Romantische Strasse – One of Germany’s oldest Scenic Routes:
The Residenz in Würzburg - Bavaria
Along a 350 km stretch of road from Würzburg in northern Bavaria to Füssen in the Allgäu Alps is Germany’s most famous and well travelled Romantic Road or Romantische Strasse.
The Romantic Road is one of Germany’s oldest scenic routes and it takes travellers through rich and varied cultural landscape along the river Main and through the Franconian wine country to the Alps.
The Road links a series of picturesque towns and villages along the route and visitors have the opportunity to see small historic towns and old walled-cities with palaces, fairytale castles, towers, turrets and church spires. There are also many other places of historical interest such as the town squares, monuments and taverns.
And, if you’re in town on the right day, you may get a chance to taste some of their culinary delights and feast your eyes on all the local foods and produce at a town market day or partake in one of their traditional and charming festivals.
The route leads through the charming Tauber Valley, the Nördlinger Ries situated in the heart of a giant crater, the picturesque Lechfeld Plain, Pfaffenwinkel or Parsons’ Corner –
a land of farmers, artists and monks in the foothills of the Upper Bavarian Alps – before finally ending up at Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles, King Ludwig’s famous fairytale castles.
Romantic Road Route Map ©Romantische Straße Touristik-Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Germany’s “number one travel route” has linked the river Main with the Bavarian Alps as far back as the beginning of the 19th century. However, it was just five years after the Second World War that travel route was recreated as the “Romantic Road” a name that aptly describes what the region has to offer.
The best way to see the sights along the Romantic Road is on a driving holiday or on a coach tour. Alternatively, those who enjoy cycling can follow the well-marked Romantic Road Cycling Route for an amazing sightseeing experience. There are inns along the route where travellers can stop for some food and drinks. More information about the Romantic Road, cycling maps and special cycling packages are available from www.romantischestrasse.de.
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Good Day
My wife and i would like to do the romantische strasse from Munich to Frankfurt as beginning and end points on a couch tour
Cand you have existing couch tours
when is the best time of the year to go.
we also have a dream to do this around Christmas and enjoy the markets.
will you be able to help us fulfill our dreams
We from South Africa
Hello Arthur,
I apologize for the late reply to your query – we’ve been away in China and safe internet access was not always available.
Regarding your query, we are a travel information website and not a travel agency. Therefore, we do not offer coach tours, but can point you in the direction of Insight Vacations who have a number of interesting Christmas markets tours. We have done a few of them and they were very enjoyable.
If your dream is to visit the Christmas markets, then December is the time to go. The markets generally start from the beginning of Advent to Christmas Eve. To have a longer Christmas Market experience, we have combined two tours running back to back. All the German cities you go through will have their own Christmas markets.
https://www.insightvacations.com/au/vacation-finder/trip-search?keyword-filter=german%20christmas%20markets
If Christmas markets is not the priority, then a good time to do the Romantische Strasse is from April to October, which is when the Romantic Road Bus runs.
https://www.romantischestrasse.de/bus-train/romantic-road-bus/timetable-2019/?L=1
You can do the trip from Frankfurt to Munich in a day, but frankly, if you look at the timetable, you won’t be seeing much of the Romantic Road towns. A better way is to have overnight stops at some of the towns, but it does require some planning.
Hope the above gives you something to think about.
Kind regards,
Helen Page