Taking my 6 and 15 year olds to Germany?

Question

What do you think are some "must-sees"?

Answer 1

chocolate factory....theme parks.....water parks..... you can always bribe them with ice cream ....

Answer 2

castles castles castles.

medieval,

old cities old cities old cities.

there are over 5 thousands intact castles in germany if im not wrong

20 thousand - 25 thousand castles, not intact included

Answer 3

My dear labellem....

Well, finally a Q. who's on the homefront ...Smile !!!

All right...labellem...there are plenty of "worthwhile" sites here in "good-old-Germany"... I assume, you'll be landing at Frankfurt Airport??? The best thing would be, if you could rent a car (directly at the airport there are : AVIS, etc.) - so you can travel where ever you wish.

What I would recommend is : a "cruise" on the river RHEIN...near Frankfurt is MAINZ directly located where the river "MAIN" enters into the RHEIN...From there it should be

possible to go on a ship on the river "upward" towards : KOBLENZ - (get a detailed map of Germany to "find" those cities!) - Along that route are soooooo many beautiful castles..to admire....If I correctly remember, there will be this special attraction in July ...where they dump some type of ..."whatever liquid" into the river & light it up....They call this spectacular event:"The Rhein in flames"....it's awsome to see!!! But...if you take that river-boat-ride....who will drive the car to your "point of arrival"...I'm just  thinking???   Hmmm....

Unfortunately, they revoled my licence, otherwise...I'd come to pick you up & meet you at Koblenz....SORRY !!!

At Koblenz via "southwest" goes a river called "The MOSEL", where all that good german wine grows along the riverbed .... This river is famous for all his "loops"- similar to a winding road. The highway goes along the Mosel, which is a terrific site to see. And... if you come all the way (80 miles from Koblenz) to my hometown - TRIER - you will be in Germany's OLDEST city (built 18 B.C.) - and- I will show you all the roman structures in the city. We here at TRIER are only

11Km away from Luxembourg, where you can go sightseeing as well. Luxembourg city is a nice place to see!

Oh well, I could go on for hrs. reporting you about the sites over here, but I don't even know, what you might be interested in??? So...I'll give you the option to contact me via email at: [e-mail]

You can tell me, what you're interested in & I answer you, give you tips, advice, etc. Bavaria is a nice place as well...the ALPS...the mountain-area "down South" has it's charme too.!

Oki-doki...my dear... (let me know what date  you'll be here)-until I hear from you ...I remain with lots of greetings from Germany.... - Annette - ****

Answer 4

salzburg and the salt mines, they have one-hundred foot slides that you go down they show you how they get the salt out and you go down like 3hundred feet in the ground........that was pretty cool.......i would go to the dachau concentration camp because when are they going to have a chance to see something like that again, it  is really sad but it is really interesting .........make sure you bring lots of money because right now the euro is suckin, its like .62 cents on the dollar, its expensive. cochem is a really nice town on the mosel river, they have really good wine there too, try the ice wine

Answer 5

The Berlin Wall =D

Answer 6

Legoland in Gunzberg (sp?) and the Deutches Museum in Munich.

Answer 7

Take them to see the Porta Nigra in Trier Germany. Great ice cream shops and the history is cool.. even for younger kids.

Answer 8

Concerts:

DJ Bobo

Befour

ATC(If They Still Were Together)

Answer 9

I grew up there and I remember always going to the parks, they are beautiful but also going to any of the little towns, there tons to do.

Answer 10

cheak out tripadvisor.com  They have a great site, easy to use, great break down and traller's reviews of almost everything.  It's a great place to start.

Answer 11

E-mail me and tell me which city you are going to as there is too much to list, but a must see is the cathedral in cologne! i was born and brought up there. If you are foreign avoid the very south of Germany. Good Luck!

Answer 12

I don't know where you're going but since you're bringing your children you can go to "Tropical Islands", it's supposed to be really nice there.

http://www.tropical-islands.de/en.html

Answer 13

see the parks they are 100% beautiful

Answer 14

Legoland, Phantasialand, boot ride, shopping, parks, swimming, castles, Berlin (great city) good for education. And buy some book about Germany can also see what is so important for you and for your children.

Have fun and by the way Germany is great Country.

Answer 15

Neuschwanstein Castle

Answer 16

Heidelburg Castle is pretty neat! And just some fun advice, something you can do with your kids-get recipe cards, and a german phrase book, and repeat phrases to each other,

bitte-please

danke-thankyou

du bist shurn pack hazel -you're a pretty pack horse

Bitte kurnen zee meer sagen vah twolette ist-please can you tell me where the bathroom is

(this is spelled wrong on purpose, just in case anyone wondered)

I hope you guys have alot of fun!