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GERMANY, AUSTRIA & SWITZERLAND’S
BEST TRIPS 33 AMAZING ROAD TRIPS
This edition written and researched by
Nicola Williams Kerry Christiani, Marc Di Duca, Catherine Le Nevez, Tom Masters, Sally O’Brien, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Benedict Walker
SYMBOLS IN THIS BOOK Top Tips
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With over 30,000 students, this historic town nestled in a corner of Lower Saxony near the Hesse border offers a good taste of university-town life in Germany’s north. Since 1734, the Georg-August Universität has sent more than 40 Nobel Prize winners into the world. As well as all those awardwinning doctors and scientists, it also produced the fairy-tale-writing Brothers Grimm (as German linguistic teachers). Be sure to stroll around the pleasant Markt and nearby Barfüsser-strasse to admire the Fachwerk (half-timbered) houses. The city’s symbol, the Gänseliesel (little goose girl) statue on Markt is hailed locally as the most kissed woman in the world – not a flattering moniker, you might think,
WHy THiS iS a ClaSSiC TriP RYAN VER BERKMOES, AUTHOR Did they give us nightmares or fantasies? Or both? Who can forget hearing the wild stories of the Brothers Grimm as a child? Evil stepmothers, dashing princes, fair maidens, clever animals, mean old wolves and more. With every passing year, these stories become more sanitised. But the real fairy tales are far more compelling, as you’ll learn on this trip.
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On this magic loop through the diverse natural beauty of the ancient states of Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony, you’ll fall in love with the eye-catching villages of Quedlinburg and Goslar, perhaps take a steam train to the top of a mountain, see where Bach was born and Goethe died, keep watch from the Wartburg and ponder the histories written upon the culture-laden cities of Erfurt, Weimar, Dresden and Leipzig.
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is the A to Z of this zigzagging trip From Arosa to Zermatt, majestic peaks, Alpine scenery, with Switzerland’s astounding charm. cable-car rides and local formidable panoramas, 7 DAYS 612 KM / 382 MILES
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Andrea Schulte-Peevers Born and raised in Germany and educated in London and at UCLA, Andrea has travelled the distance to the moon and back in her visits to some 75 countries. She has written about her native land for two decades and authored or contributed to some 80 Lonely Planet titles, including all editions of the Germany country guide and the Berlin city guide. Andrea discovered her love for road trips while living in California for nearly 20 years and now puts pedal to the metal crisscrossing Europe from her home base in Berlin. Read more about Andrea at: https://auth. lonelyplanet.com/profiles/andreaschultepeevers
Benedict Walker Benedict got his driving licence a little later than most and made up for lost time fast: he’s at his happiest behind the wheel on a country road, music blaring. Having lost a few years buzzing around the backroads of Australia, NZ, Japan, Canada and the US, he found it was an honour to get back to Germany’s jaw-dropping history, culture and verdant nature.
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My Favourite Trip German Avenues Route I love how much this trip packs in without being exhausting, just a hop-skip-and-a-jump from the headiness of Berlin.
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Ryan Ver Berkmoes Ryan once lived in Germany. He spent three years in Frankfurt, during which time he edited a magazine until he got a chance for a new career with... Lonely Planet. One of his first jobs was working on LP’s Germany coverage. He loves smoked fish, which serves him well in the north, and he loves beer, which serves him well everywhere in Germany. Follow him at ryanverberkmoes.com and @ryanvb. Read more about Ryan at: https://auth. lonelyplanet.com/profiles/ryanvb
Marc Di Duca A well-established travel guide author, Marc has explored many corners of Germany over the last 25 years but it’s to the quirky variety and friendliness of Bavaria that he returns most willingly. When not hiking Alpine valleys, eating snowballs in Rothenburg ob der Tauber or brewery hopping in Bamberg, he can be found in Sandwich, Kent, where he lives with his wife, Tanya, and their two sons. Read more about Marc at: https://auth. lonelyplanet.com/profiles/Madidu
Catherine Le Nevez Catherine’s wanderlust kicked in when she first roadtripped across Europe – including Germany and Austria – aged four, and she’s been roadtripping here ever since, completing her Doctorate of Creative Arts in Writing, Masters in Professional Writing, and post-grad qualifications in Editing and Publishing along the way. A freelance writer for decades, over the last dozen-or-so years she has written scores of Lonely Planet guides and articles covering destinations all over Europe and beyond.
