Cheap buses provide competition to trains for intercity and long-distance travel in Germany. Coaches are often slower but much cheaper than railways. Long-distance and intercity bus travel has finally become legal in Germany from the start of 2013. New companies such as MeinFernbus and Flixbus are already providing competition to the existing Berlin Linien Bus … Read more
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. Regensburg is a pretty city at the northernmost point of the Danube River in Bavaria, Southern Germany. The top sights here include the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage-listed old town, … Read more
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. Regensburg on the Danube River in Eastern Bavaria has the best-preserved medieval town center of any major city in Germany. Excellent transportation links make Regensburg an easy day-trip … Read more
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. Walhalla in the Bavarian Danube Valley near Regensburg houses the German Hall of Fame. Since the mid-nineteenth century, this neo-classical white marble temple inspired by the Parthenon in Athens has … Read more
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. Walhalla – the German Hall of Fame – is in the small town Donaustauf on the northern shore of the Danube River just downstream from the city of … Read more
Hildesheim in Germany has beautiful half-timbered buildings, a magnificent Market Square, Romanesque churches inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List and fantastic Egyptian Antiquities in the Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum. Hildesheim in Central Germany is a pleasant town famous for its two UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listed Romanesque churches and magnificent half-timbered buildings. The town was … Read more
Top sights in Hildesheim, Germany include the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listed Ottonian Romanesque St Michael’s Church, St Mary’s Cathedral (Dom) and bronze doors. Several Ottonian Romanesque churches in and near Hildesheim bear testimony to the political importance of Hildesheim in the early centuries of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Both the Michaelskirche … Read more
The Van Der Valk and Novotel are the best hotels in Hildesheim, Germany while top restaurants in restored half-timbered buildings line the historic Markt Market Square. Hildesheim, famous for its magnificent half-timbered buildings and UNESCO World Cultural Heritage-listed Romanesque churches, has pleasant hotels and restaurants that invite travelers to linger longer. Hotel Van Der Valk … Read more
Hildesheim near Hannover in Lower Saxony has some of the best medieval and Renaissance half-timbered buildings in Germany on its Markt (Market Square) and the Brühl area. Hildesheim is famous for its large and exquisitely restored half-timbered buildings lining its large Markt (Market Square). The Brühl area to the south of Hildesheim’s old town mostly … Read more
Historic Troyes in the Aube en Champagne region of France is famous for its marvelous half-timbered buildings, Gothic churches with stained-glass windows, and outlet malls. The top sights to see in Troyes include its old town with romantic, narrow alleys lined by half-timbered buildings and Gothic churches with some of the best stained-glass windows in … Read more