
--Chocolate
Museum Tue – Fri: 10 am – 6 pm Sat – Sun
holidays: 11 am – 7 pm
Sports
& Olympic Museum Tue.-Fri 10 - 18 hrs.,
Sat./Sun. 11.00 - 19.00 hrs., Mon. closed
23 Nov - 23 December:
Christmas
Markets
Return to Bacharch about 2
hours
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Rhine/Mosel
Day
Early birds take off to Mosel
River about 8:30 am
TRANSPORTATION Today: To Mosel River via Koblenz for train
travelers--> Walk or Drive from Moselkern to Berg Eltz-->Train
to Cochem & Belstein --> Return to St. Goar-->do Rhine Cruise to
Bacharach.
* Use Germany Railpass
Day 3
SIGHT SEEING
--
BERG ELTZ Castle (9:30-5
8DM)
--
Cochem Castle on the
Mosel (9-5 5
DM)
--
Belstein
--Zell
or if you prefer to to Cologne
Cologne ( Leave bags in station Locker).
see
***Koln/Cologne
Cathedral --across from Train Station. Daily 9am-7pm English tour:
Mon-Sat 10:30 & 14:30 Sun. 14:30 --10 min from Cathedral
find
--Stollwerck
Chocolate
Museum.
&
--
German Sport's & Olympic Museum
Return to Bacharach
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Rothenburg
buy Picnic Food for train trip
TRANSPORTATION Today: Bacharach-->
Wurzburg
(if you leave early)-->
Rothenburg
o. d. Tauber about 4 hours of travel
* Use Germany Railpass
Day 4
Wurzburg
sights
Baroque
Residenz
SIGHT SEEING Rothenburg od der Tauber
Map
-- Stroll the town
--Christmas
Village
-- CATCH
Night Watchmans
Tour--8PM
LODGINGS:
Rothenburg od de
Tauber
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Rothenburg
SIGHT SEEING
-- Stroll the
wall
-- Climb Town Hall Tower 214 steps Daily 9:30-12:30;
13:00-17 2 DM great
view
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St Jakobs
Church Mon-Sat 9:00-17:00 Sun 10:45-5:30 Has best
Riemenschneider
--Check out the Herrngasse & Castle Garden
TRANSPORTATION Rothenburg --> Fussen Germany via
Romantic
Road. Car Drivers will Prefer Reutte, Austria Walk for their home base.
3-4 hours.
see
Map
* Use Germany Railpass
Day 5
Other Sights.
-- Franciscan Church free (10-noon 2-4pm) has
a 500 yr old Riemenschneider Wood Carved
altarpiece*
--
Medieval
Crime & Punishment--in Eng. Museum 9:30-5:30
6DM
--
Kathe Wohlfahrt
--Magnificent Christmas
Shop
-- Shop at Friese -best
prices & discounts w/Ricks
book
LODGINGS:
Fussen
or Reutte, Austria
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Baden-Baden
about 4 hours
SIGHT_SEEING:
***Roman Irish
Baths
Friedrichsbad
**Caracalla
Baths
**Old
Town
** Stroll the
Lichtentaler Allee which includes
Rose Garden
**
Kurgarten
Casino
**Kurhaus
**International
Horse Racing - Grand Festival Week Aug - Sep
--Musical
& other Events
*Toy Museum
** Merkur Mountain
RailWay
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Baden-Baden
** Merkur Mountain
RailWay Take ride to top of Mountain observation deck
or hike to it!
or Day Trip deeper into Black Forest to
Freiburg
TRANSPORTATION Baden-Baden--> Freiburg -->
Baden-Baden
about :45 to 1:20 hr depending on route
* Use Germany Railpass
Day 6
Return to Baden-Baden about :45 to 1:20 hr depending
on route
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