I'm visiting Germany. What do I need to know or see?

Question

I'm going to Germany on the 27th of February for 12 days. We have a rental car and will be traveling all over in Germany. If anyone has visited/ lived in Germany, what did you most enjoy seeing? We are going to a couple castles the Romantic road, Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Hamburg to name a few. I don't know if this helps but I speek a small amount of German and my Dad speaks it fluently so communication is not a problem and my father is familiar with most areas in Southern Germany so traveling is not a problem either. Any suggestions of where to visit would be great. Thanks!

Answer 1

go to cologne .and see dom church...

Answer 2

Don´t stay in Southern Germany the whole time. I know, southern  Germany looks like what you expect from Germany, but it´s not the "true" Germany! It´s the Germany for tourists.

Go to Dresden and visit the Semper opera, go to Hamburg and visit the old harbor, Bremen is very nice too! Bremen is a very old city with many things to see!

And don´t forget Berlin! Visit the Brandenburger Tor and the german national museum! And of course the castle Charlottenburg in Berlin! It´s so beautiful! Close to Berlin is another castle called "Sans soucis". It was built for a french King and is very beautiful too!

And visit our parliament in Berlin! (Called Bundestag).

Bonn (our old capital) is not soo interesting.

Lübeck (close to Hamburg) is interesting,too. They have a company there that is producing the "Lübecker Marzipan". A nice city that still looks like the cities around 1850.

Hope my english was ok, have fun and try to see the real Germany! :-)

Answer 3

I think that you aught to go see the Neuschwahnstein Castle which Disney used as his main attraction and it really is there.When you come back you can show others that don`t get to travel that far how cool it is.To tell you the truth if you go to southern Germany everything is beautifull.It is.I myself am from Nordrhein-Westfalen and would have to say that sothern Germany is great no matter where you go.You will be emazed once you see it .I was.Have fun and tell me how you liked it.

Answer 4

I lived on the border of Germnay for 5 years an dmy whole family lives in Austria. I don't know specific palces, but you need to try their ice cream and all their choclate especially Milka and Kinder, it;s sooooooooo good! I'm going back home htis summer again and i'll be eatign it non-stop!

Answer 5

thats a lot of places you want to go within 12 days :)

you should especially listen to the radio because of traffic jams.

Answer 6

Hamburg, Munich are fun .... I would suggest Luebeck, Stade and Lueneburg. All very romantic cities just outside Hamburg.

Answer 7

Wow thats going to be quite the tour. You'll be in constant motion! Some of my personal favourites are Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Cochem (an der Mosel haha), Trier, and Meissen (but maybe too far east for this trip). Gute Reise! :P

Answer 8

I hope you have some book about Germany and marked already what you want to see. I live in Germany for a long time and back here again. I love this country. Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt/M., Hamburg, Bodensee (south Germany) Koeln, Dusseldorf, Leipzig, Dresden (East Germany) is such a nice places. Have fun and enjoy your trip.

Answer 9

Well on a school trip the most exciting place we went to was a jigsaw factory 0.0 ..... dont buy the chocolates cause they arent very nice =/ and yeah thats about it, hope you have fun? ......

Answer 10

I would visit Munich for sure.  Also check out Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen.  That's a must see.

Answer 11

you must know the most germans speak a little bit english.i live in Northern Germany.But Berlin is cool to travel (Siegessäule,Reichstag,Brandenburger Toor,the checkpoint charly museum,Schloß Sansouci in Potsdam and so on.When you travel to southern Germany you must visiting the Schloß Neuschwarnstein,In Hamburg you could see some Musicals like Cats or Phantom of the oper (but in german language),In my City (Bremen) are some nice Places (the universum,the Cathedral,The Schnoor,Bötcherstr.,The Knight Roland and so on).It´s a small but interesting City .Hope you have a great time here in Germany and you`re welcome.