Hi, we are a family of 4 (kids 15 %26amp; 11), flying to Berlin May 12th for 2 days then train to Prague for 2 days. From here I was thinking we would go to Munich for 3 days and we would like to visit Ludwig%26#39;s castles and Salzburg. Is it possible to do a day trip from Munich to Salzburg? From here which way do we go to Paris? We will have about 5 days. I was looking at either Romantic road or go to Frankfurt then Mainz for a cruise on the Rhine, or travel through the Swiss Alps?????
Or maybe something totally different....does anyone have a suggestion??
Thanks, Rel
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Well, Stuttgart ( www.stuttgart-tourist.de ) is on your way from Munich to Paris and has many excellent things to see and do. The whole family should enjoy the excellent Mercedes Benz Museum ( www.mercedes-benz.com/classic )which documents the over 120 year history of the automobile and this firm. The new Porsche Museum ( www.porsche.com ) opens at the end of this month. Stuttgart is after all where the automobile was invented. Wilhelma ( www.wilhelma.de ) is Europe%26#39;s largest combined zoo-botanical garden set amidst the nice Moorish architecture of this former palace. One of the three large mineral baths, Leuze, has a Kinderland and you can swim in bubbly carbonated water. Stuttgart is the home of the world%26#39;s first modern TV tower, completed in 1956, there is an observation deck ( www.fernsehturm-stuttgart.de ). Hoehenparkkillesberg (park) is an enjoyable place to spend a leisurely afternoon with its extensive gardens, a long minature train ride with a real steam engine, an interesting double-helix tower which can be climbed for excellent views over Stuttgart, flamingos and some animals such as llamas and ponies that would appeal to young children, and a few small childrens rides including a nice over 100 year old merry-go-round.
Nearby is the well preserved medieval center of Esslingen ( www.esslingen.de ), and Germany%26#39;s largest perfectly preserved Baroque palace, the Swabian Versailles (in www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de which also has the Stuttgart palaces and other excellent palaces, castles, medieval monasteries and gardens operated by the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg) in Ludwigsburg ( www.ludwigsburg.de ), with several days of good things to do like the tour of the royal chambers (best and longest palace tour I%26#39;ve been on in Europe) and the extensive gardens including a fairytale one for children and a deer park.
A short train ride away is our favorite town in Germany, Tuebingen ( www.tuebingen.de ) with its hilly cobblestone streets, castle, interesting shops, and one of Europe%26#39;s oldest universities. Like Oxford and Cambridge, they do punting on the Neckar River there, and you can take a ride in one or rent a row boat. Just to the north of it is well preserved medieval Bebenhausen Monastery (in www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de ). On the way to Tuebingen by train is Metzingen ( www.metzingen.de ) which has Germany%26#39;s most factory outlets for some inexpensive shopping.
If you drive, the Black Forest ( www.schwarzwald-tourismus.info ) and Swabian Alb (low limestone mountains with lots of castles, caves and excellent cliffside scenery- www.schwaebischealb.de ) are nearby. On the Alb there are lots of interesting places to visit: two fairytale-like castles- Burg Hohenzollern ( www.burg-hohenzollern.com ) and Schloss Lichtenstein ( www.schloss-lichtenstein.de only in German); an excellent castle (fortress) ruins, Hohenneuffen (in www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de ); Marbach stables ( www.gestuet-marbach.de ) by Gomadingen (do not make the mistake that the Queen of England made when dedicating the Schiller Archives in Marbach am Neckar when she asked %26quot;But where are the horses?%26quot;), Germany%26#39;s oldest state stables where you can visit the stallions in their stalls and the mares and colts will be out in the fields; the idyllic Grosse Lauter valley with one of Germany%26#39;s highest concentrations of castle ruins, many of which are visitable (you can also do canoe trips down this placid river- www.kanutouren.com , probably only in German); the beautiful Baroque former monastery church at Zwiefalten; the nice Baroque monastery at Obermarchtal; the lovely mountain valley town of Bad Urach; etc.
Maybe the family would enjoy a visit to the Ritter SPORT candy factory in Waldenbuch. Their art museum is interesting with art (some of which moves) in the form of squares (the shape of their SPORT candy bars); a small museum on chocolate manufacture; and a large sales room for their discounted candy bars. It%26#39;s also possible to tour a Mercedes Benz motor factory as part of their museum visit, and also their largest assembly plant at Sindelfingen does factory tours by pre-arrangement through their European delivery program at their US website.
There are also many amusement parks in Baden-Wuerttemberg and near Stuttgart: Erlebnispark Tripsdrill ( www.tripsdrill.de ); Schwaben Park ( www.schwabenpark.com ); Traumland ( www.freizeitpark-traumland.de ); and somewhat further away Germany%26#39;s premiere amusement park, Europa Park ( www.europapark.de ), and also Legoland ( www.legoland.de ).
For further information on this part of Germany click on my name for my TripAdvisor contributions, and also look at www.tourismus-bw.de , the website for Baden-Wuerttemberg tourism.
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Salzberg is a very easy day trip from Munich. Take the train where you can be comfortable. Trains leave Munich pretty often and it%26#39;s only a couple of hours. It%26#39;s 5 hours on the fast train from Munich to Frankfurt so that is going to take almost a day. I think your plan is too ambitious in terms of territory you plan to cover. There isn%26#39;t much to see in Frankfurt, so if you plan to go that way, Mainz offers more to see. The kids might like Heidelberg.
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Thank you for your reply. My husband and son are very interested in the car museums.
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