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©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
This edition written and researched by
Nicola WilliamsKerry Christiani, Marc Di Duca, Catherine Le Nevez, Tom
Masters, Sally O’Brien, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Benedict Walker
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BEST TRIPS
GERMANY, AUSTRIA & SWITZERLAND’S
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Welcome to Germany, Austria & Switzerland ...................................... 7
Classic Trips .................................... 8
Germany, Austria & Switzerland Highlights ........................................12
If You Like ...................................... 22
Need to Know ..................................24
City Guide ....................................... 26
Germany, Austria & Switzerland by Region ........................................ 30
ON THE ROAD
NORTHEASTERN GERMANY .........................33
1 Along the Baltic Coast .......................5 Days 37
2 Design for Life: Bauhaus to VW ................. 2–4 Days 47
3 Lakes & Treasures of Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania ......... 2–3 Days 55
4 Highlights of Saxony ................5–7 Days 63
5 Central Germany’s Castles & Palaces .......... 3–5 Days 73
6 Berlin & the Jewels of Eastern Brandenburg ..........4 Days 81
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7 Via Regia ............5–7 Days 89
8 German Avenues Route ...................5–7 Days 101
NORTHWESTERN GERMANY .......................121
9 North Sea Coast ...................5–7 Days 125
a German Fairy Tale Road ........................5 Days 135
b Cologne & the Ruhr Valley .............4 Days 149
c Romantic Rhine ...................5–7 Days 157
d Moselle Valley ................. 2–4 Days 169
e German Wine Route .................. 2–4 Days 177
SOUTHERN GERMANY ...189
f Bergstrasse ....... 2–4 Days 193
g German Castle Road ........................7 Days 201
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h The Romantic Road ......................10 Days 213
i Glass Route ............7 Days 227
j German Alpine Road ........................7 Days 235
k Lake Constance .....7 Days 247
l Fantastic Road ................... 4–6 Days 255
m Schwarzwaldhoch- strasse ............... 2–4 Days 263
AUSTRIA .........................273
n Along the Danube ............... 2–4 Days 277
o Grossglockner Road ....................5–7 Days 285
p Tyrol & Voralberg ............5–7 Days 295
q Castles of Burgenland ........ 2–4 Days 305
r Salzkammergut ............................5–7 Days 313
s Carinthian Lakes ................. 2–4 Days 323
SWITZERLAND ...............335
t Northern Switzerland ............3 Days 339
u Lake Geneva & Western Switzerland ............4 Days 347
v Geneva to Zürich .....................7 Days 355
w The Swiss Alps .........................7 Days 365
x Graubünden & Ticino ......................5 Days 377
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Germany, Austria & Switzerland Driving Guide................................ 390
Germany, Austria & Switzerland Travel Guide ................................. 396
Language ...................................... 404
Index ............................................. 408
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The palace could star in any fairy tale. Home to Elector Wilhelm and later Kaiser Wilhelm II, the opulent complex today houses one of Germany’s best collections of Flem-ish and Dutch baroque paintings, featuring works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Jordaens, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Dürer and many others in the Gemälde-galerie (painting gallery).54 p146 The Drive » Retrace your 6km drive on Wilhelmshöher Allee into Kassel and take the busy A7 right up to Göttingen.
7 GöttingenWith over 30,000 students, this historic town nestled in a corner of Lower Saxony near the Hesse border offers a good taste of university-town life in Germany’s north. Since 1734, the Georg-August Universität has sent more than 40 Nobel Prize win-ners into the world. As well as all those award-winning doctors and scien-tists, it also produced the fairy-tale-writing Brothers Grimm (as German lin-guistic teachers).
Be sure to stroll around the pleasant Markt and nearby Barfüsser-strasse to admire the Fachwerk (half-timbered) houses.
