AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY GERMANY
FROM BERLIN TO THE HARZ
 A CULTURAL POWER

Discovery

Germany will make you pass from a mountainous region in the Bavarian Alps or the black forest, to the lake of Constancy separating Germany, Switzerland and Austria, with the very urban areas like Berlin or Hamburg. The visit of Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, will make you cross the history of Europe. Located in Central Europe, Germany is bordered in the North-West by the North Sea and in the North-East by the Baltic Sea. It shares its borders in north with Denmark; in the east with Poland and the Czech Republic; in the south with Austria and Switzerland; in the west with France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands.

Identity

Forget your austere image of Germany, and thus leave to discover the coloured frontages of the towns of Bavaria. You will be thus also surprised by the animation which reigns in the capital, considered as one of the most dynamic cities of the world, on the cultural level. Let you invade by the beauty of the Gothic cathedrals and the castles of baroque inspiration which strew the country, before returning in museums which are part of most beautiful world.

Each area of the country has an architecture and traditions which are clean for him, and one takes pleasure in passing from the one to the other, with the impression which one each time changes fatherland. True cosmopolitan and diversified state, Germany also allures by its modernity, and the power of its night life.

Culture & Traditions

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Composers and large musicians do not miss in this country where the classical music always has an important place. Such Jean-Sébastien Bach celebrates it, who still marks all the spirits, one finds large Haendel and his Messiah, or Beethoven and his Anthem with the joy.

THE BERLIN WALL

The Berlin Wall was set up by the German Democratic republic in the night of at August 13th, 1961. The latter thus tried to put an end to the exodus growing of its inhabitants towards the Federal Republic of Germany. It was destroyed November 9th, 1989, after 28 years of magnifestation and fight, causing a sharp emotion in all the country.

BAVARIA

Bavaria, called “green lung of the country” abounds in superb landscapes of mountain and lakes which will charm the hikers and the followers of the country holidays. Leave on a tour of castle Louis II, true emblem of Bavaria, or the many baroque churches and the charming medieval small towns.

GASTRONOMY

If the German cuisine is not very known in the rest of the world, it does not remain about it less tasty and particularly convivial. Country of the choucoutre the latter is often sprinkled with a delicious beer, drink national of the country.

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BERLIN

Berlin is surely one of the most important capitals of Europe of the 20th century. More and more of visitors go there, that they are attracted by his nightlife (the city counts a good amount of night clubs of quality indeed) or by his many museums and art galleries of avant-garde. It is in Berlin that you will be able to fully appreciate the power of the German people and his opening in the world. If the city does not have a very old architectural heritage because of the many damage which it underwent during the Second World War, it does not have of them less unquestionable attractions to allure its visitors. You will be able to thus visit the Reichstag, from where one can appreciate a unspoilable view on the city, then to continue by the Brandenburg Gate and the castle of Charlottenburg. This last is the most beautiful royal palace of Berlin, with its baroque style and its inspiration of Versailles. The Memorial of the Holocaust, or the remains of Mur de Berlin is also passages interesting for which is impassioned for the history.

COLOGNE

If you decide to visit Cologne, will know that the city, because of its quasi destruction at the time of the Second World War, has almost only contemporary buildings. Here, the historic buildings are indeed very few, the city having been rebuilt entirely by 1947. You will be able all the same to admire there some churches of Romance time and its famous Gothic cathedral, miraculously saved. The latter, classified with the World heritage of UNESCO, is the monument more visited of all Germany. Around, one can still admire some coloured houses which give its charm to the historical city of small. Culturally activates, Cologne also enormously has museums of a great interest, and is regarded as one of the arts centres most important of the country. If you have time, do not fail to take a walk in boat on the Rhine, it is the occasion to appreciate another facet of the city and to spend one moment to the calm. Lastly, if you are in the corner in November you will be able to benefit from the festivities of the one of the most famous carnivals in the world. In Cologne, it begins each year at 11 a.m. and 11 minutes, the 11ème day of the 11ème month, and finishes only three months later! Before leaving, thus taste the regional gastronomy like the reibekuchen, of potato pancakes, and let try itself by the purchase of a bottle of famous eau de Cologne!

