Top 10 Travel Destinations in Germany
Germany is one of Europe's most rewarding countries for travelers, offering a surprising diversity in both its cities and its rural destinations. But among the best, most popular, most interesting, most famous travel destinations in Germany, here are the top 10:
[ Pages of interest: Great Castles of Germany and Best Small Towns of Germany ]
Berlin is Germany’s largest and most interesting city. It has something for everyone, from its excellent museums to its risqué nightlife. It has high culture and a vibrant underground music scene... Read more
Munich (Bavaria) is an interesting city with many historic venues, beer gardens, and a high quality of life. It has excellent art galleries and one of the largest technology museums in the world... Read more
Dresden (Saxony), once known as Florence on the Elbe, is recovering some of its original Baroque charm. In addition to the excellent museums, and the Semper Opera House, the city is also convenient for day-trips into the beautiful Saxony Switzerland area... Read more
Leipzig (Saxony) is an interesting city unwilling and unable to hide its Communist-era buildings. Nevertheless it has excellent museums and cultural offerings. The revolution against the Communist regime started here and the Forum of Contemporary History is one of the most interesting museums in Germany..... Read more
Cologne (North Rhine Westphalia), for a thousand years the largest city in Germany, has the world’s largest Gothic church, a dozen Romanesque churches, excellent art museums, and the most refreshing beer in the country... Read more
The Romantic Rhine Valley (Rhineland-Palatinate) is a popular destination with a castle or castle ruin every few miles in the Loreley Valley. Whether traveling the valley on boat, by road, or on foot, it is a region sure to impress with its natural beauty and cultural delights... Read more
The Romantic Road (Bavaria) is Germany’s most popular holiday route, passing numerous small and very romantic towns and locations. Rothenburg ob der Tauber is chronically overcrowded but remains Germany’s most beautiful wall-enclosed medieval town... Read more
The German Alpine Route (Bavaria) offers Germany’s most beautiful natural scenery. It runs the full length of the Bavarian Alps from Lindau to Berchtesgaden near Salzburg. En route it passes several famous sights, including Mad King Ludwig’s castles, the Wieskirche, and Kloster Ettal... Read more
The Black Forest (Baden-Württemberg) is Germany’s largest forested area, with superb natural beauty and ample outdoor adventure options. Hiking is particularly popular, but the area can be enjoyed without stepping out of a car as well. The spa town of Baden-Baden is one of Germany’s most elegant... Read more
The Hanseatic Baltic Ports – among others Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein), Wismar, Rostock, and Stralsund (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) – were once united by membership in the Hanseatic League. Nowadays, the main interest for visitors is the marvelous examples of brick Gothic buildings in these cities.
Ischgl is a small mountain village turned hip ski resort, with massive appeal among the party-hearty young crowds. It is... Read More
Andorra la Vella is its own little world, and not just because it’s a 290-square-mile independent principality (a fifth the... Read More
Bariloche (officially San Carlos de Bariloche) is the place to be seen. It is to Argentina what Aspen is to the... Read More
Aspen is America's most famous ski resort. And that's an understatement. For, as a ski complex, Aspen is unsurpassed. Its... Read More
Zermatt is a small but glamorous mountain resort town, with a population of approximately 5,700. It is one of Switzerland's... Read More
St. Moritz is a glitzy, alpine resort town in the celebrated Engadin Valley of Switzerland, with huge notoriety as the... Read More
Lake Tahoe is the premier lake resort of America, and the largest alpine lake in all of North America. It is an absolutely... Read More
St. Anton, Sankt Anton am Arlberg in German, is Austria's premier ski-bum resort! It's actually a small village cum... Read More
Kitzbühel, a small, Tyrolian resort town in the Kitzbüheler Alps, comes with international renown and huge snob appeal, and... Read More