Where in Germany?

[V8mate]

A bit quiet in this sub-forum, but I'll give this a go here before allowing ze Englischers in the Travel sub-forum to have a go.

I fancy a break in Germany with FrauV8 - what can people recommend?

Easy question, and one which I could waffle on about for hours, being 50% of the Kraut persuasion, and visiting the country at least once a year. The thing is, I tend to stick to places I know, and have had mixed experiences when I venture elsewhere.

We usually like to grab a Ferienwohnung, but do use hotels too. We like countryside, water, history but also enjoy some city shopping and hustle-bustle. Tranquil restaurants as welcome as noisy bars. Easily pleased, nein?

So has anyone got any recommendations for towns/villages/places somewhat off the standard tourist trails?

[Wacky Racer]

Base yourself around Stuttgart, ideal for trips to the magnificent Neuschwanstein Castle, Triberg waterfalls, Heidelberg, and throw in a trip to the Porsche museum at Zuffenhausen for good measure.

[V8mate]

Wacky Racer said:

Base yourself around Stuttgart, ideal for trips to the magnificent Neuschwanstein Castle, Triberg waterfalls, Heidelberg, and throw in a trip to the Porsche museum at Zuffenhausen for good measure.

Thanks. Sounds like they're worth some investigation; we've done Heidelberg, but none of the others you mention.

[toon10]

Most of my German visits are with work. Our head office is in Luebeck which is a really nice but small city with plenty of history. If you're going more east then I had a girlfriend from Magdeburg once and we ended up staying around Quedlinburg and Wernigerode(please check my spelling!) and they were lovely little quaint towns with historic buildings. Berlin not too far away for the bright lights big city experience. I shall be celebrating my birthday in Berlin this year but will probably stick to the standard tourist path.

[V8mate]

I'd love to see more of the east - so recommendations in that area would be welcome. Both on the coast and inland.

Berlin is awesome - probably my favourite city in the world - but we've been there several times and want to do something different this time.

[Lost soul]

Munich is a great city , also its close to Saltsburg which is also a great city although not Germany , well sort of

[krallicious]

Nuernberg? Lovely city with some interesting history. Bamberg, Wuerzburg and Regensburg are not too far away and you are in the best area for beer in the whole of Germany, if not, the world. There are also lots of Landtgasthaeuser in Franken. Sonntagsbraten und dunkelbier.

[MasterBlaster]

Wacky Racer said:

Base yourself around Stuttgart, ideal for trips to the magnificent Neuschwanstein Castle, Triberg waterfalls, Heidelberg, and throw in a trip to the Porsche museum at Zuffenhausen for good measure.

Schlumpf museum is well worth a visit, not far from Stuttgart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%C3%A9_de_l'Automo...

[Adenauer]

V8mate said:

Wacky Racer said:

Base yourself around Stuttgart, ideal for trips to the magnificent Neuschwanstein Castle, Triberg waterfalls, Heidelberg, and throw in a trip to the Porsche museum at Zuffenhausen for good measure.

Thanks. Sounds like they're worth some investigation; we've done Heidelberg, but none of the others you mention.

And I may know just the hotel for you to stay in for a Stuttgart base

http://www.v8hotel.de/index.php?id=81&L=0

[V8mate]

[C15]

Wacky Racer said:

Base yourself around Stuttgart, ideal for trips to the magnificent Neuschwanstein Castle, Triberg waterfalls, Heidelberg, and throw in a trip to the Porsche museum at Zuffenhausen for good measure.

Living here I can't recommend it, pita to get around unless you use, the public transport. One of the few places you need a green sticker to drive, and a permanent construction site, way over priced. Apart from the flat beetle museum and the star museum not a lot, except shopping.

Go further north of Stuttgart, Heilbronn, sinsheim technical museum, or steyer, or further south to Tubingen, Lake Constance, or further west to Karlsruhe area, Baden Baden etc, people not adverse to talking to foreigners their..

If you got to Stuttgart only make a day of it...

[JMGS4]

Wouldn't recommend Stuttgart as a base, try further south and west, around Freiburg (but NOT in Freiburg, greeny car haters and very expensive parking).
From that area, some of the best roads in the Black Forest for hooning, 2 or 3 old hill climb roads, which during the week are relatively free.
Schlumpf (Bugatti) Museum in Mulhouse (F), superb museums and shopping in Basel (need Vignette ONLY for the Autobahn so cross via small border crossing).
Excellent hotels in the area, some of the best cooking in Europe (the Rhine Valley both sides between Basel and Karlsruhe has more Michelin stars than the rest of Europe put together). good wines, real asparagus (not the lazy mans green stuff)now, awhole bunch to recommend.
Can give more details if/when you've decided on the actual area......
Jumping into the 996 now for my sunday morning hoon........

[NormalWisdom]

I am living/working in Munich at the moment - Great area.

Salzburg is an hour away (RedBull Hanger 7 Museum - And Mozart exotica)
Passau is 2 hours away (confluence of Danube, Inn and one other river I can't be bothered to google) and very beautiful too
There are the lakes South of Munich (Loads of really spectacular scenery with the Alps as a backdrop)
BMW museum in Munich (I am off the the Deutsches Museum of aviation today)
Dachau - Amazing place to visit
Nurnberg is an hour north of Munich, another city steeped in history

I have driven back/forth the UK a couple of times - It takes 13 hours from Berkshire to Munich

[dcb]

NormalWisdom said:

I am living/working in Munich at the moment - Great area.

