Fodor's Essential Germany

by Fodor's Travel Publications

Overview

Whether you want to take a boat down the Rhine, go to Oktoberfest in Munich, or explore the Black Forest, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Germany are here to help! Fodor’s Essential Germany guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor’s “Essential” guides have been named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!

Fodor’s Essential Germany travel guide includes:

• AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
• MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time
• MORE THAN 55 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently
• COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
• HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more
• PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “What to Eat in Germany,” “German Beer and Wine,” “Best Historic Sights,” “Best Small Towns,” and more
• TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
• HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and more
• SPECIAL FEATURES on “Celebrating Oktoberfest,” “The Fairy Tale Castles of King Ludwig,” and “Wine Tasting in the Mosel Valley
• LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
• GERMAN LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases
• UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Berlin, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Munich, Hamburg, Kiel, the Black Forest, Dresden, Regensburg, Cologne, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Leipzig, Dusseldorf, Hanover, Bremen, and more.

Planning on visiting other destinations in Central Europe? Check out Fodor’s Essential Switzerland, Fodor's Essential Austria, Fodor's Essential France, and Fodor's Inside Berlin.

*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640975095
Publisher:	Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	07/26/2022
Series:	Fodor's Travel Guides Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	784
Sales rank:	99,997
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

For over 80 years, Fodor's Travel has been a trusted resource offering expert travel advice for every stage of a traveler's trip. We hire local writers who know their destinations better than anyone else, allowing us to provide the best travel recommendations for all tastes and budgets in over 7,500 worldwide destinations. Our books make it possible for every trip to be a trip of a lifetime.

