The torture instruments and shame masks in the Medieval Crime Museum are among the top sights to see in Rothenburg ob der Tauber on the Romantic Road in Germany. The Medieval Crime Museum (Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum) in Rothenburg ob der Tauber is most famous for its large collection of historic torture devices and public humiliation masks. … Read more
Driving is the easiest way to travel to the wall-encircled medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria with many car parking lots available for day-trip visitors. Driving is the easiest way to travel to the romantic town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Franken (Franconia) in the northern parts of Bavaria in central … Read more
Follow the Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) map in Germany to medieval towns Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Dinkelsbühl, Nördlingen, and Würzburg. → Read more
Buy Neuschwanstein Castle tickets online well in advance, as admission tickets to Bavaria’s most famous castle sell out on most days. Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle has been a must-see sight since the death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1886. The romantic, fairy-tale Schloss Neuschwanstein and nearby Hohenschwangau Castle, where Ludwig spent his youth, are … Read more
Visit Neo-Gothic Schloss Hohenschwangau, the childhood home of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, whose romantic upbringing helped inspire the nearby Disney-like Neuschwanstein Castle. The fairy-tale Schloss Neuschwanstein is the must-see destination for most visitors to Schwangau near Munich in Bavaria. Far fewer travelers see the nearby Neo-Gothic Schloss Hohenschwangau, where Mad King Ludwig spent happy … Read more
One of Germany’s most romantic and popular castles is Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria. This Disney-like castle is a popular day-trip destination from Munich at the end of the Romantic Road. → Read more
Trains and buses provide cheap transportation for a day trip from Munich to the Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle in the Bavaria Alps in Germany. Tour buses offer good deals too. → Read more
Germany is a keen participant in UNESCO activities and takes the UNESCO World Heritage List very seriously. Presently, more than 30 German cultural, architectural and natural sites are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. These cultural, architectural, and natural treasures help explain German influence in humanity’s common heritage. → Read more
See the wood carved Virgin Mary Altar (Marienaltar) by Tilman Riemenschneider in the Herrgottskirche in Creglingen when traveling the Romantic Road in Germany. → Read more
Creglingen in Germany’s Tauber Valley is famous for its Tilman Riemenschneider woodcarved Marienaltar (Altar of the Virgin) in the Herrgottskirche, the Fingerhutmuseum (Thimble Museum), and the odd Lindleinturm. Tilman Riemenschneider’s famous Virgin Mary altar in Creglingen is world-famous and the main reason to visit this small Tauber Valley town. The small Thimble Museum (Fingerhutmuseum) with … Read more