German places of interest?

[Yellow7]

Hi all.
I'll be cycling through Germany on my next tour and looking for places of interest to see. As of yet there's no fixed route so open to all ideas. So far i've got the River Danube on the list

Mark.

 

[Peteaud]

Munich is good, very interesting with the Merc building and the olympic stuff

 

[TheDoctor]

I was taken with the Bodensee, and the Zeppelin museum at Friedrichshafen.
Berlin is one of my favourite cities. Germany is very under-rated IMHO.
Auntie Helen should be along in a bit to put her zwie-pfennigs worth in. She's mad keen on Germany.

 

[slowmotion]

If you are in Munich, visit Sophie Scholl's grave.

In Bavaria, you have to see this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle

It is completely over the top and bonkers, but utterly wonderful.

 

[rich p]

If you are in Munich, visit Sophie Scholl's grave.

In Bavaria, you have to see this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle

It is completely over the top and bonkers, but utterly wonderful.

True but I preferred Ludwig's other gaff on the other side of the mountain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linderhof_Palace

 

[JC4LAB]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_Road
A famous cyclepath with bike carrying buses if you need them....

 

[Ian Cooper]

Try to get to Burg Eltz - it's much better than the Disneyesque Neuschwanstein. Also, Nürnberg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Basically, you can't go wrong with any route in Germany. If you can get to Austria, check out Schönbühel, Melk and Krems (all along the Danube).

 

[Blue Hills]

If you are in Munich, visit Sophie Scholl's grave.

Wish I'd known about that when I was last in Munich.

 

[Yellow7]

Great, lots of good info to start planning things there, the castle looks awesome, I'd heard lots about places like that, a colleauge said that was the one in chitty chitty bang bang, looks awesome

Ian, Austria will be followed via the Danube from Passua to Vienna to will also check your places.

Keep'em coming though!!

Mark.

 

[doog]

Mohne dam is worth a visit if you are passing that way

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Möhne_Reservoir

 

[rich p]

Try to get to Burg Eltz - it's much better than the Disneyesque Neuschwanstein. Also, Nürnberg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Basically, you can't go wrong with any route in Germany. If you can get to Austria, check out Schönbühel, Melk and Krems (all along the Danube).

True ^^^. Almost any of the towns on the Romantische Strasse are worth visiting.
I'll add Landsberg, Donauworth, Dinklesbuhl Nordlingen and just off, Bamberg with it's smokey beer.

 

[oldfatfool]

The Kehlsteinhaus is worth a visit if you are in the area.

 

[Brains]

Ex east Germany very under rated, some wonderful medieval towns long the Elbe and Berlin worth a visit

 

[mcr]

I'm touring in southwest Germany as I write, and so far can recommend following some of the lesser-frequented river valley cycle routes. The Murg and Glatt across the Black Forest have been quiet and scenically top notch. I'm now in Tubingen, with four more days down the Neckar to Heidelberg. Personally, though, I don't tend to tour to see big cities, concentrating instead on the countryside and small town, of which there are plenty in these parts. Don't feel compelled to follow the hoards down the famous routes (the Neckar's busy enough) - there are more scenic bike routes than you can throw a stick at or you can make up your own from the comprehensive network of signed bike links between every town.

 

[Gotte]

Tubingen is indeed a great town, as is Freiburg. Dresden is wonderful, esp seeing as it's at the end of the Elbe radweg. I've toured a lot in Germany, and really like it. Not only is it a great looking country with vibrant, interesting cities, its infrastructure for cyclists is excellent.
One of the places I'd love to go but have not yet had the opportunity is the Baltic. Looks great, though.