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Romantic road and more, intinery

Hello from Spain!
This is my first post in this forum :)
After doing some research I have made my holiday plans for our Germany trip in June / July on the Romantic road.
We will start at Baden airpark and leave from the same airport and have a rented car.
I have already been to Alsace and Europa Park, so don´t need much help there.
It´s from the 4th when I need some help.
Can you please let me know if there is anything important missing that I can add or if any of the days have to many visits/not enough time? Any suggestions will be well appreciated!
I´m a little bit worried about the 4th and 5th of July, in case in case it is too much.
As you can see our preferences are visiting medieval villages, castles, etc
The times are from the last destination to the next one by road.

  • Thursday 28 June Arrival at FKB at 13h Chateau Du Haut-Koenigsbourg (1h26m) Riquewihr (26min) (sleep in Hotel de la Couronne)
  • Friday 29 Ribeauvillé (10min) Eguisheim (26min) Riquewihr (dormir)
  • Saturday 30 Colmar (23min) Sleep in Europa Park (58min) Pension Yvonne Sigg
  • Sunday 1 July Europa Park – Sleep in Pension Yvonne Sigg
  • Monday 2 Europa Park Sleep in Todtnauberg Landhotel Herrihof (58min)
  • Tuesday 3 Todtnau (Alpine coaster and waterfall - 20min) Titisee (30min) (Not sure if worth the stop, maybe too many people in July) Meersburg (1h12m) Sleep in hotel Viktoria
  • Wednesday 4 Lindau (37min) Fussen (1h12min) y Castle Neuschwanstein Sleep in Hotel Gasthof Zum Schwanen (14min road towards Garmish-Partenkirchen)
  • Thursday 5 Garmish-Partenkirchen (48min) (Zugspite and maybe Partnachklamm if enough time) Oberammergau (24min) Wieskirche church (26min) Sleep in Landsberg am Lech (42min) Hotel Goggl
  • Friday 6 Landsberg am Lech Mindelheim (23min each way, only if we have enough time) Munich (53min) Sleep in Eurostars Book Hotel
  • Saturday 7 Augsburg (50min) Harburg (42min) Sleep in Schlosshotel Harburg “castle”
  • Sunday 8 Nordlngen (21min) Dinkelsburg (32min) Rothemburg (32min) Sleep in Historik Hotel Gotisches Haus
  • Monday 9 Nuremberg (1h12min) Sleep in Burg Colmberg “Castle” (59min)
  • Tuesday 10 Wurzburg (49min) Bamberg (54min) Sleep in Burg Colmberg (1h23m)
  • Wednesday 11 Heidelberg (1h42min) Sleep in B&B Baden Airpark (58min)
  • Thursday 12 Fly back to Málaga at 6:35am

Thanks a lot!!

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WOW!!! I don't remember ANYONE ever making a trip plan with this much detail except in Operation Marketgarden in WW2, and you know how that turned out! I suspect there are some inconsistencies in this plan. For example, it looks like you want to go from Rothenburg to Nuremberg then back towards Rothenberg to spend the night at Burg Colmburg then to Wurzburg then Bamberg then back to Burg Colmburg the next day (Tuesday the 10th). Or maybe you like driving in circles - And I doubt that you will make this trip without running into a Stau or two... How long do you plan to spend recovering from this "vacation"?
I think you have my take on this. Throw out 50 to 75% of your stops and replan.

Lots of luck...

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Maybe it would be easier to only sleep one night in the Burg Colmberg and that night sleep in Nuremberg , but also felt like not having to check out/ in with luggage at least one day!!
About not doing some of the stops, we can probably see that while we are there.
The Wies Church and Partnachklamm are not that important, and maybe also skip some of the villages.
I need to do some more reading and thinking...

Thanks for your help!!

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Hi again, I´ve made some changes to my itinerary.

I´ve left Munich for another trip and also taken out Augsburg.