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My Favourite Trip Moselle Valley This is Germany at its most magical: hilltop castles, halftimbered villages, vineyards in every direction, and truly exceptional wines. Read more about Catherine at: https://auth. lonelyplanet.com/profiles/catherine_le_nevez
Tom Masters Tom hails from London, but has lived in Berlin since 2009 and has travelled widely all over Germany in that time. During research for this book, he particularly enjoyed his time discovering Leipzig’s secret life beyond the Altstadt, walking in Saxon Switzerland, the gorgeousness that is Görlitz and getting to know Dresden. More of Tom’s work can be found online at www.tommasters.net. Read more about Tom at: https://auth. lonelyplanet.com/profiles/tommasters
Sally O’Brien Australian-born Sally, a Lonely Planet writer since 2001, has called Switzerland home since 2007. Swapping her surfboard for a snowboard, the beach for the lake and the BBQ for the caquelon, she loves exploring Switzerland’s charming cities, the sublime Alps and lakes, and catching cable cars and trains to stunning vantage points. It’s only fitting that she became a naturalised Swiss citizen while on the road for this guide. She lives with her husband, Denis, and their sons in the Lake Geneva region. Sally tweets @swissingaround. Read more about Sally at: https://auth. lonelyplanet.com/profiles/swissingaround
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born. Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, London, Melbourne, Oakland, Beijing and Delhi, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.
Nicola Williams Border hopping is a way for life for British writer Nicola Williams, who lives on Lake Geneva’s southern shore. Every journey from her lakeside home begins with a boat ride across Europe’s largest lake or a drive around its vine-stitched shore. When not road-tripping for work, she can be found motoring with her trio of trilingual kids to Germany to visit family in Cologne (and celebrate Karneval), to Switzerland to ski beside the Aletsch Glacier, to Austria to hike childhood haunts … Follow her travels at @Tripalong.
Kerry Christiani Having lived for six years in the Black Forest, Kerry returned to this neck of the woods (her second home) to write her chapters. Summer hikes in the forest, bike rides on Lake Constance and going on the trail of Mozart and Maria in Salzburg kept her busy for this edition. She tweets @kerrychristiani and lists her latest work at www.kerrychristiani.com. Read more about Kerri at: https://auth. lonelyplanet.com/profiles/KerryChristiani
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Start: Salzburg (H1) End: Bregenz (E12) This trip takes you on a wild rollercoaster drive over three legendary Alpine passes and packs in outdoor activities from skiing to windsurfing and whitewater rafting.
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Leipzig
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Paderborn
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Dortmund
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Lucerne
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Trier
Aachen
Nijmegen
Start: Düsseldorf (C7)IJsselmeer End: Mainz (D9) Watch epic scenery unfold as Germany’s Romantic Rhine valley carves between towering cliffs clad in forest and capped by castles, to delightful Mainz.
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7 Days Start: Mannheim (D9) End: Bayreuth (G9) On this trip you’ll follow a ribbon of fairy-tale castles that winds its way across Germany’s south, along with the wonderful historic towns that host them.
The Romantic Road 10 Days
BRATISLAVA
Start: Würzburg (E9) End: Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangau Castles (F12) On this trip you’ll experience medieval walled towns, gabled townhouses and cobbled squares, all preserved as if time has come to a standstill.
VIENNA
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German Alpine Road 7 Days
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Start: Lindau (E12) End: Königssee (H12) This exciting drive winds through the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, taking in romantic castles, lakes of drinkable pure water and high peaks whose mantle of snow remains year-round.
