The Romantic Road in Germany

The German Romantic Getaways in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg

Discover Germany and its charmingly romantic side. There are lots of fairy-tale castles, medieval towns, and enchanting places to have the perfect holiday. Take your sweetheart to Germany for a honeymoon, Valentine's Day, or any other special day of the year… Follow the Romantic Road, it's a German Scenic Drive through medieval towns in Bavaria and Franconia, where stories, history and nature are living in harmony and peace.

The Romantic Road is now open for backpackers. You will find a partner hostel from HostelsClub.com in every small Bavarian city, organize the whole tour by yourself, choose the cities and castles.

Smart Tips to organize your personal romantic road in Germany

✔ Start your travels in Frankfurt: Frankfurt airport is the one of the biggest in Europe and you will be able to get low cost flights from you country.

✔ Book your accommodation with HostelsClub.com, in every German city you will find a hostel or budget hotel to stay in at bargain prices.

✔ All Cities on The Romatic Road : Würzburg - Tauberbischofsheim - Lauda-Königshofen - Bad - Mergentheim - Weikersheim - Röttingen - Creglingen - Rothenburg ob der Tauber- Schillingsfürst - Feuchtwangen - Dinkelsbühl - Wallerstein - Nördlingen - Harburg - Donauwörth - Augsburg - Friedberg - Kaufering - Landsberg - am Lech - Hohenfurch - Schongau - Peiting - Rottenbuch - Wildsteig - Steingaden and Wieskirche - Halblech - Schwangau - Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau – Füssen.

✔ If you travel with a small group, rent a car. For individual backpacks we suggest you travel by Eurail Ticket or take advantage of special offers from Deutsche Bahn. One other very common way to travel in Germany is to car-pool: on here you can find somebody going the same way and book your trip on Mitfahrzentrale

✔ Buy a HostelsClub Memebership Card to get discounts and special offers in a wide range of top destinations around the world.

Recommended places for The Romantic Road

Rothenburg ob der Tauber – is the best preserved medieval town in Germany. The name translates to 'Red fortress above the Tauber' the town is famous for its red roofs of the houses on the Tauber River. Founded in 950 the city conserved main stoical sights such as the Medieval Town wall, the Great Hall of the castle, the Historic Town Hall with its clock tower and Meistertrunk clock, the old Monastery and famous churches. You will need more than one day to discover this fantastic city.

Heidelberg is a great medieval town with Baroque architecture and stone streets. It has Germany’s oldest University, famous Heidelberg Castle, the idyllic Neckar river valley, vineyards and forests. Heidelberg was also the centre of German intellectualism and romanticism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Hegel, Goethe and Weber lived and worked here. The Castle of Heidelberg with its mix of styles from Gothic to Renaissance was destroyed several times and its ruins are considered to be the symbol of German Romanticism.

Neuschwanstein - Castle of Neuensteinis is one of the most famous castles, it was built by the order of Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1869. This castle is close to Füssen, so you can comfortably stay in one of the Füssesn hostels. Füssen is an excellent base for outdoor activities such as hiking and bicycle tours. Today Neuschwanstein is one of the most popular, of all the palaces and castles in Europe. Ludwig II was inspired to rebuild the old castle ruins by the opera's of his friends Richard Wagner Tannhäuser and Lohengrin: “this castle will be in every way more beautiful and habitable than Hohenschwangau further down, which is desecrated every year by the prose of my mother; they will take revenge, the desecrated gods, and come to live with Us on the lofty heights, breathing the air of heaven”.

Würzburg Residence Palace is located on both sides of the river Main. It is the best wine growing region in Germany and is very famous for its wine tours. Even if Würzburg was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War, it's castles, historic monuments, buildings and churches have been reconstructed to their former splendour. You will find here the most amazing examples of Baroque architecture in Europe.

Discover Germany on romantic way!