Travel Germany Off the Beaten Path!
What To Do After You've Seen Heidelberg
Planning to travel to Germany? Have you already been to Neuschwanstein Castle and Rothenburg? Done a Rhine River cruise?
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Would you like to add some intriguing, less-traveled sights to your Germany vacation, along with the top attractions?
I've created this site to share my collection of Germany travel ideas. I hope you'll enjoy some of these as well.
Many of these places aren't well known. And some of these are rather famous; you'd expect to see English-speaking visitors. But they're not there!
Let's head out to the places English-speaking travelers rarely see!
Have a look at the list and see if any of these spark an interest:
- Visit Colditz Castle, one of the most notorious POW camps in World War 2, setting for many books and films.
- Climb the Brocken in the footsteps of Goethe, from Wernigerode to the scene of the witches' revels. Or take the steam train to the top of Faust's mountain.
- Walk the narrow alleys of Quedlinburg, a charming medieval village with an amazing treasure.
- Explore the ruins of the former Nazi stonghold on the Obersalzberg above Berchtesgaden.
- Wander through Hansel and Gretel's forest in the Harz Mountains.
- Follow the trail of Martin Luther to the church in Wittenberg, where he nailed his 95 Theses.
- Ride an underground train deep inside the ancient Rammelsberg silver mine, outside Goslar, center of the Holy Roman Empire.
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- Check out the real Stalag 13 of Hogan's Heroes in the town of Hammelburg.
Those are just a few ideas for traveling in Germany. Wander through the site to check out other possibilities for your Germany vacation.
Interested in German history and German culture? Knowing the background makes travel in Germany all the more enjoyable.
Germany has produced many of the greatest contributions to Western Civilization in music, philosophy, literature and science, as well as some of its greatest villains. Come explore the enigma that is Germany.
I've included plenty of pictures and maps to give you the full flavor of an out-of-the-ordinary trip through Germany.
Enjoy!
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Uncommon Travel Germany
Colditz Castle
Visit one of the most famous German POW camps in World War 2. Explore the castle where it all happened: daring escapes, clever disguises, and courage under duress.
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The Harz Mountains
The Harz Mountains are the land of German fairy tales. Steep-roofed houses with tiny windows and narrow, cobblestone streets. Explore its dark forests, rushing streams and stormy mountains.
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Quedlinburg: First Capital of Germany
Could Quedlinburg be more charming? A town ruled by women for 800 years. Hundreds of half-timbered houses climbing its medieval alleys.
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Goslar: Queen of the Harz
Goslar delights its visitors with outrageous carvings on its many 16th and 17th century houses. This UNESCO World Heritage site was the residence of the Holy Roman Emperor for three hundred years.
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Thale: On the Beautiful Bode River
The little Harz Mountain village of Thale lies in a strikingly beautiful river gorge. Once a center of pagan Germanic worship, it is now a great area for hiking and relaxation.
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Wernigerode: Center of the Harz
Wernigerode is a gem, filled with street after street of old, half-timbered houses. Take the steam train up to the Brocken. Explore the forests that gave rise to German fairy tales.
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Wittenberg
Visit the town where Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church doors and launched the Protestant Reformation. See Luther's house and the church where he's buried.
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Wartburg Castle
Wartburg castle sits high on a hill near the town of Eisenach. The well-preserved medieval castle of Wartburg was home to Martin Luther, Saint Elizabeth and the Meistersinger contest dramatized in Wagner's Tannhaüser.
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Explore the Obersalzberg
See what's left of the former Nazi stronghold on the Obersalzberg, above the town of Berchtesgaden. Photographs, maps, bunkers, the Eagle's Nest, ruins of Hitler's Berghof.
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Hammelburg
The small town made famous by Hogan's Heroes turns out to be a delightful spot, tucked in a steep valley covered with vineyards.
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Stalag 13 Today
Stalag 13 was a real POW camp, not just a fiction invented by Hogan's Heroes. See what Stalag 13 looks like today.
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Cheap Flights To Germany
Cheap flights to Germany! Is it possible? This is the best way I've discovered.
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