This way we can get in to castle Neuschwanstein first thing in the morning, spend more time at lake Constance and a little more time for Bamberg and Wurzburg by sleeping at each place so if I like I can stay longer the next day and less of the next city. I also get enough time to do Zugspite and Partnachklamm.

This time I´ve checked distance / times with Via Michelin.

Please check and let me know.

  • Thursday 28 June

arrival to FKB 13h

Chateau Du Haut-Koenigsbourg (1h30m)

Riquewihr (26min) (sleep in Hotel de la Couronne)

  • Friday 29

Ribeauvillé (10min)

Eguisheim (26min)

Kaysersberg ??

Riquewihr (to sleep) 23min

  • Saturday 30

Colmar (26min)

Sleep by Europa Park (1h05) Pension Yvonne Sigg

  • Sunday 1 July

Europa Park – sleep in Pension Yvonne Sigg

  • Monday 2

Europa Park

Sleep Todtnauberg Landhotel Herrihof (1h05)

  • Tuesday 3

Todtnau Hasenhorn (Alpine coaster) y waterfall (20min)

Lago Titisee (30min) o 52min??

Meersburg (1h29m) Sleep in hotel Viktoria

  • Wednesday 4

Lake Constance

Lindau (1h)

Fussen (1h35min)

Sleep in Füssen (Hotel Sonne)

  • Thursday 5

Castle Neuschwanstein

Garmish-Partenkirchen (1h) Sleep in Hotel Rheinischer Hof

  • Friday 6

Zugspite and Partnachklamm

Oberammergau (27min) Sleep in Hotel Alte Post

  • Saturday 7

Church Wies ¿? (27min)

Landsberg Am Lech (55min)

Visit Lago Ammersee ¿? (20min from Landsberg)

Harburg (1h25) Sleep in Schlosshotel Harburg “castillo”

  • Sunday 8

Nordlingen (21min)

Dinkelsbühl (32min) ??

Rothenburg (40min)

Sleep in Burg Colmberg (21min)

  • Monday 9 (options can be decided depending on tiredness on the same day)

(OPTION 1)

Nuremberg (1h12min)

Sleep in Bamberg (55min) Hotel Best Western Bamberg Nichtraucherhotel

(OPTION 2)

Some nature relaxed activity

Or visit Dinkelsbühl o Rothenburg if we didn´t have time the day before

Sleep in Bamberg (1h30 from Rothenburg)

  • Tuesday 10

Bamberg

Wurzburg (1h10)

Sleep in Mercure Wurzburg am Mainufer

  • Wednesday 11

Heidelberg (1h45min)

Sleep in B&B Baden Airpark (1h)

  • Thursday 12 (Departure at 6:35 am)

Thanks!!

Posted by
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I am normally a cram as much as possible in a vacation kind of girl, but this itinerary has my head spinning. Your best bet is to only try to do one place/town/city a day. You have three to four places in each day. While your travel times are short, it is almost like you are running into a place, ok let me take a photo, I have now "seen" the place, now lets hop back into the car and on to the next place. You leave no time to stop, go to a bakery, order a pastry, and sit down and soak it all in. Your day around Nördlingen for example. We spent a half day in Nördlingen, a half day in Dinkelsbühl, and a half day in Rothenburg OdT. You have all that in one day.

I would look a places that could be a hub. For example, we stayed in Dinkelsbühl and day tripped to Nördlingen, and another Day trip to Nuremberg, and another day trip to Rothenburg.

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Yes, that´s why I put a question mark on Dinkelsbuhl on that day.
I can leave Dinkelsbuhl for the next day with something else and cancel Nuremberg.
Do you know if there are any nice walks, lakes or any nature based activities round that area?
Would be nice to have a rest from seeing towns and villages for half a day
About having a hub and doing things around it I think that this way a lot of time is lost on the road, unless everything is very close, of course.
Thanks for your answer!