Table of Contents

1 Experience Germany 8

25 Ultimate Experiences 10

What's Where 20

Germany Today 24

What to Eat and Drink in Germany 26

What to Buy in Germany 28

Best World War II Sites to Visit 30

Under-The-Radar German Towns 32

Beers of Germany 34

Wines of Germany 36

What of Watch and Read 38

2 Travel Smart 39

Know Before You Go 40

Getting Here and Around 42

Essentials 48

Helpful Phrases in German 56

Great Itineraries 58

3 Munich 65

Welcome to Munich 66

Munich's Beer Gardens 68

Planning 70

Altstadt 81

Lehel 98

Au and Haidhausen 101

Ludwigsvorstadt and Isarvorstadt 102

Scliwabing and Maxvorstadt 110

Outside Innenstadt 118

Side Trips from Munich 131

4 The Bavarian Alps 137

Welcome to the Bavarian Alps 138

Outdoors in the Bavarian Alps 140

Planning 143

Garmisch-Partenkirchen 145

Ettal 151

Schloss Linderhof 153

Oberammergau 153

Mitlenwald 157

Bad Tölz 160

Tegernsee 162

Chiemsee 165

Berchtesgaden 167

Berchtesgaden National Park 172

5 The Romantic Road 173

Welcome to The Romantic Road 174

Planning 177

Hohenschwangau 179

Füssen 190

Steingaden 192

Augsburg 194

Bad Mergentheim 199

Ulm 200

Nördlingen 203

Dinkelsbühl 205

Rothenburg-Ob-der-Tauber 207

Würzburg 213

6 Franconia and the German Danube 219

Welcome To Francdnia and the German Danube 220

Germany's Christmas Markets 222

Planning 225

Coburg 228

Bayreuth 230

Bamberg 234

Bad Staffelstein 240

Nuremberg (Nürnberg) 241

Regensburg 249

Passau 257

7 The Bodensee 263

Welcome to The Bodensee 264

Planning 267

Lindau 269

Friedrichshafen 274

Meersburg 276

Überlingen 279

Ravensburg 282

Weingarten 285

Konstanz 285

Mainau 290

Reichenau 291

8 The Black Forest 293

Welcome to The Black Forest 294

Planning 297

Karlsruhe 299

Baden-Baden 301

Calw 306

Baiersbronn 307

Freudenstadt 309

Alpirsbach 311

Gutach 312

Triberg 312

Titisee 315

Freiburg 316

Staufen 319

Kaiserstuhl 320

Rust 322

9 Heidelberg and The Neckar Valley 323

Welcome to Heidelberg and the Neckar Valley 324

Planning 327

Heidelberg 328

Neckargemünd 339

Neckarzimmern 340

Bad Wimpfen 342

Ludwigsburg 343

Stuttgart 344

Bebenhausen 351

Tubingen 351

10 Frankfurt 357

Welcome to Frankfurt 358

German Sausages 360

Planning 362

Altstadt 369

City Center 375

Ostend 381

Messe and Westend 381

Sachsenhausen 385

Nordend and Bovnheim 390

Outer Frankfurt 392

Side Trips from Frankfurt 394

11 The Pfalz and Rhine Terrace 397

Welcome To The Pfalz and Rhine Terrace 398

Driving The German Wine Road 400

Planning 403

Bad Bergzabern 405

Celebrating Oktoberfest 122

Fairy-tale Castles of King Ludwig 182

Wine Tasting in the Mosel Valley 484

Gleiszellen 406

Schloss Villa Ludwigshöhe 408

St. Martin 409

Neustadt 410

Speyer 414

Deidesheim 417

Bad Dürkheim 419

Freinsheim 421

Worms 423

Oppenheim 427

Nierstein 428

Mainz 429

12 North Rhine-Westphalia 435

Welcome to North Rhine-Westphalia 436

Planning 439

Düsseldori 440

Cologne (Köln) 445

Brünl 456

Bonn 457

Königswinter 462

Aachen 463

13 Southern Rhineland 467

Welcome to Southern Rhineland 468

Planning 471

Koblenz 473

Winningen 478

Aiken 479

Cochem 480

Traben-Trarbach 481

Bernkastel-Kues 482

Ediger-Eller 490

Trier 491

Boppard 496

St. Goar 498

St. Goarshausen 499

Oberwesel 501

Bacharach 502

Bingen 503

Rüdesheim 506

Oestrich-Winkel 508

Eltville 510

Wiesbaden 513

14 The Fairy-Tale Road 517

Welcome to The Fairy-Tale Road 518

Planning 521

Hanau 523

Gelnhausen 524

Steinau an der Strasse 526

Fulda 528

Marburg 530

Kassel 532

Bad Karlshafen 535

Sababurg 536

Hannoversch-Münden 537

Göttingen 538

Höxter 540

Bodenwerder 540

Hamelin(Hameln) 541

Hannover 543

Bergen-Belsen 547

Bremen 549

Bremerhaven 551

15 Hamburg 553

Welcome to Hamburg 554

Coffee and Cake 556

Best Cakes to Try 557

Planning 558

Altstadt 564

Neustadt 571

Speicherstadt and HafenCity 575

St. Georg 579

St. Pauli and Schanzenviertel 582

Altona and Ottensen 592

Blankenese and Elsewhere 594

16 Schleswig-Holstein and the Baltic Coast 599

Welcome to Schleswig-Holstein and the Baltic Coast 600

Baltic Coast Beaches 602

Planning 605

Husum 607

Sylt 609

Schleswig 612

Kiel 613

Lübeck 615

Wismar 619

Schwerin 621

Bad Doberan 623

Rostock 624

Warnemünde 626

Stralsund 627

Rügen Island 629

Usedom Island 632

17 Berlin 635

Welcome to Berlin 636

Planning 639

Mitte 646

Friedrichshain 669

Kreuzberg 674

Neukölln 681

Prenzlauer Berg 684

Tiergarten 689

Potsdamer Platz 694

Schöneberg 698

Wedding 700

Charlottenburg 702

Wannsee 710

Oranienburg 711

Side Trip to Potsdam 711

18 Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia 715

Welcome to Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia 716

Following Martin Luther 718

Planning 721

Leipzig 723

Dresden 733

Meissen 742

Bautzen/Budyšin 745

Görlitz 747

Naumburg 751

Eisenach 753

Erfurt 755

Weimar 757

Freyburg 762

Quedlinburg 763

Dessau 766

Lutherstadt-Wittenberg 767

Index 771

About Out Writers 784

Maps

Munich Public Transit 71

Altstadt 82

Lehel, Au, and Haidhausen 100

Ludwigsvorstadt, Isarvorstadt, Schwabing and Maxvorstadt 106-107

Outside Innenstadt 119

Side Trips from Munich 133

Wetterstein, Ammergau, and Karwendel Mountains 146

Upper Bavarian Lake District 160

Berchtesgadener Land 168

Southern Romantic Road 190

Northern and Central Romantic Road 193

Augsburg 196

Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber 207

Würzburg 212

Northern Franconia 227

Nuremberg (Nürnberg) 242

Regensburg 250

Passau 258

Upper Swabia and the Northern Shore 270

Around the Bodanrück Peninsula 287

Northern Black Forest 300

Central and Southern Black Forest 311

Heidelberg 331

The Burgenstrasse (Castle Road) 340

Swabia 344

Altstadt, City Center, and Ostend 364-365

Messe and Westend 382

Sachsenhausen 386

Nordend, Bornheim, and Outer Frankfurt 391

The German Wine Road 407

The Rhine Terrace 424

Worms 426

Cologne (Köln) 447

Bonn 460

Koblenz 474

The Mosel Valley 479

Trier 492

The Rheingau and The Mittelrhein 512

Hesse 523

Lower Saxony 538

Hannover 544

Altstadt, Neustadt, Speicherstadt, and HafenCity 568-569

St. Georg 580

St. Pauli and Schanzenviertel 584

Altona, Ottensen, Blankenese, and Elsewhere 595

Schleswig-Holstein 608

The Baltic Coast 619

Berlin Public Transit System 647

Mitte 1650-651

Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg, Neukölln, and Prenzlauer Berg 672-673

Tiergarten, Potsdamer Platz, Schöneberg, and Wedding 692-693

Charlottenburg 701

Potsdam and Sansoucci 710

Saxony 724

Leipzig 726

Dresden 734

Saxony-Anhaft and Thuringia 750

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