+1

Let's not forget the wonderful Bavarian beer gardens.

Augsburg, Ulm and Innsbruck aren't too far away and the Audi
factory at Ingolstadt can be interesting.

[Mermaid]

JMGS4 said:

Wouldn't recommend Stuttgart as a base, try further south and west, around Freiburg (but NOT in Freiburg, greeny car haters and very expensive parking).
From that area, some of the best roads in the Black Forest for hooning, 2 or 3 old hill climb roads, which during the week are relatively free.
Schlumpf (Bugatti) Museum in Mulhouse (F), superb museums and shopping in Basel (need Vignette ONLY for the Autobahn so cross via small border crossing).
Excellent hotels in the area, some of the best cooking in Europe (the Rhine Valley both sides between Basel and Karlsruhe has more Michelin stars than the rest of Europe put together). good wines, real asparagus (not the lazy mans green stuff)now, awhole bunch to recommend.
....

+ 1

[Richie200]

V8mate said:

A bit quiet in this sub-forum, but I'll give this a go here before allowing ze Englischers in the Travel sub-forum to have a go.

I fancy a break in Germany with FrauV8 - what can people recommend?

Easy question, and one which I could waffle on about for hours, being 50% of the Kraut persuasion, and visiting the country at least once a year. The thing is, I tend to stick to places I know, and have had mixed experiences when I venture elsewhere.

We usually like to grab a Ferienwohnung, but do use hotels too. We like countryside, water, history but also enjoy some city shopping and hustle-bustle. Tranquil restaurants as welcome as noisy bars. Easily pleased, nein?

So has anyone got any recommendations for towns/villages/places somewhat off the standard tourist trails?

Surprised nobody has mentioned the Moselle valley. Anywhere between Koblenz and Trier. Some of the best driving roads on the planet either side of the valley (Eifel or Hunsrück), the N-Ring within a stones throw, water-sports, beautiful scenery, cracking wine, quiet/tranquil, fantastic restaurants, relatively cheap, lots of history; Castles such as Burg Eltz, close to Blighty, excellent weather...

I would recommend Traben-Trarbach or Bernkastel as they are in the middle of Moselle. From here Luxembourg, Cochem, Trier (oldest town in Germany, lots of Roman history and Karl Marx...), Koblenz et cetera are all within 1hours drive. I have lived all over Germany, from Munich to Bremen and many places between the two, so know the country pretty well.
I'll gladly share a glass of Riesling or two an point out in finer detail what the area has to offer;)
http://www.homeaway.co.uk/p821885

[V8mate]

Now you rock up!

We'd have booked that!

We did actually choose that region and are staying about 10km south of Koblenz - grabbed a fewo from the same site - in a little place on the Rhine called Braubach. Paid for it two days ago!

[Richie200]

Not to worry mate, maybe next time I'm sure you'll have a great time. You can still always pop by for a Riesling or two on me;)

[Richie200]

In fact I might start doing a Pistonhead special offer, something along the lines of a blast around the vineyard clad twisties in my 911 for bookings of a week or more or maybe a more conventional 10% off...

[sb-1]

Richie200 said:

V8mate said:

A bit quiet in this sub-forum, but I'll give this a go here before allowing ze Englischers in the Travel sub-forum to have a go.

I fancy a break in Germany with FrauV8 - what can people recommend?

Easy question, and one which I could waffle on about for hours, being 50% of the Kraut persuasion, and visiting the country at least once a year. The thing is, I tend to stick to places I know, and have had mixed experiences when I venture elsewhere.

We usually like to grab a Ferienwohnung, but do use hotels too. We like countryside, water, history but also enjoy some city shopping and hustle-bustle. Tranquil restaurants as welcome as noisy bars. Easily pleased, nein?

So has anyone got any recommendations for towns/villages/places somewhat off the standard tourist trails?

Surprised nobody has mentioned the Moselle valley. Anywhere between Koblenz and Trier. Some of the best driving roads on the planet either side of the valley (Eifel or Hunsrück), the N-Ring within a stones throw, water-sports, beautiful scenery, cracking wine, quiet/tranquil, fantastic restaurants, relatively cheap, lots of history; Castles such as Burg Eltz, close to Blighty, excellent weather...

I would recommend Traben-Trarbach or Bernkastel as they are in the middle of Moselle. From here Luxembourg, Cochem, Trier (oldest town in Germany, lots of Roman history and Karl Marx...), Koblenz et cetera are all within 1hours drive. I have lived all over Germany, from Munich to Bremen and many places between the two, so know the country pretty well.
I'll gladly share a glass of Riesling or two an point out in finer detail what the area has to offer;)
http://www.homeaway.co.uk/p821885

I am toying with the idea of moving out to Germany within the next year or 18 months,very interested with your comments on Moselle area,as I have been looking(internet) at this time, in that area.
Thanks for the tips.
Its close to The Nurburgring as well or course!