Germany

Small town in Saxony, located along the Elbe river just 25 km north-west of Dresden, famous for its precious porcelain (Meissen Porcelain, Meißener Porzellan, also known as Dresden Porcelain), the city is a jewel of architecture, and is certainly the ...

Wismar, ancient port and commercial center of the Hanseatic League, is a beautiful town overlooking the Baltic Sea, its medieval old town, characterized by an immense square, thanks to the beauty of its Baltic Gothic-style buildings has been declared a ...

Bautzen is the historic capital of Upper Lusatia, a historic region of Germany, now part of Saxony, built on a bend in the Spree River. The city is an important cultural center of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority in the ...

The small town of Altenburg in Thuringia is beautifully located between Chemnitz, Leipzig, Dresden, Erfurt and Zwickau. The city had a certain importance between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, today it retains a beautiful historic center with a beautiful castle ...

Kiel, the capital and most important city of Schleswig-Holstein, is a seafaring city located along the River Eider, near its mouth into the Baltic Sea, and northwest of Lübeck. The city was founded in the 13th century, became an important ...

German city overlooking the Baltic Sea located near the border with Denmark, of which it belonged until 1864, Flensburg was founded by the Danes in the thirteenth century and became one of the most important ports in Scandinavia in the ...

Halle (Saale) is the most important city of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt, located along the Saale river, it is located a few kilometers northwest of Leipzig and southeast of Magdeburg. City of medieval origins, it was part of the Hanseatic ...

Beautiful town in Saxony-Anhalt, located along the Saale river about 60 km south of Leipzig in an important wine region. The city has origins in the Middle Ages as a castle, in the 11th century it became a bishopric and ...

Small town from Saxony-Anhalt, famous for its many old half-timbered buildings dating back to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Born as the seat of a religious monastery in the 10th century, it soon became the seat of a castle-monastery ...

The imperial city of Potsdam is located on the outskirts of Berlin and can be an interesting excursion for anyone visiting the German capital. Potsdam’s royal palaces and parks have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990. Potsdam hosts ...

The important Hanseatic port city of Rostock located on the Baltic Sea hosts in its historic center, full of Gothic-style buildings, a beautiful Christmas Market which takes place in the Neuer Markt square and in the streets leading to the ...

Beautiful historic city, former capital of the Duchy of Mecklenburg and today capital of the land of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin is surrounded by seven picturesque lakes, which during Christmas contribute to making the atmosphere of this city even more fairytale-like. The ...

The Advent weeks fill the ancient city of Passau with atmosphere, located near the border with Austria, not far from Linz, in a beautiful location between the Danube and the Inn and dominated by an old fortress. To complete Christmas ...

Stralsund is a historic town on the Baltic Sea, in the past this city was an important center belonging to the Hanseatic League, its medieval old town, well preserved, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has interesting historic buildings ...

Dinkelsbühl is a historic city in Bavaria, located almost halfway between Nuremberg and Stuttgart. Built in the Middle Ages as a fortified place, it still retains its fortified walls and numerous towers. Dinkelsbühl has a beautiful historic center, with numerous ...

Berchtesgaden  is a beautiful German town in Bavaria, located on the border with Austria, just 20 km from the city of Salzburg. Berchtesgaden is located in the Bavarian Alps in the middle of an idyllic alpine landscape, dominated by the ...

The city of Straubing is located in Bavaria, between Regensburg and Passau. Straubing, the former residence of the Dukes of Bavaria, has interesting Gothic architecture in its historic centre, including the cathedral (Basilika St. Jakob), the Romanesque church of St. ...

The city of Altötting is located in Bavaria, close to the Austrian border, between the cities of Passau, Salzburg and Munich. Altötting is an important center of Marian pilgrimage, in fact here is the Gnadenkapelle, a chapel that houses a ...

Ansbach, located just 45 km west of Nuremberg, is the capital of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia). The city was founded in medieval times and remained an independent principality (Brandenburg-Ansbach) until the end of the 18th century, when it was incorporated into ...

The city of Bad Tölz, located at an altitude of 660 meters, is a well-known tourist resort in Bavaria, located not far from Munich, the town is surrounded by a wonderful landscape with spectacular views of the Alps. Bad Tölz is ...

Deggendorf is a small town in Bavaria, located along the Danube between Passau and Regensburg, near where the Isar River flows into the Danube. Deggendorf is a small university town in the Danube valley at the foot of the Bavarian ...

Located about 80 km north-east of Nuremberg, Bayreuth is the capital of Oberfranken (Upper Franconia). Despite the heavy bombings of the Second World War, the city still retains some valuable Baroque buildings, such as the Baroque church of Spitalkirche, the ...

Coburg is an ancient ducal city in Bavaria, seat of the Duchy of Coburg-Saxony-Gotha until the end of the First World War. The town is dominated by the imposing bulk of the Coburg fortress and its monuments are numerous, among ...

Crossed by the Danube, Ingolstadt is located halfway between Nuremberg, Regensburg, Augsburg and Munich. The city was the seat of an independent duchy in the Middle Ages. Today the historic center of Ingolstadt is made up of numerous Gothic-style buildings, ...

Landshut, the capital of Lower Bavaria, is an important historic city that rises along the banks of the Isar river between Munich, Regensburg and Passau (Passau). It was founded in the 13th century as a castle dominating a ford of ...

The city of Kempten im Allgäu is one of the oldest German cities, it was founded, in fact, in Roman times with the name of Cambodunum. Kempten, located at an altitude of 680 meters, is the main city of the ...

Kaufbeuren is a small town from Bavaria located between Munich and Lake Constance. Founded in the Middle Ages, it still retains part of its beautiful medieval walls, which enclose the historic center, where there are interesting buildings such as the ...

Small town in Lower Saxony, located between Magdeburg and Hanover, a few km south of Braunschweig, along the Oker river valley. The city was, between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the residence of the Dukes of Brunswick (Braunschweig) who enriched ...

The city of Worms occupies the Rhine valley a few kilometers north of Mannheim, the area where the city stands is full of vineyards, in fact the famous German wine “Liebfraumilch” is produced there. The city, one of the oldest ...

Deidesheim, a small town of less than 4,000 inhabitants, located in one of the most famous wine areas in Germany, is an important tourist center in Rhineland-Palatinate, thanks to the beauty of its small historic center and its famous wines. ...