Backpacking Germany: 11 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Germany, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Berlin
Berlin
History, art, wild nightlife.
2
Munich
Bavaria
Beer halls and Alps gateway.
3
Neuschwanstein Castle
Bavaria
The fairytale castle.
4
Hamburg
Hamburg
Harbour city and canals.
5
Cologne
North Rhine-Westphalia
Gothic cathedral on the Rhine.
6
Black Forest
Baden-Wurttemberg
Dark woods and villages.
7
Dresden
Saxony
Rebuilt baroque splendour.
8
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Bavaria
Perfect medieval walled town.
9
Heidelberg
Baden-Wurttemberg
Romantic castle and river.
10
Rhine Valley
Rhineland-Palatinate
Castles above the river.
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Nuremberg
Bavaria
Old town and history.
Backpacking routes through Germany
Real trips through Germany, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
Berlin and the East: Techno, History and the Sandstone Towers of Saxon Switzerland
Eastern Germany by train: four days in Berlin, Potsdam's palaces, Dresden's rebuilt baroque, hiking Saxon Switzerland's Bastei, and Leipzig's art scene.
Bavaria on the Deutschlandticket: Munich, Castles and the German Alps
A week through Bavaria on Germany's flat-rate rail pass: Munich's beer gardens, Neuschwanstein from Füssen, Zugspitze country, and Berchtesgaden's Königssee.
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