Daytrips from Nuremberg

Consider Coburg. The giant Veste Coburg overlooking the town is, in my opinion, Germany's best castle.

If you need to fill half a day with something relaxing for adults but fun for kids, go to Krystal Palm Beach in the suburb of Stein. It's a combination indoor waterpark/spa. Neither the largest nor most elaborate of it's kind, but still a great way to kill some time.

For Bamberg and Rothenburg, instead of a Bayern-Ticket, use a VGN (transit district for Greater Nürnberg) TagesTicket Plus, 18,70€ for the four of you for the entire district. There is no 9 AM restriction. It's valid for the entire week day or all weekend.

It also looks like a TagesTicket Plus price level 3-4, for 11,70€, would cover you to Zindorf (Playmobil) and also give you a 1€ discount per person at Playmobil Park.

Thanks for those suggestions ! Still looking for somes answers but everything is helpful and welcome !

Does those tickets cover also local public transport ?

The TagesTickets cover all public transportation in the disctrict run by the VGN (regional trains, u-Bahn, buses, etc).

3 hours in Regensburg walking from the Bahnhof into the Old City (Altstatd) and back will just be an "I was there" visit. Not enough time to look around and see the sights and enjoy the Altstadt. Maybe make the Dome (Cathedral) and see the Stone Bridge (Steinerne Brücke) and Danube (Donau) and hurry back so as not to miss your train (with the kids). And don't get lost...

We are in Rothenburg right now, heading to Nürnberg this morning. We have visited all the places that youmentioned. I would not to spend less than a day in any of them, especially with kids.

Best part of Würzburg for us is the walk up to the castle. It takes time.

Bamberg is walk from the train station and sights are spread out a bit.

Regensburg is fairly compact but there are so many things to see. We like it better than Salzburg but are probably in the minority.

Overall I would say slow down and spend more time in fewer places.

We like it better than Salzburg but are probably in the minority.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one. Although I do think Salzburg is nice, compared to several other cities in Bavaria/western Austria (Landshut, Regensburg, Passau, Burghausen, etc.), I found the Altstadt surprisingly small and monochromatic. I have to wonder- if not for the Sound of Music, would Salzburg honestly attract so much tourist attention? Yes, Mozart was born and had his first job there, but in the same regard, I don't see Bonn, Eisenach, Bayreuth, Eisenstadt or Leipzig getting the same kind of attention for the great composers closely associated with those towns.

"I have to wonder- if not for the Sound of Music, would Salzburg honestly attract so much tourist attention?"

Your question is a reasonable one, Tom, and I think the answer is "no." There's little doubt that the US entertainment culture is the hound that wags the tail of tourism (to at least some minor extent.) If parents will drag their kids to McDonalds on the basis of Hollywood tie-ins, some of them surely drag their families to destinations in Europe that are tied to their movie experiences.

SOM/Salzburg

DISNEY/ Neuschwanstein, Rothenburg (Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang)
HARRY POTTER/ R'burg

But don't discount Mozart as an influence on modern tourism. (Not that the average high school grad would have the faintest clue who he is without Hollywood... Even Joe Six-pack probably has an AMADEUS DVD in his library.)

Thanks to all !

The general idea seems to take our time which is, of course, a good idea.

Can someone suggest us an itinerary with the time we got ?

I,m not a fan of Sound of music ( I haven't seen that movie !) should we mak another plan for Salzburg. Our plan was to stay there 3 nights and do day trip to Berchestgaden and maebe Hallstat

If not for wanting to see Hallstatt (although I don't think it should be just a day trip), I would say stay in Berchtesgaden and make a day trip to Salzburg. In my opinion, there is more to see in Berchtesgaden. Only a day would not be sufficient.

We have already reserved 3 nights in Salzburg (which we can cancel). Finding accomodation in Berchestgaden was very hard (we havent found anything with a decent price for the four of us in fact).

It all depends on the individual's interests and priorities. Had I planned my first trip better in 1971, I would have gone to Salzburg as well as Bonn. There was time then. I only ended seeing Bonn. That was my doing. The film SOM played absolutely no part in my calculations ( Mozart did) at all when it came to seeing Salzburg, which was for the first time in 1977.