Germany : 7-day roadtrip from the Rhine Valley to Bavaria

Pick up your rental car at the rental agency inside Frankfurt airport and drive to Heidelberg.

Night in Heidelberg at the Arthotel Heidelberg 4*.

Heidelberg Old Town and Castle Guided Tour.

Welcome to Heidelberg, a charming place with smiling locals. Its beauty and idyllic setting on the river Neckar is well known by locals, as well as the lifestyle provided by this setting. Heidelberg wonderfully combines old and new buildings, narrow streets, market squares, arts, history, science, shopping, eating and relaxing.

The main road through the Old Town is one of the longest pedestrian zones in Europe and is where most of the shopping is centered. See the University, Germany’s oldest and one of the world’s oldest, and learn how it was founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI. Learn about the Student Jail, where students were arrested for minor offences and still allowed to attend class, under the condition of returning here after.

Visit the Castle of Heidelberg, one of the main landmarks of the city, for a great panoramic view of the old town. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps, having been partially rebuilt after it’s destruction in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Heidelberg Boat Trip.

Discover the Neckar River and Heidelberg from a completely new perspective, on a wooden boat. Always on board with you: 2 bottles of our delicious Knipser Clarette rosé, 2 bottles of water and a captain.

Night in Heidelberg.

Self-drive to Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber Private Walking Tour.

If you ever take the Romantic Road, then a stop in Rothenburg ob der Tauber (meaning ”above the Tauber River”) is a must. Considered by many as the perfect German fairy tale town, this place will make the travellers feel like they live in a medieval theme park. And, because of this, Rothenburg has the strictest conservation orders from all of Germany.

Enjoy a walking tour with your local expert guide ! Admire the 50m Town Hall Tower and listen to that story and its outcome. Don’t miss the Master-Builder's House, one of the “loveliest renaissance houses in Rothenburg”. Pass the famous Plönlein (Flat Square), a road crossing found in all travel books of Germany. The triangular square formed by the roads is present in pop culture, history and in your memory forever.

Not to forget is also the Church of St. James, with its ”The Last Supper” masterpiece of Tilman Riemenschneider. This is the only protestant church that has a roman-catholic relic in Germany. All this in a town where you can taste “snowballs”, or Schneebälle, a traditional pastry treat of Rothenburg. One walk through its old town, with its web of cobbled lanes and the 14th century defensive wall will make everyone understand why this is an unmissable location.

Night in Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber at the Hotel Altes Brauhaus 4*.

Self-drive to Nuremberg.

Nuremberg Private Walking Tour.

The Major War Criminals Trial was held before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946. As a result of this trial, Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice gained worldwide notoriety. From 1946 to 1949, 12 "Subsequent Trials" were held in the same courtroom before exclusively U. S. American military tribunals.

Still to this day, in the southeast corner of Nuremberg, the remains of structures located on the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds impress visitors with their immense proportions and stand as vivid testimony to the megalomania of the National Socialist regime. This area of 4 square miles was intended to be an impressive backdrop for the Nazi party rallies and serve to demonstrate their power not only to Germany, but to the entire world.

Night in Nuremberg at the Hotel Karl August 4*.

Self-drive to Munich.

Munich Bavarian Beer Tour.

Enjoy the most fun evening you’ll have in Munich, eating and drinking in the company of fellow travellers and your expert local guide. We’ll show you why Munich is the world capital of beer and brewing.

We’ll bring you to the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum and give you the history of beer in Bavaria, the oldest and most celebrated beer and brewing culture in all of Germany. It’s a much older story than Oktoberfest. The Bavarians learned to brew beer centuries before most other settled places in Europe. When the great historic institution of the monastic brewery was established in the middle ages, local people had already known for centuries how to brew fine beer. The brewery is as ancient an institution here as the Church.

Then we’ll have a tasting session and we’ll tell you all about the secrets of brexing and what a local brewery must do to gain the right to serve its beer in Oktoberfest (there are strict rules).

Next we’ll bring you to a classic local beer hall/restaurant for a food platter of traditional “Bräuhaus” food. And afterwards, we’ll finish at the Hofbräuhaus, the gigantic drinking hall of the Hofbräu brewery is the most celebrated in Germany (and therefore the world). No beer tour would be complete without a visit to the great shrine to German beer.

Night in Munich at the Hotel Platzl 4*.

Neuschwanstein Castle Tour.

Named the 8th wonder of the world, Neuschwanstein Castle is Germany’s most famous sight. A fantastical castle on a mountain perch in the Bavarian Alps, our Neuschwanstein Castle Tour has inspired and amazed generations of visitors, among them Walt Disney. The castle from a fairy tale simply has to be seen to be believed, and the best way to do so is with our hassle-free day trip in the company of an expert guide who will make sure you skip the long line to go inside.

The beautiful old town of Füssen, a short two hour journey from Munich, lies at the gateway to the Bavarian Alps. Just outside town, the picturesque old royal district of Hohenschwangau is framed with mountains, forests and lakes. Here, Hohenschwangau Castle can be found, the boyhood home of the future King Ludwig II. Above it, soaring to the sky from its lofty seat in the mountains, his great creation : Neuschwanstein Castle. It's the most iconic sight in Bavaria and Germany.

Night in Munich.

Self-drive to the airport and drop-off your rental car at the rental agency inside the airport.