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This guide covers all of Germany in detail, from Berlin to Dresden, the Black Forest to Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and Bavaria. How to get special discounts (some 20 for train and bus travel alone), with tips for saving on gas, on hotels, on museums – insights only an insider would know. The best shopping, the foods and wines – what to look for and where to find it. All the places to stay described in detail, from guesthouses and hostels to the most luxurious hotels. Germany has the world’s largest Gothic church at Cologne and more medieval castles than any country in the world. Hundreds of small towns are barely changed from the Middle Ages. The author guides us through all of the best castles, churches, museums and other historic sites. Rhine cruises, wine tours, concerts, theater, town and country walks, canoeing and kayaking, cycling – it’s all here.
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n This guide covers every part of Germany in detail, from Berlin to Dresden, the Black Forest to Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and Bavaria. How to get special discounts (some 20 for train and bus travel alone), with tips for saving on gas, on hotels, on museums – insights only an insider would know. The best shopping, the foods and wines – what to look for and where to find it. All the places to stay described in detail, from guesthouses and hostels to the most luxurious hotels. Germany has the world’s largest Gothic church at Cologne and more medieval castles than any country in the world. Hundreds of small towns are barely changed from the Middle Ages. The author guides us through all of the best castles, churches, museums and other historic sites. Rhine cruises, wine tours, concerts, theater, town and country walks, canoeing and kayaking, cycling – it’s all here! As an Adventure Guide, this book shows you how to experience everything the country offers more intensely and directly than most travelers know how to do – seeing the places close-up through adventures, both cultural and physical. dventure Guide n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Life is a journey, an adventure – let Hunter be your guide! Art & Architecture The Food & Wine Detailed Maps Festivals & Nightlife Walking & Biking Where to Stay Sightseeing Where to Eat Shopping Hunter Publishing, Inc. 130 Campus Drive Edison NJ 08818 Printed on recycled paper US $19.99 ISBN 1-58843-503-2 9 781588 435033 www.hunterpublishing.com GERMANY n dventure Guide n n n WHERE WHERE TO TO STAY, STAY, EAT EAT & & SHOP SHOP SIGHTSEEING & SIGHTSEEING & WHALE WHALE WATCHING WATCHINGSITES CASTLES, CATHEDRALS, CASTLES, CATHEDRALS, HISTORIC HISTORIC SITES WHERE TO STAY, EAT & SHOP WHERE TO STAY, EAT & SHOP WALKING WALKING TOURS, TOURS, WINE WINE TOURS, TOURS, RHINE RHINE CRUISES CRUISES DIVING, DIVING, KAYAKING, KAYAKING, FISHING, FISHING, CRUISING CRUISING CARNIVALS, CARNIVALS, ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORIC HISTORIC SITES SITES 51999 HUNTER Germany Henk Bekker Henk Bekker Adventure Guide to Germany Henk Bekker HUNTER HUNTER PUBLISHING, INC, 130 Campus Drive, Edison, NJ 08818 % 732-225-1900; 800-255-0343; fax 732-417-1744 www.hunterpublishing.com Ulysses Travel Publications 4176 Saint-Denis, Montréal, Québec Canada H2W 2M5 % 514-843-9882, ext. 2232; fax 514-843-9448 Windsor Books The Boundary, Wheatley Road, Garsington Oxford, OX44 9EJ England % 01865-361122; fax 01865-361133 ISBN 1-58843-503-2 © 2005 Hunter Publishing, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo