Feedback on our trip and suggestions for a fourth area

Posted by jjsullivan3 on 04/15/26 08:14 PM

Hey RS forum!

We are planning a 14 night trip in late October for our honeymoon, looking for some feedback on a fourth area to stay. My fiancee and I are planning on flying into Munich, renting a car and going to Salzburg for 4 nights. Then 3 nights in Rothenburg ob der Tauber or its surrounding area, followed by 4 nights in Alsace, likely Colmar. After that Im leaning towards 3 nights in Mosel River Valley, maybe St Goat or Cochem, but also considering Black Forest (Baden Baden) and am open to any other suggestions on our fourth base. We will fly home out of Frankfurt. Any suggestions or feedback would be appreciated.

Posted by Gundersen

Niagara, Ontario

04/15/26 09:00 PM

1982 posts

Mosel for me.

Posted by ChinaLake67

NorthCarolina

04/15/26 09:45 PM

1266 posts

BadenBaden is so underwhelming in my opinion. Salzburg is lovely. Heidelberg is also a great town.

Posted by jjsullivan3 OP

04/15/26 10:01 PM

20 posts

Ty both!

Salzburg is incredible, we spent 24 hrs there last year and i cant wait to have more time with the area.

Ive heard Heidelberg is great, i will look into that option too

Also now Wondering if RodT is a good place to stay or if i should consider Nordlingen or Dinkulsbuhl instead.

Posted by Russ

Paradise

04/15/26 10:12 PM

8090 posts

Best wishes for a nice stay.

St. Goar is a Rhine River town.

If you want to stay in Rothenburg and visit Dinkelsbuehl, that's a snap with a car.

I assume 4 nights in Salzburg will include some side trips. You might want 5 or 5+ there if you'll be visiting Hallstatt, Berchtesgaden, Werfen (Eisriesenwelt ice cave, Hohenwerfen Castle and falconry show) and Herrenchiemsee Palace (between Munich and Salzburg.)

With flights into MUC and out of FRA, and your goal of staying in Rothenburg, the Alsace looks to me like an almost-unnecessary detour. Just north of Rothenburg is a vast wine country that is loaded with wonderful villages not unlike those in the Alsace.

https://www.franken-weinland.de/landschaft-und-wein/weinanbaugebiet/#image

I think you would enjoy tooling around to see some of these places...

Prichsenstadt
Miltenberg
Michelstadt
Iphofen
Sommerhausen
Marktbreit
Ochsenfurt

Bamberg, one of Germany's best-preserved medieval towns, is here too.

Since this area is on your route toward the Rhine/Mosel region, it would be a fine way to streamline your itinerary.

Posted by Suki

New England

04/15/26 10:18 PM

12135 posts

You have planned a beautiful honeymoon. A little tweaking of your plans will make it even better.
We loved all you the different locations you listed with one exception- Colmar! We were sorry we wasted our time in this over touristed town.

Posted by Suki

New England

04/15/26 10:19 PM

12135 posts

Instead of Colmar, spend several nights in one of the Wine Villages near Strasbourg. We loved staying in Riquewehr!

Posted by Russ

Paradise

04/15/26 10:27 PM

8090 posts

I concur with suki about Colmar... I think you'll find the wine country towns I suggested north of Rothenburg much more "grass-roots" than Colmar.

Cochem is a good base on the Mosel for visiting Burg Eltz (Castle) as well as Bernkastel, Beilstein, Winningen and other Mosel towns:

https://www.mosel-inside.de/en/travel-guide/mosel-villages.html

Posted by jjsullivan3 OP

04/15/26 11:18 PM

20 posts

Ty all!! Def now considering dropping Alsace for another stop in Germany. We missed Bamberg on our last trip so that comes to mind as a replacement; i will look into those other towns you all mentioned I really appreciate the feedback