This book describes the Romantic Road or Romatische Strasse, Germany''s oldest and most popular touring route. Hitherto almost exclusively known as a motoring itineray, a new waymarked route makes it suitable for cucling or walking. It is to cyclist and walkers that this book is principally geared. Nevertheless, descriptions of the towns and scenery along the way will be useful to motorists too.
Starting at the charming Alpine town of Füssen , the Romantic Road travels to the famous royal castles of Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein, through the pre-Alpine landscape of the Pfaffenwinkel with its goes down the Lech valley to the great Renaissance c ity of Augsburg. It continues on to Donauwörth on the Danube, along the Wörnitz valley to castle-crowned Harburg, then through the moonlike RIes crater to the walled medieval town of Nördlingen. Two more walled towns, Dinkelsbühl and Rothenburg, are the highlights of thenext part of the route. From the latter, it proceeds along the gentle Tauber valley via teh former princely capital of Weikersheim and the plush spa of Bad Mergentheim. THe Romantic Road terminates in Wøurzburg, a city equally renowned for culture and gastronomy.
Gordon McLachlan is the author of the best-selling THe Rough guide to Germany, currently in its third edition. Among his other publication are The Odyssey Illustrated GUide to Berling and Off the Beaten Track Poland.