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King Ludwig II’s crazy castle rises Plzeň from Bavaria’s mysterious forest like a storybook illustration. Inside, the makebelieve continues. Said to have inspired Walt’s castle at Disney World, it now inspires tourist masses.
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Germany’s financial capital brims with cultural and culinary excitement beneath 9 a corporate demeanour. Discover its soul with an espresso in an old-time cafe, museum-hop along the riverbank, or wash down local fare in an old-world tavern.
Visit Frankfurt on Trip 7
F U Biella C15 Colmar C11 Graz K13 Landsberg am Moritzburg H7 P Schweinfurt Zürich See D1210 Regensberg Lech F11 E9 Regen Binz H3 Cologne C7 Greifswald H3 KaiserslauMoselle B11 Zwickau G8 Aachen B7 Stuttgart Feldberg Paderborn D6 Ulm E11 Do denna Grafenau Landshut G11 Schwerin G4 den Ingolstadt Bockenheim Como D14 Groningen C4 Mritz G4 u (1493m) C11 tern (D C9 Adriatic Sea Passau H11 V an an der Wein- Cottbus J6 Laussane B13 Schwyz D13 ub GrossglockMt Blanc H15 FinsteKarlsruhe D10 e) Passau Peenemünde ebis Tübingen strasse D9 Vaalserberg ner (3798m) Leeuwarden (4807m) Siegen D7 raarhorn Freudenstadt ube) Landshut Ahrenshoop Kassel E7 H3 Donau (Dan D Freising (321m) B7 Bodensee H13 B4 B14 23 Ulm G F (4274m) G3 Augsburg Linz Kellerwald Pforzheim D10 Signal de BRATISLAVA VIENNA D12 Darmstadt D9 D13 11 Varese D14 Gruyères C13 Leipzig G7Traun Mühlburg F7Pöchlarn Botrange Alfeld E6 e) National Pillnitz J7 b 26 G F Bonn C8 (694m) B8 u Flensburg E2 Güstrow G3 Dessaun Vienna L11 Lienz H13 Mulhouse C12 Park E7 Da Ammersee Plzeň H9 u( Munich Steyr Rosslau G6 na Bratislava L11 Solingen C7 o Frankfurt D8 Ammersee D Ligerz C12 Munich G11 F11 KellerwaldNeusiedler W H Landsberg Pöchlarn K11 Gmunden See Attersee am Lech Donau Braunschweig St Gallen E12 Freiburg C11 Edersee Salzburg Chiemsee Starnberger Lindau E12 Münster C6 Anklam H3 Traunsee See Potsdam H5 Bodensee (Danube) Halberstadt F6 National F Stanserhorn Waren H4 n am Rhein Konstanz Freising G11 27 G Linz J11 Mur J13 Arosa E13 19 G F D12-G10F6 20 G F 24 Prague J9 G F Park D7 Warnemünde Salzkammergut Bregenz D13 Lindau E12 Kreuzlingen 17 G F Freudenstadt Locarno D14 N Attersee H12 19 K11 G F 19 G F G3 Halle G7 12 Prerow G3 Kiel F3 Königssee Winterthur F 25 G F E4 Starnberger Neuschwanstein & D11 29Bremen G Hallstatt 20 G Bregenz Lübeck F3 Hohenschwangau n Augsburg F11 F Dortmund C6 n I Hallstatt H12 Weiden G9 Castles See F12 Klagenfurt J13 Neubranden- R Zürich St Gallen Bremerhaven ZugspitzeFreyburg G7 25 Lucerne D13 G F (2963m) Innsbruck 31BSee G F Doubs B12 Weimar F7 Hamburg E4 D4 Stein am Kniebis D11 burg H4 24 G F G Regen H10 Ludenscheid Rhein D12 MurNeuchatel Graz Weser E5 Hanau D8 Brienzer See Drau H13 Koblenz C8 26 G F er Bad Doberan C7 28Regensberg G F Rennweg e Dresden H7 Schwyz Gedenkstätte Hanover E5 C13 F Steinhuder 24 G Wetzlar D8 B13 Grossglockner G3 Königssee H12 Lüneburg F4 (3798m) G10 Buchenwald Meer E5 Duisburg C6 horn Brocken Wiesbaden D8 Chur Heidelberg D9 Konstanz D12 NeuschwanBad n 33 G F Rennweg H13 Steyr J11 Lutherstadt Lienz Rhei F7 13 ArosaF6 Düren B7 stein & Schandau J7 (1141m) Dr Wiesloch D10 Heilbronn E10 Krefeld 28 G F C7 au Wittenberg Rhein 32 Klagenfurt G F HohenBuurgplaatz Stralsund H3 WilmhelmsDüsseldorf C7 GelsenkirhornBaden-Baden Hildesheim E6 Kreuzlingen G6 C11-C14-D13 chen C6 Maribor schwangau (559m) B8 Bolzano D10 Strasbourg C11 haven D4 D12 Hohe Acht E Castles F12 Rhine B6 Geneva B14 M 33 G F Baltic See J2 C Stuttgart E10 Winterthur (747m) C8 Kühlungsborn Triglav Rostock G3 Neusiedler Gengenbach Eisenach F7 (2864m) Chiavenna D12 Magdeburg ITALYHoyerswerda Bamberg F9 Suhl F8 Locarno G3 Celle E5 See L11 D11 Rötz G10 Elbe G5 G6 SLOVENIA Wismar G3 J7 Basel C12 Szczecin J4 Lago 14 Lago di L Chamonix Nijmegen B6 Gera G7 Lugano - di Como Lago Emden C4 Main F9 S Ceresio Wolfsburg F5 Husum E2 Bayreuth G9 aggiore B14 T Norddeich C4 Giessen D8 Varese Lago di Como Mainz D9 Wuppertal C7 BergischComo Chemnitz H8 Ems C5 Saarbrücken I North See C2 Gmunden J12 D14 Thonon-lesEnschede C5 Malmö H1 Gladbach C7 C10 Würzburg E9 Chiavenna Bains B13 Göhren H3 IJsselmeer A5 Lago di Garda Mannheim D9 Nuremberg Erfurt F7 Berlin H5 Salzburg H12 E14 Lago di Z F9 Traun J11 Garda Görlitz J7 Ingolstadt F10 F15 Erlangen F9 Maribor K13 Bern C13 Salzgitter F6 Chiemsee Nyon B13 Lago di LugaTraunsee H12 Zermatt C14 Gotha F7 Inn G12 Esbjerg D1 Martigny C14 Bielefeld D6 G12 15 SalzkammernoAdriatic -Ceresio Sea Travemünde F3 Zuger See D13 Göttingen E7 Innsbruck F12 O gut J12 Matterhorn Bieler See Chur E13 D14 Trier B9 Grafenau H10 Interlaken C13 Zugspitze (3883m) C14 C13 Schilthorn Odense F1 Lago Mag(2963m) (2970m) C13 Triglav Minden E5 giore D15 J G D E F H JOldenburg D4 K L M (2864m) J14 F12 SchweigenMonte Rosa Lake Geneva Osnabruck D5 Jena G7 Images by Lisa Kimberly, Paul Biris, Jan Greune, Panoramic Images, Peter Adams, Tübingen D11 Zürich D12 Rechten(4634m) B14 sboriso, Ursula Sander, Westend61, Karl Thomas, Manfred Gottschalk, Jever C4 bach D10 L. Toshio Kishiyama/Getty Images © Tawanlubfah , Pecold/shutterstock ©, C14 Pforzheim
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2–4 Days
2 Design for Life:
d Moselle Valley
o Grossglockner Road 5–7 Days
2–4 Days
Start: Weimar (F7) End: Hanover (E5) Drive through the evocative industrial heart of the old East Germany (GDR).
