We are planning a trip in July. We will arrive in Bamberg in the afternoon. We are planning to spend 3 nights there seeing Bamberg and the surrounding areas. We then plan to spend a day in Nuremburg continuing to Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber. We were thinking of 3 additional nights between Nuremberg and Rothenburg, or nearby villages. How would you divide the time? 1 Night in Nuremberg and 2 in the Bamberg area or the reverse? Are we allowing too much time in this area. We are continuing to Innsbruck from there.
Posted by
Paradise
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We were thinking of 3 additional nights between Nuremberg and Rothenburg, or nearby villages.
I suppose this means 6 nights total in the area. Do I have this right?
The greater region around the cities you mention is known as Franconia. Map:
https://images.mygermancity.com/maps/franconia.png
And no - 6 nights would not be too much time considering the number of options Franconia offers. You haven't mentioned...
Würzburg
Somerhausen, Ochsenfurt and Marktbreit, nice old-world towns along the Main River near Würzburg
Iphofen (old walled town full of winemakers and artists east of Würzburg)
Bad Wimpfen and the Franconian Open-Air Museum
There are other nice places to visit too, enough that you will have to pick and choose with just 6 nights.
Rick Steves doesn't cover this area fully, so have a look at Tripadvisor for details on these places.
Here's a train map that covers much of Franconia and most of the destinations mentioned, all of which are accessible by train.
https://images.gutefrage.net/media/fragen-antworten/bilder/459443150/0_full.jpg?v=1655930239000
Posted by
Alsenborn, Germany
2551 posts
3-19 July is the Kiliani folk festival in Wurzburg. If that's within your time frame you should make plans to attend.
Posted by
OP
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Thank you. Yes 6 nights total. We're not sure where the best places for overnights would be. I forgot to mention that we will be travelling by train. Thanks for the info on the Kiliani folk festival in Wurzburg. I will look into that.