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1 Dessau-RosslauThe former GDR town of Dessau-Rosslau, 130km south of Berlin, is best known for being the birthplace of the Bauhaus movement, but is also famed for the Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz, one of the finest garden ensembles in Germany. Begin at the main Bauhaus sites, the Bauhausgebäude (Bauhaus Building; %0340-650 8250; www.bauhaus-dessau.de; Gro-piusallee 38; exhibition adult/concession €7.50/4.50, tour €5; h10am-6pm, tours 11am
& 2pm, also noon & 4pm Sat & Sun), erected in 1925–26 as a school of Bauhaus art, design and archi-tecture, and the three Meisterhäuser (Masters’ Houses; www.meisterhaeuser.de; Ebertallee 63, 65-67, 69-71; admission to all houses adult/concession €7.50/5.50, tours €11.50/8.50; h11am-6pm Tue-Sun, tours 12.30pm & 3.30pm daily, also 1.30pm Sat & Sun) where the Bauhaus’ lead-ing lights lived. Juxtapose these with the 112-hectare Wörlitz Park & Schloss Wörlitz (%039404-310 09; www.woerlitz-information.de; Förstergasse 26, Wörlitz; palace tours €5; h10am-6pm Apr-Oct, 10am-4pm Mon-Fri Nov-Mar), pinnacle of the Garden Realm, 20km east of town on the L133, before returning to Dessau-Rosslau and heading southwest on the B185 for 11km, for a peek at petite Schloss & Park Mosigkau (%039404-521 139; www.gartenreich.com; Knobelsdorf-fallee 3, Dessau-Rosslau; palace admission €7.50; h11am-6pm Wed-Sun May-Sep, 11am-7pm Sat & Sun Apr & Oct), a ‘minia-ture Sanssouci’.
The Drive » From Schloss & Park Mosigkau, take the B185 for 15km to the pretty village of Köthen, where Bach composed his Brandenburg concertos and The Well-Tempered Clavier. Continue on the B185 for 45km until the junction with the B6. Follow the B6 for 20km, to Quedlinburg.
2 QuedlinburgSituated on a fertile plain at the northern cusp of the Harz Mountains, little Quedlinburg, a Unesco World Heritage town, is one of the loveli-est in the region. Learn about its centuries-old half-timbered (Fachwerk) houses (there are 1400 or so) in the Fachwerk-museum im Ständerbau (%03946-3828; Wordgasse 3; adult/concession €3/2; h10am-5pm Fri-Wed), and wander freely around its enchanting cobblestone streets and spectacular medieval marketplace, where you’ll find a wonderful mix of original options for wining, dining and resting your
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4 Highlights of Saxony
Pick up this scenic jaunt in Dresden to immerse yourself in Saxony’s rich history and diverse architecture.
a German Fairy Tale Road
From Schmalkalden, head southwest for 110km to Steinau to link up with this whimsical journey.
LINK YOUR TRIP
8German Avenues Route
On this magic loop through the diverse natural beauty of the ancient states of Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony, you’ll fall in love with the eye-catching villages of Quedlinburg and Goslar, perhaps take a steam train to the top of a mountain, see where Bach was born and Goethe died, keep watch from the Wartburg and ponder the histories written upon the culture-laden cities of Erfurt, Weimar, Dresden and Leipzig.
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a Germany Fairy Tale Road ........................5 Days 135
c Romantic Rhine ...................5–7 Days 157
g German Castle Road ........................7 Days 201
h The Romantic Road ......................10 Days 213
j German Alpine Road ........................7 Days 235
o Grossglockner Road ....................5–7 Days 285
w The Swiss Alps .........................7 Days 365
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Benedict Walker Benedict got his driving licence a little later than most and made up for lost time fast: he’s at his happiest behind the wheel on a country road, music blaring. Having lost a few years buzzing around the backroads of Australia, NZ, Japan, Canada and the US, he found it was an honour to get back to Germany’s jaw-dropping history, culture and verdant nature.
My Favourite Trip 8 German Avenues Route I love how much this trip packs in without being exhausting, just a hop-skip-and-a-jump from the headiness of Berlin.
Ryan Ver Berkmoes Ryan once lived in Germany. He spent three years in Frankfurt, during which time he edited a magazine until he got a chance for a new career with... Lonely Planet. One of his first jobs was working on LP’s Germany coverage. He loves smoked fish, which serves him well in the north, and he loves beer, which serves him well everywhere in Germany. Follow him at ryanverberkmoes.com and @ryanvb.
