Cities & Towns

Where the Danube, Inn, and Ilz converge, Passau rises on narrow peninsulas with a baroque cathedral, riverside promenades, and views across three countries.

Walk through the Porta Nigra, explore Constantine’s throne room, and taste wine where Roman emperors once ruled in Germany’s most ancient city.

The capital of Rhineland-Palatinate blends two millennia of history with Germany’s liveliest carnival tradition, world-class Roman artifacts, and the workshop where printing changed the world.

An hour south of Hamburg, Lüneburg built its fortune on underground salt deposits and spent it on gabled merchant houses, soaring churches, and a tilting townscape that refuses to sit flat.

This Hessian market town on Germany’s Fairy Tale Road boasts more than 400 half-timbered houses, a storybook town hall, and the legend of Little Red Riding Hood—all waiting to be discovered.

Franconia’s elegant university city pairs one of Europe’s grandest palace staircases with hillside vineyards, medieval fortresses, and a wine culture that flows through every cobbled lane.

With its perfectly preserved walls, cobbled lanes, and half-timbered houses, Rothenburg is Germany’s most intact medieval town. Here’s how to experience it beyond the day-trip crowds.

Freiburg combines medieval charm, university energy, and Black Forest proximity. From its Gothic cathedral to the Bächle streams and vineyard-ringed hills, this southwestern gem rewards travelers who venture beyond Munich and Berlin.

This Rhine Valley wine town packs medieval lanes, hillside vineyards, a mechanical music museum, and the gateway to the UNESCO gorge into one delightful riverside stop.

Behind the skyscrapers lies Frankfurt’s reconstructed medieval square, where Gothic gables, the city’s most famous Rathaus, and half-timbered history tell the story of Germany’s coronation city.