Germany Travel

Getting tickets for the Wagner Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele) in Germany is difficult. Package deals including Karten and hotels are easier to arrange but not cheap.

Jan 25, 2010 - Henk Bekker

Remains of the Berlin Wall within easy access of the city center are near Potsdamer Platz, at the East Side Gallery, and in Bernauer Straße with documentation center.

Jan 24, 2010 - Henk Bekker

Berlin's public transportation double-decker buses offer great routes for cheap city tours and sightseeing trips past the Reichstag and along Unter den Linden.

Jan 22, 2010 - Henk Bekker

The Berlin Welcome and City Tour discount passes give tourists big savings and cheap deals on transportation fares, sightseeing, culture, entertainment, and restaurants.

Jan 21, 2010 - Henk Bekker

Cheap discount cards and travel passes offer great deals for saving on ticket prices when traveling by bus, tram, and train (S & U-Bahn) in Berlin, Germany.

Jan 21, 2010 - Henk Bekker

Tickets for public transportation in Berlin are relatively cheap but for the best savings buy special discount travel passes or cards for bus, tram, and train rides.

Jan 21, 2010 - Henk Bekker

Long opening hours and a great location help to make the DDR (GDR) Museum on life in Communist East Germany one of the top sights to see when visiting Berlin.

Jan 15, 2010 - Henk Bekker

The small DDR (GDR) Museum is a popular sightseeing destination in Berlin. The exhibition gives an overview of how people lived in the former communist East Germany.

Jan 15, 2010 - Henk Bekker

Buses and trains combined with the discount Bayern-Ticket provide the cheapest transportation from Memmingen Allgäu Airport (Munich West FMM) to München Hauptbahnhof.

Dec 3, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Deutsche Bahn's discount Bayern-Ticket is a cheap public transportation travel card for savings on local train, bus, tram, and metro railway fares in Bavaria, Germany.

Dec 3, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Memmingen Allgäu Airport (FMM) to the west of Munich can cheaply be reached by rental car, bus, train, and the Airport Express from München, Augsburg, Ulm, and Landsberg.

Nov 30, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Cheap flights to Memmingen Airport (FMM) on low-cost airlines Ryanair, Wizz and Air Berlin bring travelers to the Allgäu Region to the west of Munich in Bavaria, Germany.

Nov 30, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Cheap Bohr Omnibus buses connect Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) with Frankfurt Airport (FRA), City, and Hauptbahnhof while Terravision shuttles go to Offenbach and Hanau.

Nov 22, 2009 - Henk Bekker

The best Christmas markets in Berlin, Germany are at Gendarmenmarkt, Opernpalais, Rotes Rathaus, and the Gedächtniskirche. A Chanukah market is held at the Jewish Museum.

Nov 20, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Low-cost airlines such as Ryanair, Easyjet, Bmi, Germanwings, and airberlin have cheap flights from London, Great Britain, and Ireland to Christmas markets in Germany.

Nov 15, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Top gourmet three-star restaurants, bib-gourmand eateries, and the best hotels in Germany are listed in the Michelin Deutschland 2010 Centennial (100 Jahre) Red Guide.

Nov 11, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Travelers on cheap flights with low-cost airline Ryanair can enjoy Christmas markets in Bernkastel-Kues, Cochem, Trier, Koblenz, and Mainz near Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.

Nov 10, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Driving by car from England (UK) to Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) in western Germany is easy especially for travelers living near Britain's car ferry ports.

Oct 7, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Coaches and tour bus package deals are cheap ways to travel from London and England to Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) such as Cologne (Köln) and Aachen in Germany.

Oct 6, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Eurostar, TGV Thalys, and ICE trains offer fast, cheap transportation from London and England to Christmas markets in Germany such as Cologne, Aachen, and Frankfurt.

Oct 6, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Low-cost airlines flying from London, the UK, and Ireland offer cheap flights to the best German Christmas markets in Berlin, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Dresden, and Cologne.

Oct 4, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Getting to Walhalla and the German Hall of Fame at Donaustauf in the Danube Valley near Regensburg in Bavaria is easy by car, boat, bus, or bicycle.

Aug 10, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Walhalla, a neo-Classical Parthenon-like German Hall of Fame in the Danube Valley at Donaustauf, is a popular day-trip and cruise destination from Regensburg in Bavaria.

Aug 10, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Transportation to the medieval old town of Regensburg on the Danube River is easy by car or train from other Bavarian cities including Nuremberg, Passau, and Munich.

Aug 3, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Top sights to see in Regensburg on the Danube in Bavaria include the best-preserved medieval city center in Germany, a Gothic cathedral, important museums, and Walhalla.

