mesale

Hello all! I am visiting family in Germany over Thanksgiving, and we want to take about 5 nights to travel. Since I am the one flying from America, they want me to pick the place, but there are just too many options.

We will be traveling with 2 children (10 and 8) and are looking to stay in pretty much one place the whole time. My real dilemma is going to be the weather, I think.

I would appreciate any advice!

Thanks,
Meaghan

PalenQ

With kids i may chose Munich and Bavaria - kids will love the day trip out to Fuessen and Mad Ludwig's fantasy castles - a surprise at every turn during the tour of the inside.

and perhaps a day trip to Rothenburg, one of Europe's finest old walled towns.

Munich's Deutsches Museum can fascinate kids as well. Adults will enjoy the Hofbrauhaus and beer gardens - kids are welcome there too - fattening German foods

BMW Museum - Olympic Stadium grounds and even a palace par excellence at Nymphenburg (name?) Schloss Nymphemburg

Dachau will sober the beer-drinking adults but not sure for kids that age - short S-Bahn ride from Munich.

Kids can enjoy the clock show in the Marienplatz with the moving figures.

Or hop a train to Salzburg, Austria in just over an hour and waltx around one of Europe's most goregous cities.

And the Christmas Markets i think in Munich and every German town should be hopping by then - Nurnberg is said to have one of the best - an hour or so by train to the north.

Investigate the Lander Passes where i think up to five adults and more kids can travel on regional trains, city buses and trams all day for 29 or 39 euro for the whole group - buy it locally.

zeppole

I would pick Munich or Berlin.

Dachau would be the last place on my list with children that small.

Christmas markets have always sounded to me like my worst idea of hell, but maybe I've got the wrong picture of them.

mesale

Thanks for your responses! I probably should have made myself more clear... I think we are looking to travel outside of Germany since my family lives there and has seen many of the sites there. I was maybe thinking Edinburgh, but the weather that far north in November must be pretty chilly.

Sorry for the confusion!

zeppole

I don't know what airport will be near you in Germany, but if you are considering flying, could you get to Spain? The Alhambra, Cordoba and Sevilla might make a nice trip with children that age, and the weather might be sunny, if not beach weather.

Another great trip might be Pompeii and Rome, with some of Napoli tossed in if you can face it after well-organized Germany.

In general, weather in Italy isn't freezing in November, and it may even be more dry than Scotland or other points north. Venice might enchant your kids, and the crowds are low in November. Just don't book a hotel near San Marco, where sometimes the tides flood in November.

bardo1

I agree - southern Spain and southern Italy both come immediately to mind. Pleasant weather and plenty of interest for 8 & 10 yo.

We went to Southern Spain in mid-November and the weather was mid-70's and sunny our entire 11 days.

Odin

Canary Islands, Morocco, Athens or Cyprus should be still pleasantly warm at the end of November.

PalenQ

Twas in Edinburgh once in November - dank and dark all day and sunset about 3pm. Yes fly south to warmer weather. Or a place like London where the weather is secondary to all the fantastic things for adults and kids to do.