Hello!
I am planning a 19-day trip for our family of four in June -- we fly into Munich and home from Paris. Would love advice on our draft itinerary below! Our kids are 10 and 12 - we don't want to pack too much in and run everyone ragged and are also looking for a balance of city sights and nature/countryside. I am also very interested in visiting Konigssee area but it doesn't feature too prominently on typical itineraries -- is it worth the extra time? Finally we plan to take the train to Paris and are wondering where would be the best City to pick up the train. I am assuming Stuttgart b/c there is a high-speed option but please advise if there is a better end-point in southern Germany. Finally any thoughts about adding and subtracting a day here and there, especially b/c Day 12 & 13 (below) feel a bit compressed. Thank you!
- Day 1 -- Evening arrival Munich
- Day 2 - Munich
- Day 3 - Munich - would like to visit Dachau
- Day 4 -Train to Salzburg
- Day 5- Salzburg
- Day 6 - Salzburg
- Day 7 - Bus to Berchtesgaden / rent car/ stay near Konigssee
- Day 8 - Stay a second night in Konigssee? Would like to take boat ride and visit salt mines
- Day 9-11 - Drive to Fussen area to visit castles etc. What town/area makes best base? Ideally we could stay in a quiet, country location that is still convenient to castles and other sites (one of my children has requested a farm-like stay)
- Day 12 --Drive Romantic Road and spend night in Rothenburg ?
- Day 13 - Travel Day --Drive to Stuttgart, return car, take high speed train to Paris
- Day 13 - Evening arrival in Paris
- Day 14-18 - Paris
- Day 19 - Fly home