Romantic Road & Royal Castles
4 Days Independent Tour from
Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Rothenburg, Hohenschwangau & Munich or reverse

Features and Inclusions

  • 3 nights accommodation

  • 3 breakfasts

  • Regular half day 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

  • Neuschwanstein Castle in Hohenschwang

  • *** Reverse itinerary: Linderhof Castle

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Preferred Hotels

Frankfurt:

Intercity Hotel or similar

Rothenburg:

Spitzweg or similar

Hohenschwangau:

Muller or similar

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Departures and Prices 2008

starting Daily from

April 1 - October 28, 2008

Per Person In Twin

$ 1161.00

Single Room Supplement

$ 235.00

Reverse Itinerary Supplement per person

$ 54.00

 

ITINERARY

Day 1: - Frankfurt - Heidelberg - Frankfurt
Start your tour with a regular diversified half day trip to Heidelberg, the old university town on the banks of Neckar-River, including a visit to the inner courtyard of the 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 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 local guide or the historic Night Watchman in Rothenburg. (B/O)

Day 3:- Rothenburg - Hohenschwangau 
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 picturesque places as Dinkelsbuhl, Nordlingen & Donauwörth, with high-gabled houses and cobbled streets. Via Augsburg, a metropolis during the Roman times and famous for old trade dynasties during the middle Ages, you reach Hohenschwangau in the evening. (B/O)

Day 4: - Hohenschwangau - Munich 
In the morning you receive your tickets for the Neuschwanstein Castle at the front desk of your hotel and visit the famous "Cinderella Castle", built by King Ludwig II. In the late afternoon proceed to Munich, where tour ends at approx. 7:00 p.m. (B)

Reverse itinerary: 
Includes additionally a visit to Linderhof Castle. Tour ends in Frankfurt in the afternoon.


B=Breakfast; D=Dinner; O=Overnight    ditst606