Read more about Ryan at: https://auth.lonelyplanet.com/profiles/ryanvb
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Andrea Schulte-Peevers Born and raised in Germany and educated in London and at UCLA, Andrea has travelled the distance to the moon and back in her visits to some 75 countries. She has written about her native land for two decades and authored or contributed to some 80 Lonely Planet titles, including all editions of the Germany country guide and the Berlin city guide. Andrea discovered her love for road trips while living in California for nearly 20 years and now puts pedal to the metal crisscrossing Europe from her home base in Berlin.
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Catherine Le Nevez Catherine’s wanderlust kicked in when she first roadtripped across Europe – including Germany and Austria – aged four, and she’s been roadtripping here ever since, completing her Doctorate of Creative Arts in Writing, Masters in Professional Writing, and post-grad qualifications in Editing and Publishing along the way. A freelance writer for decades, over the last dozen-or-so years she has written scores of Lonely Planet guides and articles covering destinations all over Europe and beyond.
My Favourite Trip d Moselle Valley This is Germany at its most magical: hilltop castles, half-timbered villages, vineyards in every direction, and truly exceptional wines.
Read more about Tom at: https://auth.lonelyplanet.com/profiles/tommasters
Tom Masters Tom hails from London, but has lived in Berlin since 2009 and has travelled widely all over Germany in that time. During research for this book, he particularly enjoyed his time discovering Leipzig’s secret life beyond the Altstadt, walking in Saxon Switzerland, the gorgeousness that is Görlitz and getting to know Dresden. More of Tom’s work can be found online at www.tommasters.net.
Marc Di Duca A well-established travel guide author, Marc has explored many corners of Germany over the last 25 years but it’s to the quirky variety and friendliness of Bavaria that he returns most willingly. When not hiking Alpine valleys, eating snowballs in Rothenburg ob der Tauber or brewery hopping in Bamberg, he can be found in Sandwich, Kent, where he lives with his wife, Tanya, and their two sons.
Read more about Marc at: https://auth.lonelyplanet.com/profiles/Madidu
Sally O’Brien Australian-born Sally, a Lonely Planet writer since 2001, has called Switzerland home since 2007. Swapping her surfboard for a snowboard, the beach for the lake and the BBQ for the caquelon, she loves exploring Switzerland’s charming cities, the sublime Alps and lakes, and catching cable cars and trains to stunning vantage points. It’s only fitting that she became a naturalised Swiss citizen while on the road for this guide. She lives with her husband, Denis, and their sons in the Lake Geneva region. Sally tweets @swissingaround.
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OUR STORYA beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end –
broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born.
Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, London, Melbourne, Oakland, Beijing and Delhi, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.
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Kerry Christiani Having lived for six years in the Black Forest, Kerry returned to this neck of the woods (her second home) to write her chapters. Summer hikes in the forest, bike rides on Lake Constance and going on the trail of Mozart and Maria in Salzburg kept her busy for this edition. She tweets @kerrychristiani and lists her latest work at www.kerrychristiani.com.
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Nicola Williams Border hopping is a way for life for British writer Nicola Williams, who lives on Lake Geneva’s southern shore. Every journey from her lakeside home begins with a boat ride across Europe’s largest lake or a drive around its vine-stitched shore. When not road-tripping for work, she can be found motoring with her trio of trilingual kids to Germany to visit family in Cologne (and celebrate Karneval), to Switzerland to ski beside the Aletsch Glacier, to Austria to hike childhood haunts … Follow her travels at @Tripalong.
My Favourite Trip w The Swiss Alps For outdoor action and top of-the-world views.
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10 Days Start: W
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walled tow
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Start: Salzburg (H1) End: Bregenz (E12)
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7 Days Start: Lindau (E12) End: Königssee (H
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1 Along the Baltic Coast 5 DaysStart: Lübeck (F3) End: Binz (H3)From Lübeck to Rügen Island, celebrate the bracing, beautiful Baltic.
2 Design for Life: Bauhaus to VW 2–4 Days Start: Weimar (F7) End: Hanover (E5)Drive through the evocative industrial heart of the old East Germany (GDR).
