Originally Posted by
t1nt1n
I know this was a Christmas trip so the circumstances are different but I'm doing a similar trip later in early May and I'm currently looking at:
Munich (5 nights, including our arrival night), then drive to
Salzburg (3 nights), then drive to
Mittenwald (2 nights), then drive to
Wuerzburg (4 nights), on the last day take an early ICE to FRA
1. Was there a reason you split Nuernberg and Wuerzburg instead of just staying in one spot and using it as a base to explore the other?
2. There won't be a Christmas market when I'm going, so is Rothenburg od T still worth a night? I noticed you gave yourself 2 nights there and here I thought one night was enough?
3. I just noticed that you didn't hire a car. How did you find the whole packing/unpacking every day or two and lugging the bags to the train stations?
Thanks.
1. Well we were making our way back to FRA for the return flight so Wurzburg is on the way back to FRA so we decided to stop there for a day.
2. I've only been there in the winter so I'm not sure what it is like in the spring and summer months. I've heard in the summer it can get extremely crowded. Personally I really enjoy the city so I would definitely go. I like the rooms at Gotisches-Haus (
http://www.romanticroad.com/gotische...lish/hotel.php).
I've always taken trains and never had a car and getting to Rothenburg usually takes some time and at least 2 train changes so one night just doesn't leave much time when you are doing it via train IMO. Maybe if you can get there by noon and spend the day visiting it might be enough.
3. With train travel you need to pack light since some connections can be tight and you may need to move quickly. In my view you should only have one bag with wheels (preferably carry on size) and a backpack. More than that will make things hard.
In many towns (e.g., Rothenburg, Nurnberg) you don't want a car since parking is difficult. For me driving in a foreign country is stressful while I find the train travel fairly relaxing.
Personally I wouldn't stay 4 nights in Wurzburg. Just seemed like a smallish town. Munich and Salzburg are great. I personally really enjoy Rothenburg and Heidelburg is nice.
You might want to get to FRA the night before your flight out. Then you can either explore Frankfurt or take a fairly short train ride (roughly 45 minutes) to Heidelburg and spend a half day there. We actually stayed at the airport hotel (Sheraton) which was very convenient.
If you have any other questions let me know.