Has anyone been to Berlin in the last few weeks. We are taking a Baltic Cruise and one onf the ports is Warnemunde, Germany. The cruise line has an excursion for $240 in to Berlin, but the train takes 2.5 hours. Should we take our own train and make our own towr? Our boat arrives in Warnemunde at 6:00am and leaves at 6:00am. Thanks for any response.

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The Black Forest is absolutley a must do. It is like no other landscape that I am aware of.<BR>Dense forests, The greenest green, Valleys out of a dream, villages that are unforgetable.<BR>The towns can be touristy, but I enjoyed Tititsee.<BR>The country side is so gorgeous.<BR>There are numerous spas if that is your thing.<BR>If anywhere near by do the Black Forest.

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Must sees in Germany : Rothenburg for sure. Wurzburg, Munich's Viktualien (sp?) market. Berlin's Potsdamer Platz and the remains of the Berlin wall.

Excerpted from a very good previous thread - - http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=1307795<BR><BR>my personal list of favorites, in alphabetical order: <BR><BR>Aachen <BR>Baden-Baden, including the Casino <BR>Berlin, all of it <BR>Burg Eltz <BR>Cologne Cathedral <BR>Dachau <BR>Landshut <BR>Lubeck <BR>Neuschwanstein <BR>Oberkirch <BR>Parkhotel Wasserburg-Anholt <BR>Porsche factory tour, Stuttgart <BR>Rothenburg ob der Tauber <BR>Schloss Linderhof <BR>Schloss Neuweier (near Baden-Baden) <BR>Schwarzwald Hochstrasse <BR>Ulm <BR>Weimar <BR><BR>Remember, this list contains MY personal favorites. No two people's lists will be the same. I have omitted Frankfurt, Heidelberg, St. Goar, Assmannhausen (never been to any of them), Munich (been there plenty, like other places better), Hamburg (I know a great hotel there, but not that exciting a city), Hameln, Bremen and Lindau (not in the same league with the favorites listed above). <BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

Earth to Rex et al. <BR><BR>She left June 3rd.

Whoops. You're right. My bad.<BR>

Don't feel too bad, I was about to reply when I noticed . . . the message ends up displaying right next to the response box.<BR><BR>Snoopy

I've lived here for 2 years, and would have to say that Dresden, Cologne's cathedral, Neuschwanstein, the Rhein River Valley area between Koblenz and Mainz, the Mosel River valley, and Heidelberg are the must sees. I didn't particularly like Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt though.

Hey, I'm reading all of this and would like some information on Heidleberg. We'ver visiting next month with a six year old and eleven year old. Any ideas?

Lived here over a year now, and these are our favorite: (not in particular order):<BR><BR>Trier<BR>Mose Wine Area<BR>Rhine Castle area<BR>Romantic castle area (Neuchweinstein, Weiss Church, Ettal Monastry, Garmish area)<BR>Lake Chemissee (for the castle and the great water sports)<BR>Berchestgarden (salt mines and Eagles Nest)<BR>Munich and Dachau<BR><BR>For the person asking about Heidleberg, there is a great castle there, the kids should like it, the world's biggest wine keg (they can climb the stairs around it) and the town is nice to walk through to. We always take visitors there, and they are impressed.<BR>Heidleberg<BR>

<BR>I'd suggest Greifswald and the nearby beaches as a must see...

The Altstadt (old town) in Munich for the beer halls, beer gardens, churches, and Altes Rathaus.<BR>Mittenwald for a village right out of &quot;Sound of Music&quot;. Ride the cable car up the mountain for incredible views of the Alps.<BR>Schloss Linderhof - one of the great palaces of Europe.<BR>Rothenburg - best preserved midieval village in Europe. <BR>Mosel valley and Burg Eltz - more impressive than Neuschwanstein IMO.

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A bit late now for Emily Naegle, but<BR>nobody has said Lake Constance - that's the part of Germany in the south-west where it meets Austia and Switzerland all in one little corner.<BR><BR>The Alps are so close, you can almost reach out and touch them. There are beautiful half-timbered houses, some of them painted on the outside walls with scenes in a sort of Baroque style. Sample the wine, which is so good that the locals drink it all themselves and export very little and much, much more.