©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd GERMANY, AUSTRIA & SWITZERLAND’S BEST TRIPS AMAZING 33 ROAD TRIPS Marc Di Duca, Anthony Ham, Anthony Haywood, Catherine Le Nevez, Ali Lemer, Craig McLachlan, Hugh McNaughtan, Leonid Ragozin, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Benedict Walker, Kerry Walker SYMBOLS IN THIS BOOK CONTENTS History & Essential Top Tips Culture Photo Link Family Walking Your Trips Tour Tips from Food & Drink 5 Eating Locals PLAN YOUR TRIP Trip Outdoors Sleeping Detour 4 Welcome to Germany, Austria & Switzerland .................. 7 % Telephone i Internet E English- Number Access Language Menu Classic Trips ................................ 8 h Opening Hours W Wi-Fi Access c Family- Friendly Germany, Austria p Parking v Vegetarian & Switzerland Highlights Map .....10 # n Nonsmoking Selection Pet-Friendly s a Air- Swimming Germany, Austria Conditioning Pool & Switzerland Highlights ............ 12 If You Like .................................. 22 MAP LEGEND Need to Know ............................. 24 Routes Trips Trip Route Trip Numbers City Guide .................................. 26 Trip Detour Linked Trip Trip Stop Germany, Austria Walk Route & Switzerland by Region ............30 Tollway Walking tour Freeway Primary Trip Detour Secondary Tertiary Population Lane Capital (National) Unsealed Road Capital ON THE ROAD Plaza/Mall (State/Province) Steps City/Large Town Tunnel Town/Village Pedestrian Overpass Areas NORTHEASTERN Walk Track/Path Beach Cemetery GERMANY .........................33 Boundaries (Christian) International Cemetery (Other) Along the State/Province Park Cliff Forest 1 Baltic Coast ........... 5 Days 37 Reservation Hydrography Urban Area Design for Life: River/Creek Sportsground 2 Bauhaus to VW ... 2–4 Days 47 Intermittent River Swamp/Mangrove Transport Canal Airport Lakes & Treasures of Water Cable Car/ 3 Mecklenburg–Western Dry/Salt/ Funicular Pomerania .......... 2–3 Days 55 Intermittent Lake Metro station Glacier Parking S-bahn station Highlights of Highway Markers Train/Railway 4 Saxony ............... 5–7 Days 63 Highway marker Tram U-bahn station Central Germany’s Castles 5 & Palaces .......... 3–5 Days 73 Note: Not all symbols displayed above appear on the maps in this book CONTENTS Berlin & the Jewels of Eastern Cologne & the 6 Brandenburg ............ 4 Days 81 b Ruhr Valley ............. 4 Days 149 Via Regia ........... 5–7 Days 89 Romantic 7 c Rhine ................. 5–7 Days 157 German Avenues Moselle 8 Route ................. 5–7 Days 101 d Valley................. 2–4 Days 169 German Wine e Route ................. 2–4 Days 177 NORTHWESTERN GERMANY .......................121 SOUTHERN GERMANY ...189 North Sea 9 Bergstrasse ....... 2–4 Days 193 Coast ................. 5–7 Days 125 f German Fairy-Tale a Road ...................... 5 Days 135 German Castle g Road ...................... 7 Days 201 Northeastern Germany Northwestern p33 Germany p121 Southern Germany p189 Austria p273 Switzerland p335 3 Contents cont. The Romantic SWITZERLAND ...............335 h Road .....................10 Days 213 Northern i Glass Route ............ 7 Days 227 t Switzerland ............ 3 Days 339 Lake Geneva & Western German Alpine u Switzerland ............ 4 Days 347 j Road ...................... 7 Days 235 v Geneva to k Lake Constance ...... 7 Days 247 Zürich .................... 7 Days 355 w The Swiss Fantastic Alps ....................... 7 Days 365 l Road .................. 4–6 Days 255 Graubünden x & Ticino ................. 5 Days 377 Schwarzwald- m hochstrasse ....... 2–4 Days 263 AUSTRIA .........................273 ROAD TRIP Along the n Danube............... 2–4 Days 277 ESSENTIALS Grossglockner o Road .................. 5–7 Days 285 Germany, Austria & Switzerland Driving Guide .......391 Tyrol & p Vorarlberg .......... 5–7 Days 295 Germany, Austria & Switzerland Travel Guide ........ 396 Castles of Language ...................................... 404 q Burgenland ........ 2–4 Days 305 Index ............................................. 407 Salzkammer- r gut ..................... 5–7 Days 313 Carinthian s Lakes ................. 2–4 Days 323 4 10 200 km GERMANY, 0 100 miles e# 0 DENMARK 200 km German Fairy Tale Road 100 miles earn the antasies and the AUSTRIA & e# 0 10 0 DENMARK horrors in the stories o the ]# German Fairy Tale 5Road DAYS Flensburg 10 rothersearn the ri antasies and the SWITZERLAND ]# horrors in the stories o the #\ Binz all nder rg 5 DAYS Romantic Rhine Flensbu rothers ri #\ Stralsund the spell o the astlelined ]# Kiel 12 #\ Binz HIGHLIGHTS riersapeRomantic along Rhine the allorld nder S ]#Rostock #\ Stralsund 12 aosthe spell hine o the astlelined ]# Kiel riersape along the orld Lübeck #\ ar ^# Wism #] ock aos hine S Rost ck Norddeich Lübe ^##\ Wismwaerrin #\ Jever ^# Sch \# ^# #] zczecin #] ]# Bremerhaven Hamburg S haven POLAND NorddWeicilhmhelms ^#Schwerin #\ Jever ]# n #\ #] ]# aven ^# amburg Szczeci uwarden Bremerh H #\ rg Lee #\ Groningen Lünebu #] helmshaven POLAND Wilm ]# Bremen ^# Look out for the Classic Trips stamp arden Oldenburg #\ g Leeuw roningen W Lünebur #\ #] G e ]# rBrremen German Avenues Route ^# a Oldenburg 8 ollo one o erans ost W e e b BERLIN rr l pitrese treelined driing a #_ German Avenues Route E E S ERLANDS m 8 rotesollo one o erans ost NETH e otsdam ]# s ]# Wolfsburg b P BERLIN Hanover ^# l #_ pitrese treelined driing E ]# weig E S on our favourite routes in this book. 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