Help with Itinerary

Not a bad plan, but with 9 days you will need to research your visits for time. You have some very generous plans that you probably won't be able to do, like Day 4, driving from Rothenburg to Fussen on THE ROMANTIC ROAD you say 2.5 hours, do you plan to stop in any of the wonderful medieval walled towns like Dinkelsbuhl, Donauwurth and others. Also, Augsburg is worth a few hours. That city is over 2000 years old and the downtown is amazing.

doing the Zugspitze is great. Your day 8 is generous, you might get it done with a guided tour.

For days 1 and 2 at some point jet lag is going to kick in. I love Bamberg, but I think there is enough to do in Nuremberg to keep you busy.

for day 3, I remember parking being kind of a pain when we were there. Also to my American brain I thought the parking was free - it looked like a parking lot that would be free here in the States, but there was a cute little kiosk that we totally missed when we parked and we didn't get the ticket to put in the windshield thus a not so cute parking ticket.

On your way into Fuessen - I would highly recommend stopping at the Wieskirch in Steingaden - or on your drive to Garmisch-Partenkirchen stopping at the monastery in Ettal.

You do move around a lot, but I am having a hard time finding places to cut/stay extra nights in.

You might consider a plan "B" for inclement weather for the Zugspitz and the Königssee. Something like head to Mittenwald and a short half day in Salzburg.

It is a little bit unfair to post the same request parallel on multiple forums, e. g. also on TA because the helpers of this platform do not see what helpers of other platforms already recommended. Please do same postings sequentially on platforms with 2-3 days in between and not in parallel to respect time and effort of other people.

Thank you all for the suggestions and tips. We will make sure to take in to account when planning in detail.

Sorry Mark. Will make sure there are few days in between posting in different forums.

Senthil