The highlights of Germany in one month
Germany itinerary
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Sept. 16, 2020
30 days
2797 km
17 steps
This one month itinerary will show you some of the main highlights of Germany. You will get to see many of Germany's amazing cities and travel to all corners of the country.
Step 1: Berlin
4 days recommended
Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany. The city is known for its culture and history, with many landmarks and monuments including the Brandenburg Gate, the Holocaust memorial and the Berlin Wall's graffitied remains. The city is also famous for its nightlife with multiple huge nightclubs, most playing techno music.
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Step 2: Potsdam
1 days recommended
Potsdam
Potsdam is a town located next to Berlin. It's know for the Sanssouci Palace, which was once the summer home of Frederick the Great, former King of Prussia.
Step 3: Dresden
2 days recommended
Dresden
Dresden is the capital of the eastern German state of Saxony. It's known for its art museums and classic architecture of its reconstructed old town. The city had to be reconstructed after the controversial American and British bombing of Dresden near the end of World War II, which destroyed the entire city centre and killed approximately 25,000 people, many of whom were civilians.
step 3: Dresden
step 4: Saxon Switzerland National Park
Step 4: Saxon Switzerland National Park
1 days recommended
Saxon Switzerland National Park
Saxon Switzerland National Park is a National Park in the State of Saxony, on the border with Czech Republic. The park is known for its stunning landscapes with the majestic Bastei Bridge.
step 4: Saxon Switzerland National Park
step 5: Leipzig
Step 5: Leipzig
2 days recommended
Leipzig
Leipzig is the most populous city in the state of Saxony. It's known for its many art galleries, museums, and concert halls.
step 5: Leipzig
step 6: Nuremberg
Step 6: Nuremberg
2 days recommended
Nuremberg
Nuremberg is the second-largest city of the state of Bavaria. It's known for its historical landmarks, including the imperial castle and its walled Old Town.
step 6: Nuremberg
step 7: rothenburg ob der tauber
Step 7: rothenburg ob der tauber
2 days recommended
rothenburg ob der tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in northern Bavaria. It's known for its old town with medieval architecture and cobblestone streets lined with half-timbered houses.
step 7: rothenburg ob der tauber
step 8: Dachau
Step 8: Dachau
1 days recommended
Dachau
Dachau is a town that is known for the Dachau concentration camp. Dachau was the Nazi’s first concentration camp and was the only concentration camp that existed throughout the complete twelve years of Nazi rule. In the first years it was the largest concentration camp. At first it was used as a place to imprison political prisoners, but later Dachau became a transfer station to other concentration camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Step 9: Munich
2 days recommended
Munich
Munich is the capital city of Bavaria. It's known for its centuries-old buildings, museums and its Oktoberfest celebration.
step 9: Munich
step 10: Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Step 10: Garmisch-Partenkirchen
2 days recommended
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a town and ski resort in Bavaria. It's known as a great destination for skiing, ice skating and hiking.
step 10: Garmisch-Partenkirchen
step 11: Füssen
Step 11: Füssen
1 days recommended
Füssen
Füssen is a Bavarian town located just north of the Austrian border. It's known for its castles, including Hohenschwangau Castle and the world famous Neuschwanstein Castle, which looks like it comes out of a fairytale.
step 11: Füssen
step 12: Baden-Baden
Step 12: Baden-Baden
2 days recommended
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden is a town near the border with France, in southwestern Germany’s Black Forest. The town is known for its Roman bath culture, its two main thermal baths are the modern Caracalla Spa and the historic Friedrichsbad.
step 12: Baden-Baden
step 13: Heidelberg
Step 13: Heidelberg
1 days recommended
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is a town on the Neckar River in the southwest of Germany. It’s known for its university, founded in the 14th century, its Gothic Heiliggeistkirche church towers and the red-sandstone ruins of Heidelberg Castle.
step 13: Heidelberg
step 14: Frankfurt
Step 14: Frankfurt
2 days recommended
Frankfurt
Frankfurt is a central German city on the river Main and a major financial hub that's home to the European Central Bank. It's known for its reconstructed old town and for its futuristic skyline.
step 14: Frankfurt
step 15: Cologne
Step 15: Cologne
2 days recommended
Cologne
Cologne is a 2,000-year-old city along the Rhine River in western Germany. It's known for its old town with 12 great Romanesque churches , including the magnificent Cologne Cathedral.
step 15: Cologne
step 16: Hamburg
Step 16: Hamburg
2 days recommended
Hamburg
Hamburg is a city along the Elbe river in northern Germany. It's known for its harbour area, its hundreds of canals and its nightlife area, the Reeperbahn.
Step 17: Lübeck
1 days recommended
Lübeck
Lübeck is a city located in northern German. It's known for its brick gothic architecture, from its time as the medieval capital of the Hanseatic League, a powerful trading confederation.