Shopping in Berlin

East or West, Berlin Shopping is best!
Shopping is a favourite pastime for Berliners.  You don’t have to travel too far and on just the two main shopping streets of Kurfürstendamm and Friedrichstrasse, there are over a dozen large shopping malls.
Kurfürstendamm (also known as Ku’damm) is a huge street running from the Memorial Church to Lake [...]

Is there more to German cuisine than sauerkraut, bratwurst and schnitzel?

German cuisine and French cuisine may be neighbours geographically, but they’re a long way apart in character. Whilst Germany’s Oktoberfest and beer festivals are famous around the world, its food unfortunately does not enjoy the same reputation. Germany’s cuisine is actually very region-based and varies according to geographical factors and access to waterways for transportation.
Many, [...]

Tour Routes in Germany

Suggested Tour Routes to make the best of your holiday in Germany

Touring Germany is a pleasure, whether you drive yourself, take a coach or relax on a boat; that’s because there’s a lot to see and the roads are excellent, so travel is easy.
Whether you’re looking for romantic castles, picturesque villages with twisting alleys and [...]

Regensburg, Germany – Danube River Cruise

Regensburg, Germany – Danube River Cruise
See our Regensburg Photos HERE

RIVER CRUISE GUIDE
Bank (Danube)
Right
KM
2379

Altitude
336m/1,102ft
Population
14,700

Regensburg is also called Ratisbon, and is situated at the confluence of the river Regen into the Danube. The present-day old city was a Celtic settlement (Radasbona), which later became the site of a Roman stronghold and [...]

Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I (Emperor William)

Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I (Emperor William) at the Deutsche Ecke, Koblenz
See our Photos of Kaiser Wilhelm’s Monument HERE

RIVER CRUISE GUIDE
Bank (Moselle)
Left
KM
592 Rhein

Altitude
m/ft
Population
N/A

Archbishop Diether von Trier donated a small part of the landed estates of St Castor Monastery to the Knights of the German Order in 1216. The Knights’ [...]

Rüdesheim, Germany

Rüdesheim, Germany – home of Siegfried’s Musikkabinett
See our Rüdesheim Photos HERE

RIVER CRUISE GUIDE
Bank (Rhine)
Right
KM
527-526

Altitude
m/ft
Population
10,000

Rüdesheim has been famous for its Drosselgasse since the end of the 19th C. The Castle Broemserburg houses the famous Wine Museum. The Museum of Medieval Torture attracts surprising number of tourists every year.
The beautifully designed and [...]

Nuremberg, Germany – Danube River Cruise

Nuremberg, Germany – Danube River Cruise
See our Nuremberg Photos HERE

RIVER CRUISE GUIDE
Bank (Pegnitz Canal)
Left/Right
KM
n/a

Altitude
280-400m/918-1,312ft
Population
490,000

This former Free Imperial City is the second largest town in Bavaria, and principal town of the region of Franconia. In German tradition, Nuremberg is often referred to as the Mastersingers’ city, the city of Dürer, [...]

Miltenberg, Germany – Rhine River Cruise

Miltenberg, Germany – Rhine River Cruise
See our Miltenberg Photos HERE

RIVER CRUISE GUIDE
Bank
Left/Right
KM
123-126

Altitude
258m/849ft
Population
9,800

Miltenberg is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the city of Aschaffenburg, the districts of Aschaffenburg and Main-Spessart, and the states of Baden-Württemberg (districts of Main-Tauber and Neckar-Odenwald) and Hesse (district of Odenwaldkreis).
During [...]

Coblenz (Koblenz) – Rhine River Cruise

Coblenz (Koblenz) – Rhine River Cruise
See our Coblenz Photos HERE

RIVER CRUISE GUIDE
Bank (Moselle/Rhine)
Left/Right
KM
2-0/589-592

Altitude
m/ft
Population

Travel to Germany

Germany: a country that’s a lot more than Beer, Lederhosen and Cuckoo Clocks!
Most people associate travel to Germany with either big modern cities and Mercedes thrashing down autobahns or quaint wood-beamed houses, men in lederhosen and buxom barmaids holding gigantic steins of beer in each hand while cuckoo clocks chime in the background.
OK, I’m exaggerating,
but [...]