2–3 Days
Start: Lüneburg (F4) End: Greifswald (H3) Palaces and jewel-box towns dot land that’s also dotted with lakes.
Start: Görlitz (J7) End: Leipzig (G7) Follow one of Germany’s great rivers past palaces and fortresses to Dresden.
5 Central Germany’s 3–5 Days
Start: Leipzig (G7) End: Kassel (E7) Through Germany’s heartland from Leipzig to Kassel, with castles and lavish palaces.
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n Along the Danube
Start: Passau (H11) End: Vienna (L11) Follow the Danube River as it flows through forests and vineyards.
Castles & Palaces
The downstream drive along the serpentine Moselle River is a go-slow, curvaceous affair with gorgeous castles and storybook half-timbered villages. It’s topped by exhilarating walks through some of the world’s steepest vineyards.
5–7 Days
Start: Düsseldorf (C7) End: Mainz (D9) Fall under the spell of the castle-lined riverscape along the world-famous Rhine.
4 Highlights of Saxony 5–7 Days
7
Start: Lübeck (F3) End: Binz (H3) From Lübeck to Rügen Island, celebrate the bracing, beautiful Baltic.
Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania
This Saxon city is dubbed ‘Florence on the Elbe’ for good reason. Reconstructed architectural jewels pair with stunning art collections to justify Dresden’s place in the pantheon of European cultural capitals.
Moselle Valley
1 Along the Baltic Coast 5 Days c Romantic Rhine
3 Lakes & Treasures of
Visit Dresden on Trip 4
After a relentless succession of dramatic green peaks, Alpine lakes, glacial ravines and other hallucinatory natural landscapes, you finally pull into Zermatt, built around the iconic Matterhorn. Nothing prepares for that first unforgettable glance.
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Mozart’s birthplace is also a baroque masterpiece and Austria’s spiritual heartland. The city stands proud on the banks of the Salzach River, above which rise the Altstadt (old town) and clifftopfortress Festung Hohensalzburg.
Görlitz
Dresden
Chemnitz Zwickau
Frankfurt
B14
Pillnitzon Trips uv Visit Lake Geneva
8 G F
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Mühlburg Giessen
L11
East along the shore of Europe’s largest lake, nothing prepares you for the dazzling spectacle of emerald vines Hoyerswerda marching uphill from the water in the Lavaux wine region.
Göttingen
PULL-OUT
Visit Zürich on Trip v
Lake Geneva Cottbus
8 G F
Brocken (1141m)
D12
Visit Berlin on Trip 6
G F
Magdeburg
Zürich
This German-speaking Swiss city is a hipster delight with a quaint Old Town, great art and shopping, waterfront bars and dancing till dawn in Züri-West.
BERLIN Park up and indulge in pedestrian meanderings around imperial Habsburg Potsdam palaces and castles of unimaginable grandeur. Talk, read, dream and indulge like Trotsky and Freud did in a Viennese 6 coffee house.
Wolfsburg
Hanover
Osnabruck
H5
Szczecin
It oozes glamour and grit, teems with top museums and world-famous landmarks that have to be seen. If you love great nightlife, you might dump the car and POLAND never leave.
Vienna
Elbe
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Northern Switzerland
Top Sights 1 HIGHLIGHTS
6 Berlin & the Jewels
of Eastern Brandenburg 4 Days Start: Berlin (H5) End: Gedenkstätte & Museum Sachsenhausen (H5) A tantalising tour to a watery forest, WWII sites and medieval marvels.
7 Via Regia
5–7 Days
Start: Saarbrücken (C10) End: Görlitz (J7) The German portion of the longest historic road link across Europe.
8 German Avenues Route 5–7 Days Start/End: Dessau-Rosslau (G6) Follow one of Germany’s most picturesque, tree-lined driving routes, which includes Dresden and Leipzig.
