Heidelberg & Rothenburg
5 Days Independent Tour from Frankfurt to Heidelberg to Rothenburg to Munich or in reverse

Features and Inclusions

  • Transportation with modern motor-coach with WC

  • 2 nights accommodation

  • 2 breakfasts

  • Taxi transfers: train station to city in Heidelberg

  • Regular half day city tour to Heidelberg including Heidelberg Castle Inner Courtyard

  • Taxi transfers bus stop to hotel and hotel to bus stop in Rothenburg

  • City walk in Rothenburg

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Preferred Hotels

Frankfurt:

Intercity Hotel or similar

Rothenburg:

Spitzweg or similar

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Departures and Prices 2008

starting Daily from

April 1 - October 28, 2008

Per Person In Twin

$ 779.00

Single Room Supplement

$ 182.00

 

ITINERARY

Day 1: - Frankfurt - Heidelberg 
Start your tour with a regular diversified half day trip to Heidelberg, the old university town at the banks of Neckar-River, including a visit of the inner courtyard of Heidelberg Castle and a lunchbox. After returning to Frankfurt, the rest of the day is free to explore the city. (O)

Day 2: - Frankfurt - Rothenburg 
Depart from Frankfurt for a picturesque drive through the Spessart mountains to Wurzburg, on the banks of the river Main. Continue on the Romantic Road to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany's well-preserved "Jewel of the Middle Ages" with its ramparts, city gates, town hall and Jakobskirche (church) with an altar by the famous wood-carver Tilmann Riemenschneider. Upon arrival in Rothenburg, a taxi will take you to your hotel. In the afternoon or evening please join the city walk with a local guide or the historic Night Watchman in Rothenburg. (B/O)

Day 3: - Rothenburg - Munich 
After breakfast, a taxi will meet you at your hotel and take you to the bus stop. Your coach drives along the Romantic Road passing such picturesque places as Dinkelsbuhl, Nordlingen and Donauworth, with high-gabled houses and cobbled-stone streets. Via Augsburg, a metropolis during the Roman times and famous for old trade dynasties during the Middle Ages, you reach Munich, where your tour ends at approximately 5:00pm. (B)


Reverse itinerary: 
Tour ends in Frankfurt at approx. 7:30 p.m.


B=Breakfast; D=Dinner; O=Overnight    ditst13