Bavaria 8 day itinerary
Mar 27th, 2022 | 07:07 PM
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You might like a longer trip, but would have to take the children. Your wife wants an adult trip, but it would have to be shorter. How old are your children, or how old will they be by time of the trip next year?
How many children and do any of them already have some particular interests?
You say you could take three or four weeks with the children. If the trip is in Spring, which is a great time, what about their school?
How many children and do any of them already have some particular interests?
You say you could take three or four weeks with the children. If the trip is in Spring, which is a great time, what about their school?
I love hearing all the great stories of taking the kids!
Hi scottulrich7333, I actually prefer north Germany over Bavaria. I have spent a lot more time in the north and know it better. I wouldn't say I prefer Bavaria over Berlin, but just when you have planned a whole itinerary for Bavaria, which kind of works, I don't understand why you would suddenly change it for Berlin. But if you prefer an itinerary for Berlin, do some homework on Berlin and some other places nearby, and bring it back here as a question, and we will refine it for you. Take a selection from Berlin, maybe Potsdam, maybe Harz Mountains, maybe Leipzig, perhaps also Dresden - you will need to cut down if you only have a week. But Berlin will consume most of your time. Personally, if you already have an itinerary for Bavaria, I would stick with that. There is plenty for kids to do and see in Berlin (Legoland, Spree River cruise, Checkpoint Charlie, pockmarked buildings from bullet holes ....) wrapped up in a history lesson. Then if you want pretty, Harz Mountains and its little townships is a good choice. Then you could keep driving south back to Frankfurt for your way home, perhaps on the German Fairy Tale Route. You could do just a few of the stops.
Lots of possibilities, maybe for your next trip.
Lavandula
Lots of possibilities, maybe for your next trip.
Lavandula
we we're scheduled to do 3 nights in Munich, 2 nights in Fussen, 1 night Rothenburg and 3 nights in Berlin. Now that we are rescheduling, I was considering changing but it is just analysis paralysis
Mar 27th, 2022 | 09:13 PM
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You are not going for a whole year. Whatever you decide by time you book will be the right choice. I would not be in a rush to do that. If it is to be you and your wife without the girls, is there any place your wife has always dreamed of seeing?
Mar 28th, 2022 | 08:02 AM
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I don't know if most people prefer Munich over Berlin - I think that the advice here not to add Berlin is because you've already got Munich and other places in Bavaria as part of your plan. If you add Berlin, then you would stretch yourselves much thinner.
Mar 28th, 2022 | 09:27 AM
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Taking in all the advice from seasoned travelers here into your consideration, but in the end, it is your trip, you decide what are important to you and how you want to allocate your time, because everybody's priority, traveling style and energy level are different.
I have been to the places on your new itinerary in post #21 (Munich, Fussen, Rothenburg and Berlin.) If these are places of highest interest to you, then you should go for it.
I have been to the places on your new itinerary in post #21 (Munich, Fussen, Rothenburg and Berlin.) If these are places of highest interest to you, then you should go for it.
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Mar 31st, 2022 | 04:23 PM
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Taking in all the advice from seasoned travelers here into your consideration, but in the end, it is your trip, you decide what are important to you and how you want to allocate your time, because everybody's priority, traveling style and energy level are different.
I have been to the places on your new itinerary in post #21 (Munich, Fussen, Rothenburg and Berlin.) If these are places of highest interest to you, then you should go for it.
I have been to the places on your new itinerary in post #21 (Munich, Fussen, Rothenburg and Berlin.) If these are places of highest interest to you, then you should go for it.
And I know a lot of people seem to push for Berlin OR Munich... but the express train between the two is less than 4 hours - there is one that departs around 6pm and gets in before 10pm, so we could eat dinner on the train and not even lose much of a day sightseeing. That would mean missing Rothenburg, Bamberg, Nuremburg... but I just think we'll enjoy the big city of Berlin more and have a little more time in each place.So how about the following:
2 nights Salzburg - a day to see the city and a day trip out to the Werfen ice caves
3 nights Munich - a couple of days around the city and a day trip out to Neuschwanstein castle and Linderhof palace
4 nights Berlin - a full 3 days to explore the city
Thanks! Scott
Mar 31st, 2022 | 04:50 PM
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Hi Scott, are you including travel days between those three destinations? Otherwise travel will eat into the sightseeing days you have set out. I know you only had 8 days, and because your distances are relatively far apart this is more important to take into account than for your previous destinations which are just a comparatively shortish drive apart.
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Mar 31st, 2022 | 05:14 PM
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Hi Scott, are you including travel days between those three destinations? Otherwise travel will eat into the sightseeing days you have set out. I know you only had 8 days, and because your distances are relatively far apart this is more important to take into account than for your previous destinations which are just a comparatively shortish drive apart.
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Mar 31st, 2022 | 05:19 PM
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Wow, you like to pack it in! But yes, that would work although timings are tight. If anything goes wrong (someone unexpectedly gets sick, for instance, or you lose something), you haven't got much wiggle room. Are you doing an open jaw flight into Munich and out of Berlin?
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Mar 31st, 2022 | 05:25 PM
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I find that 3 nights is a nice amount when traveling (for me). Not to long, not too short. Open jaw flight would be the plan assuming it isn't way more expensive when I go to book it. That is what I booked for our last trip to Germany before it was canceled due to covid.
Mar 31st, 2022 | 06:09 PM
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