Jul 30, 2009 - Henk Bekker

Murnau is a major culture and arts center in Bavaria. It is also a charming, picture-perfect town in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps.

Feb 8, 2010 - Kate Rodriguez

Cocoa beans from the tropics and an imagination for bonbons, German chocolatiers have been creating creamy morsels from heaven for over a hundred years.

Feb 5, 2010 - Andrew Marcione

Bavaria is an area of outstanding beauty and culture. Endowed with places of interest and stunning countryside galore, it is a great German holiday destination.

Feb 2, 2010 - Christine Fadhley

To see the history of a once divided Berlin, there's no better way than to rumble down nostalgia lane in an East German Trabant.

Jan 31, 2010 - Andrew Marcione

Munich is one of Europe's homes for beer and great bars to drink it in - here is a review of seven of the better ones.

Jan 31, 2010 - Steve Rogerson

Munich is best-known to American tourists for its beer. But this southern German city is a mecca for Germany's chic crowd and visitors should explore this side as well.

Jan 29, 2010 - Darrell Delamaide

Explore village fountains in Franconian Switzerland (Fränkische Schweiz) festooned with Easter eggs, flowers, and evergreens by car, chartered bus, bicycle or on foot

Jan 25, 2010 - Karren Tolliver

For an appealing charm and a stroll down the streets of a long history, a trip to Weimar is an inviting destination when visiting Germany.

Jan 22, 2010 - Andrew Marcione

Alexander Platz is the starting place for a sightseeing tour with a taste of the former GDR (DDR).

Jan 22, 2010 - Andrew Marcione

Germany's Rhine Valley is an eldorado for hikers from all over the world who are fascinated by the breathtaking landscape with its many medieval castles.

Jan 17, 2010 - Cornelia Lohs

The Carnival in Cologne, Germany has been celebrated for hundreds of years. It has kept its politically critical attitude, socially subversive nature and its love of fun.

Jan 14, 2010 - Zrinka Cutura

Karneval (Carnival) in Cologne, Germany, involves six days of fancy-dress parades, costumed balls, comedy shows and non-stop drinking.

Jan 12, 2010 - Gillian Thomas

Visitors to Cologne in Germany are always surprised to see hundreds of small padlocks attached to the Hohenzollern Brucke railway bridge.

Jan 12, 2010 - Gillian Thomas

There is no wall in recent history like the Berlin Wall, which embodied the concepts of isolation and separation by an oppressive regime.

Jan 11, 2010 - Andrew Marcione

Heidelberg Castle is one of Germany's most romantic attractions. The illuminated castle attracts thousands of tourists every year. Many couples get married in its chapel.

Jan 10, 2010 - Christine Welter

Great service, comfortable rooms, good prices at Hotel Marienbad near the train station and the Old Town area of Nuremberg (Nürnberg), one of Bavaria's top destinations

Jan 8, 2010 - Karren Tolliver

Rain happens. In Berlin, it happens a lot - an average of almost two inches falls every month. But it's possible to enjoy Germany's best-known city whatever the weather.

Dec 30, 2009 - Connie Emerson

Sightseeing by bike is the cheapest and healthiest way to discover German cities. There are signposted bikeways all over in the country.

Dec 28, 2009 - Cornelia Lohs

If travelers to Germany understand the German terms Weltschmerz, Schadenfreude and Ordnungspflicht, they understand the German people even without knowing their language.

Dec 27, 2009 - Cornelia Lohs

The world's most extensive pre-Lenten carnival celebration belongs not to New Orleans but to the city of Cologne, Germany.

Dec 22, 2009 - Arlene Miles

Germans celebrate New Year's Eve with fireworks displays, Swiss Raclette cheese and the old British TV sketch, Dinner for One. Same procedure as every year.

Dec 22, 2009 - Cornelia Lohs

Mannheim is shoppers' paradise between Stuttgart and Frankfurt: Elegant department stores, fashion at discount prices and real bargains in the Turkish quarter.

Dec 18, 2009 - Cornelia Lohs

Renowned Monument from Early Middle Ages Offers Tours of Architecture and Sculpture, as well as Catholic Mass, Organ Concerts, a Nativity Scene and Modern Cultural Events

Dec 14, 2009 - Karren Tolliver

In Germany Christmas is celebrated on the evening of December 24. Traditionally, people eat carp, goose or simply potato salad.

Dec 5, 2009 - Cornelia Lohs

There is one day that German children anticipate almost as much as Christmas: St. Nikolaus Day on the 6th of December.

Dec 4, 2009 - Cornelia Lohs