Romantic Road or Rhine valley (1 Viewer)

[Nigel Crompton]

Plan was the Romantic Road, leaving Samoens in the alps @ 7th June but we now have a finite time, due to agreeing to meet NZ friends in Paris on 24th June.
It'll take 2 days to get to the southern end, and another 2 days to Paris from the northern.
Would we be rushing it?

Alternative is to potter down the Rhine.

 

[Abacist]

Personally I hate the Rhine valley! Train lines on both banks ensure disturbed sleeping and the river is too wide for any bridges to cross back and forth but there are ferries. Romantic Road for me even with less time to stop!

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Definitely Romantic Road, I would go down as far as Fussen then work back up.
Most places you can see in a day so early start to next Stelplatz and then rest of day in a village.

 

[Rocking Rivet]

It’s only about 300 miles long and you will have time. A lot of the recommended sights only take 1/2 a day. If you really like it, like we did you can always return

 

[suavecarve]

The argument for the Rhine is starting at Basel and going through lovely towns such as Freiberg Colmar Strasbourg and hitting the smaller ones nearby such as Eguisheim, Baden Baden, then still having the choice of Karlsruhe Saarsberrg Luxembourg or doing the Vogues with the route des cretes.
The Romantic Road, in our opinion, is a fantastic piece of marketing to entice people to use that road which has some nice villages and castles with good starting and finishing points and a couple of really nice towns in between.
We would definitely do the Rhine

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[Jim]

Toss a coin. You can't go wrong with either

 

[Abacist]

When we went down the Rhine we also found that everyone else wanted to stop at the nice bits, the wineries etc so parking was a problem and the nice places get very busy with river cruise ships offloading for the day.

But I’ve been there and done it and certainly would not do it again.

You pay your money and take your choice!

 

[Mleabon]

Haven't done the Rhine but the Romantic Strasse was amazing. There are a couple of towns that I would miss out though.

 

[Nigel Crompton]

Haven't done the Rhine but the Romantic Strasse was amazing. There are a couple of towns that I would miss out though.

?? Name and shame ...

 

[Tinker2]

We will be heading along the romantic road, after visiting Kaysersberg
Frieburg
Alsace colmar. Joining somewhere near Fussen, not doing Fussen this time. Tunnel 21st May.

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[pjay]

There's a lot more German holiday routes (Deutsche Ferienstrasse) than you might think, maybe try to combine a few others into your itinerary...

Scenic routes – get to know Germany at your own pace. - Germany Travel

With more than 150 themed tours, Germany's scenic routes are a great way to travel around the country and do your own thing. So why not hit the road?

www.germany.travel

Pete

 

[Mleabon]

?? Name and shame ...

Wurzburg and bad Mergentheim. Dinksbuhel, Nordlingen and Rothenburg were the highlights. Check out the last week of this trip.
Follow me on my trip ‘Skiing Nassfeld ’ at https://www.polarsteps.com/MarkLeab...ssfeld?s=0dfe5a07-53bc-4ef0-a4f7-cf628ca23614

 

[Nigel Crompton]

Wurzburg and bad Mergentheim. Dinksbuhel, Nordlingen and Rothenburg were the highlights. Check out the last week of this trip.
Follow me on my trip ‘Skiing Nassfeld ’ at https://www.polarsteps.com/MarkLeab...ssfeld?s=0dfe5a07-53bc-4ef0-a4f7-cf628ca23614

That's useful, ta. Truncate the route at Rothenburg then head west for Dudenlange, then Paris

 

[frwjd]

Neither, I'd go to the Mosel

 

[bladerunner]

plus one

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[Chrisvh]

Neither, I'd go to the Mosel

Good call.

 

[Mleabon]

That's useful, ta. Truncate the route at Rothenburg then head west for Dudenlange, then Paris

Sounds good.