Where to spend Christmas in Germany?

Question

So I'm trying to decide which city or town in Germany I should celebrate X-Mas i. My family is also going to be there. We would like to do some sightseeing and visit a pair of museums and naturally X-mas markets. Maybe someone can help me and give a nice piece of advice where we can have the most fun. Thanks in advance. =)

Answer 1

Go to Heidelberg!!!  It is one of the most beautiful cities in Germany, they have the largest Christmas market, and it is just 1 hour away from Frankfurt Intl. airport.

They have one of the oldest universities in Europe. In Heidelberg learned German Mark Twain, and wrote the famous article "The awful German language" (really funny).

Near there you can visit Strasbourg (France), Mainz, Baden Baden, the black forest with the beautiful castle Hohenzollern, the Speyer cathedral....

The most beautiful hotel is the Hirschgasse (I ate there sometimes, just delicious):

http://www.hirschgasse.de/flash.htm

http://www.cvb-heidelberg.de/index_eng.h...

Answer 2

eagle's nest... get in touch wid my boy hitler

Answer 3

Germany is very nice and Christmas time is everywhere Christmas markets. The best and the famous one is in Nuremberg. Most fun you can have Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Dresden, Leipzig. Look at the web for more in formations and get some book about Germany in the Library or in the Bookstore.

Answer 4

when my brother came over from the states we went to garmisch!! theres this really nice castle neuschwanstein!! its cool !! my brother loved it so did his kids and the live in texas so they never saw snow befor!!!

also garmisch is around the alps so youll have beautiful sightseeing and they have these little towns it cool!!

there is also a new hotel for americans not just but most americans go there!!

just go to http://www.edelweisslodgeandresort.com --- thats the hotel

Answer 5

Go to Dresden, they have the oldest christmas market in Germany and there's a lot of museums, you can go sightseeing. Everything is really close, like Berlin, Saxon Switzerland, the mountains. Everyone (american) I showed around here loved it.

Answer 6

Almost every city has a Weihnachtsmark (christmas market). Famous are the ones in Cologne, Nuremberg, the Augsburger "Christkindlemarkt", the ones in Münster and Lübeck, and of course the Munich "Christkindlemarkt".

Wikipedia has a list of all the big markets here:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weihnachtsm... (German language only)

Most of the cities also have a lot of history to offer and are worth a trip. :)

Perhaps you and your family try to find out what kind of sightseeing you want to do first, what historical and architectural things you want to see. Germany differs a lot from state to state (we call them "Bundesland"). People and traditions are different, you have places where you can find a lot of old castles (like the Rhine Valley) or a perfectly renovated middle-age built city center (Hameln, Bremen and other cities), the bigger cities offer everything from theatre and shopping to concerts and nightlife entertainment.

Here are two links that maybe helps you getting a better idea:

cities: http://gogermany.about.com/od/thingstodo...

historical places: http://gogermany.about.com/od/historybuf...

Answer 7

I'd recommend Nuremberg! They have the I'd say most famous christmas market plus there's lots of possibilities as in museums and sightseing.

I have been there several times and I love it.

Nuremberg is a very pretty city.

I have also heard that Heidelberg is supposed to be very nice too.

Answer 8

Garmish would be nice but it is lacking in the museums aspect, asside from the castles, but I am sure they have plenty of things to do during this seasons.

I would recommend the city of Bamberg, museums, Xmas market, theater, and concert hall. The city is not to big to get around in and not to small not to have some luxuries.

It is centrally located about a 1/2 train ride from nuernberg and it's Xmas market. It is a nice place to stroll around the old part of town with all the gasthauses, shops and resturaunts.

One of the better secrets of Germany.