Six nights self-drive from Frankfurt: Heidelberg, Rothenburg on the Romantic Road, Nuremberg, a Munich beer evening and Neuschwanstein. Guided walks in each town, 4-star hotels with parking, three nights in central Munich.
Route6 nights · 4 stops · 1 day trips
Day 1
Pick up your rental car at the rental agency inside Frankfurt airport and drive to Heidelberg.
Night in Heidelberg at the Arthotel Heidelberg 4-star.
Day 2
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.
Day 3
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-star.
Day 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-star.
Day 5
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-star.
Day 6
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.
Day 7
Self-drive to the airport and drop-off your rental car at the rental agency inside the airport.
Our pickCrowds
May to early October for the driving and the Alpine views at Neuschwanstein. Late September overlaps with Oktoberfest, which is wonderful but doubles Munich hotel prices; tell us if you want in or out. December is a strong alternative for the Rothenburg and Nuremberg markets, with winter tires on the rental car.
Reviews from travelers who booked with us, in Germany.
An educational journey across Germany
Our trip to Germany was very educational. We visited Berlin, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Nuremberg, Munich, and Wiesbaden. We also went to the Dachau concentration camp. The food tour guide in Berlin, Anna, was simply excellent. She chose simple but delicious foods such as currywurst and doner kebabs that had a particular meaning to Berlin. She also provided historical information as we walked from location to location…
Our trip to Germany was very educational. We visited Berlin, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Nuremberg, Munich, and Wiesbaden. We also went to the Dachau concentration camp. The food tour guide in Berlin, Anna, was simply excellent. She chose simple but delicious foods such as currywurst and doner kebabs that had a particular meaning to Berlin. She also provided historical information as we walked from location to location that were meaningful and educational. Max, Niklas, Amir, and Connie were also very good and knowledgeable guides. We learned a lot from all of them. Amir was particularly accommodating as well as being a good driver.
Akosh and canyoning were the highlights
Akosh and canyoning were the highlights of the trip. Lucie did such a great job planning this trip. Everything went off without a hitch.
A well planned trip, flawlessly executed
Working with Lucie and Mobee International resulted in a trip that was the best experience imagineable for my daughter and I. I explained what I was looking for in a vacation in Germany and what I wanted was not a simple off-the-shelf tour. My vacation involved a combination of an initial trip to Munich followed by a tour of the Bavarian countryside and southwestern Germany that my daughter and I will never forget. O…
Working with Lucie and Mobee International resulted in a trip that was the best experience imagineable for my daughter and I. I explained what I was looking for in a vacation in Germany and what I wanted was not a simple off-the-shelf tour. My vacation involved a combination of an initial trip to Munich followed by a tour of the Bavarian countryside and southwestern Germany that my daughter and I will never forget. Our experience kicked off with a tour of Nymphenburg Palace and and the Old Central city center of Munich. This was followed the next day by a tour of the historic Dachau Concentration Camp that is not to be missed. The last day included a guided tour of Oktoberfest with a genuine tent experience including ready-made friends together with food and drink. PROST! The guides for Oktoberfest and Dachau were arranged by Mobee International with a knowledgeable family-owned tour company that was perfectly situated close to our hotel. They were wonderful. After Munich we were off on a cross country tour via rental car arranged by Lucie of various castles, palaces and historic sites across Bavaria and the foothills of the German Alps. Along the way, tours of various castles and palaces were arranged including Linderhof Palace, Neuschwanstein Castle, Lichtenstein Castle and the hilltop castle Hohenzollern were arranged. We even managed to throw in a tour of Hohenschwangau Castle that was not in our itinerary but the ample time provided in our schedule allowed. All of these planned excursions were situated close to charming towns like Fussen and Tubingen where wonderful hotels were booked by Mobee International along the way. After a full but unrushed tour shedule each day, Lucie provided recommendations for great restaurants and shopping locations near our hotel to unwind and have a relaxing tasty meal. Where possible details such as tickets were arranged by Lucie and Mobee International in advance, and where this was not possible, they provided detailed instructions on how to secure entry to everything we wanted to see. The German part of our trip ended with a drive through the Black Forest for a short stay at the spa town of BadenBaden and then down the length of the lovely hills of the Black Forest to the scenic Triberg Falls. There I couldn't resist purchasing a cuckoo clock at one of the many local shops that still make and sell these mechanical marvels. Finally, we were off by train with tickets arranged by Lucie and Mobee International to Zurich for the final leg of our journey. After a short train ride, we were off for a tour of the city followed the next day by a trip for a tour of a beautiful small vineyard and wine tasting at Rapperswil on Lake Zurich and reservations for a delicious lunch at a restaurant overlooking the lake. I cannot truly say enough about how Lucie and Mobee International made this once in a lifetime trip for me and my daughter an everlasting memory that we will always cherish. I highly recommend using KimKiim to take care of the details of any dream vacation that you wish to arrange.
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You collect your rental car at the rental agency inside Frankfurt Airport on day 1 and return it at the airport rental agency on day 7. You drive yourselves between towns, and in each stop a local guide takes you on foot: Heidelberg's old town and castle, Rothenburg, Nuremberg, the Munich beer evening, and a guided day to Neuschwanstein with skip-the-line entry. Every hotel has parking.
Six nights in 4* hotels with parking and breakfast. You start at the Arthotel Heidelberg on the edge of the old town, spend one night inside the walls of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, when the day-trippers have left, and finish with three nights in central Munich, your base for the beer evening and the Neuschwanstein day.
That is your call. Late September overlaps with Oktoberfest, which is a wonderful atmosphere but doubles Munich hotel prices. Tell us whether you want to be there or avoid it, and we set the dates accordingly. Whatever the month, the Munich beer tour, with the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum and food included, tells you the story of Bavarian brewing.
Yes. May to early October is best for driving and for the Alpine views at Neuschwanstein, but December is a strong alternative for the Christmas markets in Rothenburg and Nuremberg. In winter the rental car comes with winter tires. Days are short in December, so allow for early sunsets when you plan the drives between towns.
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