9 North Sea Coast
5–7 Days
Start: Emden (C4) End: Sylt (D2) A summer jaunt from Emden along the Wattenmeer coast to Sylt.
a German Fairy Tale Road 5 Days Start: Hanau (D8) End: Bremerhaven (D4) Learn the fantasies and the horrors in the stories of the Brothers Grimm.
Valley
4 Days
Start: Cologne (C7) End: Paderborn (D6) From Romans to titans, iron to culture, this drive is about power.
2–4 Days
Start: Trier (B9) End: Koblenz (C8) Wind through the winery-filled Moselle from historic Trier to the river’s end.
Start: Salzburg (H12) End: Bregenz (E12) Twist and turn along three of Austria’s most spectacular mountain passes.
e German Wine Route
p Tyrol & Vorarlberg
2–4 Days
Start: Schweigen-Rechtenbach (D10) End: Bockenheim an der Weinstrasse (D9) Bookended by twin gates, this picturesque route links up charming vine-draped villages.
f Bergstrasse
2–4 Days
5–7 Days
Start: Bregenz (E12) End: Salzburg (H12) Walk through wildflower-filled pastures and savour local produce on this alpine route.
q Castles of Burgenland
2–4 Days
Start: Darmstadt (D9) End: Wiesloch (D10) A diverse route following an old Roman trade route.
Start: Vienna (L11) End: Graz (K13) Visit castles and palaces along with celebrated wineries between Vienna and Graz.
g German Castle Road
r Salzkammergut
7 Days
5–7 Days
Start: Mannheim (D9) End: Bayreuth (G9) Castles, palaces and fortresses galore along this route from Mannheim to Bayreuth.
Start/End: Salzburg (H12) Spin around the Salzkammergut’s jewellike lakes beneath towering snow-capped mountains.
h The Romantic Road
s Carinthian Lakes
10 Days
Start: Würzburg (E9) End: Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangau Castles (F12) A ribbon of historical quaintness running through Bavaria’s western reaches.
i Glass Route
7 Days
Start: Passau (H11) End: Weiden (G9) A glass-themed drive through eastern Bavaria’s under-visited and thickly forested border regions.
j German Alpine Road
7 Days
2–4 Days
Start: Graz (K13) End: Lienz (H13) Swim, boat, water ski or just unwind along ‘Austria’s Riviera’, the Carinthian Lakes.
t Northern Switzerland
3 Days
Start: St Gallen (E12) End: Ligerz (C12) Architectural marvels and epic water features colour this oft-overlooked northern delight.
u Lake Geneva & Western Switzerland
4 Days
Start: Lindau (E12) End: Königssee (H12) Take the high road through Germany’s slice of Europe’s top peaks.
Start: Geneva (B14) End: Gruyères (C13) A glorious lake, stunning vineyards, enchanting villages and fairy-tale castles.
k Lake Constance
v Geneva to Zürich
7 Days
Start: Lindau (E12) End: Bregenz (E12) A circular tri-state route around one of Europe’s most attractive lakes.
l Fantastic Road
4–6 Days
w The Swiss Alps
m Schwarzwaldhoch-
x Graubünden & Ticino
2–4 Days
Start: Baden-Baden (D10) End: Freudenstadt (D11) High-altitude motoring through the magnificent landscapes of the Black Forest.
7 Days
Start: Geneva (B14) End: Zürich (D12) Mountains, pastures, lakes and smalltown charm, book-ended by Switzerland’s biggest cities.
Start/End: Heidelberg (D9) Fascinating ring through BadenWürttemberg running through a chunk of the Black Forest.
strasse
b Cologne & the Ruhr
7 Days
Start: Arosa (E13) End: Zermatt (C14) The greatest of the great outdoors: perfect peaks, gorgeous glaciers, verdant valleys.
5 Days
Start: Chur (E13) End: St Gotthard Pass (D14) Big-sky wilderness, off-the-beaten-track beauty, pretty towns and unique local flavours.
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