HEIDELBERG

The town of Heidelberg inspired by very many authors to the wire of the centuries, and is still today a high place of the German romanticism. Indeed, the site, splendid, allured by its landscapes, like the wealth of its heritage. Thus let you try by one strolls in the ruins of the castle of Heidelberg, whose red sandstone stones contrast with the surrounding forest. Just at side, you will be able to visit the museum of the pharmacy which contains ustensils of apothecaries dating from 18th and 19th centuries. If the German history interests you, do not hesitate to return to you to the museum of the electoral Palatinate arranged in a palace of baroque style. You will observe there in particular the moulding of the jaw of a prehistoric man of Heidelberg. Not far, the Way of the Philosophers is a very pleasant walk on one of the hills of the city, and which offers an impressive point of view on Heidelberg and its superb castle. If you have the opportunity of it, go up at the time of the sunset, the colors are splendid.

DRESDE

The beautiful city of Dresden is classified since 2005 with the World heritage of UNESCO, because of its rich cultural heritage. If the city suffered heavily from the bombardments of the war, it knew to be raised to present its best profile to the visitors. Thus, in the old city, you will admire superb churches, an opera of international repute or of many monuments of baroque inspiration. The various museums of the city also present very famous nice collections in the whole world. New town, quite as attractive, you will be able to take a boat and to leave for a cruising on a tour of the superb valley Elba.

POTSDAM

Potsdam was formerly the center of the Prussian empire, and one still sees of them the traces with his low houses and his splendid doors. Make a turn with the castle of Happy-go-lucky person built by Frederic II, where one can admire six terraces vis-a-vis a splendid bright yellow frontage. The park is also a true paradise. Also pass by the famous Chinese house of Potsdam dating from the 18th century. It is inspired openly by that of the castle of Lunéville in France, and one can admire there small cabinets and superb paintings.

HAMBOURG

Hamburg does not miss attractions, and it is not for only it knew to attract one of the most famous groups of the musics in the world: Beatles. Here, one can admire monuments which mark the past and the present of Germany. Besides its economic attraction, Hamburg and its old city offer to admire superb medieval churches, as well as a town hall of style néo-rebirth. You will be also charmed by the half-timbered houses which strew the city. Do not miss the Museum of Fine Arts by the city, it has very a nice collection of European paintings of the Middle Ages to today.

BAD PYRMONT

Ideally located, the spa of Bad Pyrmont, combines wellness and health in a charming Mediterranean environment. With step less than six richly mineral-bearing sources of water to the multiple benefits, not astonishing that Bad Pyrmont was the preferred station of Johann Wolfgang Goethe where of the emperor Guillaume. The curists will also be able to benefit from the gardens and its long avenues bordered of palm trees to recall the life of Louise, Reine de Prusse at the 17th century. Also known for its art and its music, Bad Pyrmont proposes today a wide selection of cabarets, jazz concerts or plays, for the greatest happiness of its visitors.

BADEN BADEN

Celebrate spa and holiday resort, Baden Baden is as known for his sources of warm water as for its festivals and its casino. Founded by the Romans into 80 after JC, the city of the baths, is located only at about sixty kilometers of Strasbourg, by making an ideal destination for the excursions in the middle of the Drill Black. To also discover the old city of Baden Baden and his small lanes or the downtown area and its place surrounded by animated bars.

 

BONN

Old German capital Bonn, is today a modern, student and animated big city. But the latter knew to preserve its charm of antant at the image of the princely castle which is today the main building of the University and the emblem of the city. Hometown of Beethoven, Bonn is part of the one of the oldest towns of Germany with its 2000 years of history. Between exhibitions, walks along the Rhine or in the many gardens and parks of the city, it makes undoubtedly good things in life in Bonn.

THE CASTLE OF NYMPHEMBOURG

Formerly residence of summer of kings de Bavière, the castle of Nymphembourg is located today close to the centre town of Munich. Of baroque style, this castle understands many dependences, as well as a huge park, raised gardens said to the fransaise. But it is as for its important collection of art as the castle of Nymphembourg is known and more precisely for its “Gallery of the Beauties”. The latter, ordered by king Louis Ier, gathers 36 portraits of ladies of the area of Munich, famous for their beauty. Another striking fact of this place enchanter, birth of the king Louis II of Bavaria, which comes out in 1845 in one of the rooms of the castle, always worth.

 

 

 

THE CASTLE OF POSSENHOFEN

Located in the Bavarian city of Possenhofen, the castle of the same name, offers to its visitors a travel at the time of kings and of the dukes. Indeed, celebrates it Sissi, empress of Austria, lived there its youths, driving out in wood which surround the castle, amount with horse, or having fun with his/her brothers and sisters. This place full with history promises the beautiful ones stroll close to the lake or one finds the statue of the empress.