Best little towns along the Romantic Road
 

We'll be driving from Bacharach to Rothenburg, probably stopping in Wurzburg, is there any other towns worth a stop?

I'd like to know know from Rothenburg to Fussen what sights should we see, is there special little towns we should stop in and if so what's the attractions.

Bacharach tp Wzbg: It depends on the route you are taking. If you are travelling all the way on the A-3, you may wish to get off at thye Weipersbrunn exit (east of Aschaffenburg) and head for Hessenthal -Mespelbrunn. This is the site of a delighful small castle almost sutrounded by a small lake. Has a couple of hotels and restaurants. Afdter your visit, head back to the B-8 route (about 5km) and follow it east back onto the A-3.

OR, follow the Main River from the Stockstadt exit of the A-3,and take the B-469 to Miltenberg. This is another nice, old and scenic town (yes, it has its own castle!)along the Main.

From there you can continue on to Wertheim and follow the Main back onto the A-3 and Wzbg.

So, from your answer I'm guessing Wurzburg is not exactly on the way to Rothenburg. I will look into your suggestion, it sounds interesting. Anymore suggestions out there for Rothenburg to Fussen.

If you are starting in Frankfurt it is easy to visit Wurzburg, then Rothenburg, then other Romantic Road villages, then Fussen.

P.S. I answered your other thread. Here is my response in case you missed it

The Wieskirche (famous Roccoco church) is on the way from Rothenburg down to Fussen, as is the town of Augsburg (famous Cathedral).

If you check this website (http://www.romantischestrasse.de/?lang=uk), there is a map on the left to click on that shows you all the towns in order. Then you can use the dropdown box on the right to look at the sights of each town (after you select a town from the dropdown box, use the navigation menu that pops up on the right).

I'd look into stopping at any of these towns:

Dinkelsbuhl
Nordlingen
Augsburg
Weiskirche (very near town of Steingaden I believe)

Another vote for Dinkelsbuhl! Spent a birthday there many years ago - unforgettable.

Wurzburg is on the way to Rothenburg.

My favorite cities along the RR are Wurzburg, Weikersheim, Dinkelsbuhl, Nordlingen.

Harburg. Stone bridge, fortress on a hill, tiny village center. J.

Sorry if this sounds negative, but when we drove the Romantic Road about 10 years ago it was a big bore. If we had to do it again we would take the autobahn and spend more time in the places we wanted to see. We visted Rothenburg and Wursburg. Both very interesting.

Nordlingen has an interesting astronomical angle. It was ground zero of an ancient meteoritic impact. The tower of the Georgskirche is located at the precise center of the nearly vertical strike. The church itself is constructed, in part, of impact breccia.

The well-preserved town walls are constructed along an almost perfectly circular inner escarpment formed by the impact (not to be confused with the crater rim, which extends well beyond Nordlingen). You can see these slightly raised inner rings in the interior of larger lunar craters.

For me, the greatest thing about Nordlingen is that the square near the church is named after Gene Shoemaker, an almost legendary Caltech astronomer that I used to know from my days as a planetary physicist.

The "must dos" in Nordlingen are walking the full circuit of the town wall and climbing the Georgskirche tower.

The RR road itself isn't particularly stupendous, but many of the towns are well worth a visit.