Salzburg Day Trip from Munich by Train or Tour
Mozart was born here, The Sound of Music was filmed here, and the Hohensalzburg Fortress has been watching over the…
Berchtesgaden and Eagles Nest Day Trip from Munich
The Eagle’s Nest sits at 1,834 metres on a rocky outcrop above Berchtesgaden, accessible only by a road that was…
Visiting Heidelberg Castle and Old Town
Heidelberg Castle has been a ruin since 1693, and that’s precisely what makes it magnificent. The French army blew it…
Rothenburg and the Romantic Road Day Trip from Munich
The Romantic Road runs 460 kilometres from Würzburg to Füssen, threading through some of the most absurdly picturesque countryside in…
Berlin Museum Island Tickets and Visitor Guide
Museum Island is five world-class museums on a single island in the middle of the Spree river — 6,000 years…
Potsdam and Sanssouci Palace Day Trip from Berlin
Frederick the Great built Sanssouci as a place to stop worrying — the name literally means “without care.” The palace…
Leipzig Canal Tours and City Guide
Leipzig’s canals are the city’s secret — a network of industrial waterways that once powered mills and factories and now…
Nuremberg Tours: Medieval Dungeons, Old Town and Rally Grounds
Nuremberg’s medieval dungeons are still there — beneath the old town, carved into sandstone, a tunnel system that served as…
Dresden Walking Tours: Dungeon, Semperoper and Old Town
Dresden was bombed flat on February 13, 1945 — Allied air raids killed roughly 25,000 people and destroyed 1,600 acres…
Cologne Walking Tours and Rhine Cruises
Cologne Cathedral took 632 years to build — started in 1248, abandoned in 1473, and finally completed in 1880 using…
Hamburg Bike Tours and Chocoversum Chocolate Experience
Hamburg is a cycling city — flat terrain, wide streets, and canal towpaths make bikes the fastest and most pleasant…
Munich City Tours: Walking, Biking and Beer Gardens
Munich does two things better than any other German city: beer and beauty. The Marienplatz Glockenspiel performs daily to crowds…
Visiting the Berlin Reichstag Dome and Government District
The Reichstag dome is free to visit — one of the most photographed pieces of modern architecture in Europe, open…
Berlin Spree River Boat Tours and Cruises
Berlin was built on water, and a boat tour on the Spree reveals the city from an angle you simply…
Hamburg Harbor Cruises and Speicherstadt Guide
Hamburg’s harbour is the third-largest in Europe — a small city floating on water where container ships the length of…
Hamburg St. Pauli Tours: Reeperbahn, Nightlife and the Kiez
The Reeperbahn is Hamburg’s 930-metre strip of neon, noise, and nightlife — the city’s entertainment centre since the 1800s, where…
Berlin Third Reich and Cold War Walking Tours
Underneath a nondescript car park near the Brandenburg Gate lie the remains of Hitler’s bunker — no monument, no plaque,…
Dachau Concentration Camp Tour from Munich
Dachau was the first concentration camp the Nazis built — opened in March 1933, less than two months after Hitler…
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour from Berlin
Sachsenhausen was the prototype. Built in 1936 in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres north of Berlin, it served as the administrative headquarters…
Berlin Walking Tours: The Best Way to See the City
Berlin doesn’t make sense until someone explains it. You can stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate and see a…
Berlin TV Tower Tickets: Observation Deck and Restaurant Guide
The Berlin TV Tower is the tallest structure in Germany and the most recognisable silhouette in Berlin’s skyline. At 368…
Neuschwanstein Castle Day Trip from Munich
Ludwig II of Bavaria bankrupted himself building Neuschwanstein. He started construction in 1869 as a personal retreat — a Romanesque…
Paris 2CV and Vintage Sidecar Tours
The Citroën 2CV is the car that saved France. After the war, when the country needed affordable transport for farmers…
Somme WWI Battlefields Day Trip from Paris
On July 1, 1916, 19,240 British soldiers were killed in a single day. It remains the bloodiest day in British…
How to Book Puy du Fou Tickets and Plan Your Visit
Puy du Fou is the theme park that doesn’t have theme park rides. No roller coasters. No spinning teacups. No…
Visiting the Pont du Gard: Tickets, Swimming and Roman History
The Romans built the Pont du Gard to carry water. Just water. Fifty kilometres of aqueduct from a spring near…
Visiting the Cite des Sciences in Paris
The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie is the largest science museum in Europe, and it looks like it crash-landed…
Visiting the Jardin d Acclimatation in Paris
The Jardin d’Acclimatation is the amusement park that Paris parents have been taking their kids to since 1860. That’s over…
Visiting the Basilique Saint-Denis: Royal Tombs and Gothic Origins
Forty-two kings and thirty-two queens of France are buried at the Basilique Saint-Denis. Not metaphorically — their actual remains are…
Visiting Chateau de Vincennes and the Bois de Vincennes
The keep at Vincennes is 52 metres tall and looks like it could withstand a siege this afternoon. Which makes…