3 Lakes & Treasures of Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania 2–3 DaysStart: Lüneburg (F4) End: Greifswald (H3)Palaces and jewel-box towns dot land that’s also dotted with lakes.
4 Highlights of Saxony 5–7 DaysStart: Görlitz (J7) End: Leipzig (G7)Follow one of Germany’s great rivers past palaces and fortresses to Dresden.
5 Central Germany’s Castles & Palaces 3–5 Days Start: Leipzig (G7) End: Kassel (E7)Through Germany’s heartland from Leipzig to Kassel, with castles and lavish palaces.
6 Berlin & the Jewels of Eastern Brandenburg 4 DaysStart: Berlin (H5) End: Gedenkstätte & Museum Sachsenhausen (H5)A tantalising tour to a watery forest, WWII sites and medieval marvels.
7 Via Regia 5–7 Days Start: Saarbrücken (C10) End: Görlitz (J7)The German portion of the longest historic road link across Europe.
8 German Avenues Route 5–7 Days Start/End: Dessau-Rosslau (G6)Follow one of Germany’s most picturesque, tree-lined driving routes, which includes Dresden and Leipzig.
9 North Sea Coast 5–7 Days Start: Emden (C4) End: Sylt (D2)A summer jaunt from Emden along the Wattenmeer coast to Sylt.
a German Fairy Tale Road 5 DaysStart: Hanau (D8) End: Bremerhaven (D4)Learn the fantasies and the horrors in the stories of the Brothers Grimm.
b Cologne & the Ruhr Valley 4 Days Start: Cologne (C7) End: Paderborn (D6)From Romans to titans, iron to culture, this drive is about power.
c Romantic Rhine 5–7 DaysStart: Düsseldorf (C7) End: Mainz (D9)Fall under the spell of the castle-lined riverscape along the world-famous Rhine.
d Moselle Valley 2–4 DaysStart: Trier (B9) End: Koblenz (C8)Wind through the winery-filled Moselle from historic Trier to the river’s end.
e German Wine Route 2–4 Days Start: Schweigen-Rechtenbach (D10) End: Bockenheim an der Weinstrasse (D9)Bookended by twin gates, this picturesque route links up charming vine-draped villages.
f Bergstrasse 2–4 Days Start: Darmstadt (D9) End: Wiesloch (D10)A diverse route following an old Roman trade route.
g German Castle Road 7 DaysStart: Mannheim (D9) End: Bayreuth (G9)Castles, palaces and fortresses galore along this route from Mannheim to Bayreuth.
h The Romantic Road 10 DaysStart: Würzburg (E9) End: Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangau Castles (F12)A ribbon of historical quaintness running through Bavaria’s western reaches.
i Glass Route 7 DaysStart: Passau (H11) End: Weiden (G9)A glass-themed drive through eastern Bavaria’s under-visited and thickly forested border regions.
j German Alpine Road 7 DaysStart: Lindau (E12) End: Königssee (H12)Take the high road through Germany’s slice of Europe’s top peaks.
k Lake Constance 7 DaysStart: Lindau (E12) End: Bregenz (E12)A circular tri-state route around one of Europe’s most attractive lakes.
l Fantastic Road 4–6 DaysStart/End: Heidelberg (D9) Fascinating ring through Baden-Württemberg running through a chunk of the Black Forest.
m Schwarzwaldhoch- strasse 2–4 DaysStart: Baden-Baden (D10) End: Freudenstadt (D11)High-altitude motoring through the magnificent landscapes of the Black Forest.
n Along the Danube 2–4 DaysStart: Passau (H11) End: Vienna (L11)Follow the Danube River as it flows through forests and vineyards.
o Grossglockner Road 5–7 DaysStart: Salzburg (H12) End: Bregenz (E12)Twist and turn along three of Austria’s most spectacular mountain passes.
p Tyrol & Vorarlberg 5–7 DaysStart: Bregenz (E12) End: Salzburg (H12)Walk through wildflower-filled pastures and savour local produce on this alpine route.
q Castles of Burgenland 2–4 DaysStart: Vienna (L11) End: Graz (K13)Visit castles and palaces along with celebrated wineries between Vienna and Graz.
r Salzkammergut 5–7 DaysStart/End: Salzburg (H12)Spin around the Salzkammergut’s jewel-like lakes beneath towering snow-capped mountains.
s Carinthian Lakes 2–4 DaysStart: Graz (K13) End: Lienz (H13)Swim, boat, water ski or just unwind along ‘Austria’s Riviera’, the Carinthian Lakes.
t Northern Switzerland 3 DaysStart: St Gallen (E12) End: Ligerz (C12)Architectural marvels and epic water features colour this oft-overlooked northern delight.
u Lake Geneva & Western Switzerland 4 DaysStart: Geneva (B14) End: Gruyères (C13)A glorious lake, stunning vineyards, enchanting villages and fairy-tale castles.
v Geneva to Zürich 7 DaysStart: Geneva (B14) End: Zürich (D12)Mountains, pastures, lakes and small-town charm, book-ended by Switzerland’s biggest cities.
w The Swiss Alps 7 DaysStart: Arosa (E13) End: Zermatt (C14)The greatest of the great outdoors: perfect peaks, gorgeous glaciers, verdant valleys.
x Graubünden & Ticino 5 DaysStart: Chur (E13) End: St Gotthard Pass (D14)Big-sky wilderness, off-the-beaten-track beauty, pretty towns and unique local flavours.
GERMANY, AUSTRIA & SWITZERLAND’S BEST TRIPS 19fnt Trip numbers reflect book order; colours indicate chapter region.1 Top SightsHIGHLIGHTS
Vienna L11Park up and indulge in pedestrian meanderings around imperial Habsburg palaces and castles of unimaginable grandeur. Talk, read, dream and indulge like Trotsky and Freud did in a Viennese coffee house.
Visit Vienna on Trips nr
Berlin H5It oozes glamour and grit, teems with top museums and world-famous landmarks that have to be seen. If you love great nightlife, you might dump the car and never leave.
Visit Berlin on Trip 6
Lake Geneva B14East along the shore of Europe’s largest lake, nothing prepares you for the dazzling spectacle of emerald vines marching uphill from the water in the Lavaux wine region.
Visit Lake Geneva on Trips uv
The Swiss Alps C14After a relentless succession of dramatic green peaks, Alpine lakes, glacial ravines and other hallucinatory natural landscapes, you finally pull into Zermatt, built around the iconic Matterhorn. Nothing prepares for that first unforgettable glance.
Visit the Swiss Alps on Trips uvw
Schloss Neuschwanstein F12King Ludwig II’s crazy castle rises from Bavaria’s mysterious forest like a storybook illustration. Inside, the make-believe continues. Said to have inspired Walt’s castle at Disney World, it now inspires tourist masses.
Visit Schloss Neuschwanstein on Trip h
Zürich D12This German-speaking Swiss city is a hipster delight with a quaint Old Town, great art and shopping, waterfront bars and dancing till dawn in Züri-West.
Visit Zürich on Trip v
Salzburg H12Mozart’s birthplace is also a baroque masterpiece and Austria’s spiritual heartland. The city stands proud on the banks of the Salzach River, above which rise the Altstadt (old town) and clifftop-fortress Festung Hohensalzburg.
Visit Salzburg on Trips opq
Dresden H7This Saxon city is dubbed ‘Florence on the Elbe’ for good reason. Reconstructed architectural jewels pair with stunning art collections to justify Dresden’s place in the pantheon of European cultural capitals.
Visit Dresden on Trip 4
Moselle Valley C8The downstream drive along the serpentine Moselle River is a go-slow, curvaceous affair with gorgeous castles and storybook half-timbered villages. It’s topped by exhilarating walks through some of the world’s steepest vineyards.
Visit the Moselle Valley on Trip d
Frankfurt D8Germany’s financial capital brims with cultural and culinary excitement beneath a corporate demeanour. Discover its soul with an espresso in an old-time cafe, museum-hop along the riverbank, or wash down local fare in an old-world tavern.
Visit Frankfurt on Trip 7
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INDEX OF PLACES
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