Pocket Adventures: The Alps (Hunter Travel Guides)

562 Pages·2007·127.36 MB·English

by  Krista Dana

POCKET DVENTURES
Henk Bekker
GGEERRMMAANNYY

POCKET DVENTURES
BELIZE
GERMANY
Henk Bekker
Vivien Lougheed
HUNTER
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ISBN13:978-1-58843-596-5
ISBN10:1-58843-596-2
©2007HunterPublishing,Inc.
Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,
storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyform,orbyany
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
otherwise,withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.
Thisguidefocusesonrecreationalactivities.Asallsuchactivities
containelementsofrisk,thepublisher,author,affiliatedindividuals
and companies disclaim responsibility for any injury, harm, or
illness that may occur to anyone through, or by use of, the
information in this book. Every effort was made to insure the
accuracyofinformationinthisbook,butthepublisherandauthor
do not assume, and hereby disclaim, liability for any loss or
damagecausedbyerrors,omissions,misleadinginformationor
potentialtravelproblemscausedbythisguide,evenifsucherrors
oromissionsresultfromnegligence,accidentoranyothercause.
Coverphoto:SchlossNeuschwanstein(©www.
romantishestrasse.de)
IndexbyNancyWolff
MapsbyToniCarbone,©2007HunterPublishing,Inc.
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
History 4
KeyEvents 4
HistoryTimeLine 6
EarlyHistory 6
TheHolyRomanEmpire 6
TheUnificationofGermany 7
TheWeimarRepublic&theNaziEra 8
Post-WWIIGermany 9
Culture 9
Geography 10
Climate 11
Flora&Fauna 12
Government 12
TheEconomy 13
TopAttractions 13
TRAVELINFORMATION 17
FastFacts 17
Orientation 17
Transportation 18
Embassies&Consulates 23
MoneyMatters 24
Food&Drink 26
Electricity 27
Media 27
Medical 27
Restrooms 28
Shopping 28
Telephones 28
Mail 29
Dates&Time 29
Costs 30
Sightseeing&Events 32
Holidays 32
Adventures 35
SpecialInterest 35
InformationSources 36
Language 36
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BERLIN 39
GettingHere 41
InformationSources 43
GettingAround 43
Sightseeing 44
ZooStationArea 46
Tiergarten 47
UnterdenLinden 53
Museuminsel 56
Friedrichstraße 58
PotsdamerPlatz 60
Museums&Galleries 60
CulturalEvents 69
Shopping 70
Adventures 73
WheretoStay 76
Mitte&EastBerlin 76
West 79
Camping 82
WheretoEat 83
Mitte 83
UnterdenLinden 83
GendarmenmarktArea 86
PotsdamerPlatz 87
West 88
Top-EndRestaurants 88
Kurfürstendamm 89
SavignyPlatz 91
DaytripsfromBerlin 91
Potsdam 91
SanssouciPark&Palaces 92
OtherRoyalSightsinPotsdam 96
CulturalEvents 98
Adventures 98
WheretoStay&Eat 99
Camping 100
Oranienburg 100
InformationSources 100
Transportation 100
Sightseeing 101
Adventures 102
SAXONY 103
GettingHere&Around 103
InformationSources 106
Dresden 106
Contents v
InformationSources 106
Transportation 108
Sightseeing 108
Theaterplatz(TheaterSquare) 108
Zwinger 110
Residenzschloss 112
Frauenkirche 115
TheAlbertinum 117
BrühlscheTerasse 118
Neustadt 118
CulturalEvents&Festivals 120
Shopping 120
Adventures 121
WheretoStay 124
DresdenAltstadt 124
Neustadt 125
WheretoEat 126
Zwinger–SemperoperArea 126
SaxonCuisine 127
Frauenkirche&BrühlscheTerasse 127
DaytripsfromDresden 129
SaxonSwitzerland 129
Bastei 129
Königstein 130
Adventures 131
CulturalEvents 133
Moritzburg 133
Transportation 133
Sightseeing 133
AdventuresonWheels 134
WheretoStay&Eat 135
Leipzig 135
InformationSources 137
Transportation 137
Sightseeing 137
HauptbahnhofArea 137
MarktArea 139
NaschmarktArea 140
TheGrassiMuseumComplex 141
ThomaskircheArea 142
FartherAfield 144
CulturalEvents 146
Shopping 146
Adventures 147
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WheretoStayinLeipzig 148
Camping 149
WheretoEat 150
Markt&NaschmarktAreas 150
ThomaskircheArea 151
DrallewatchArea 151
DaytripFromLeipzig 152
LutherstadtWittenberg 152
InformationSources 153
Transportation 153
Sightseeing 154
WheretoStay&Eat 159
Camping 160
THURINGIA 161
GettingHere&Around 161
InformationSources 162
Weimar 164
InformationSources 165
Transportation 166
Sightseeing 166
Theatherplatz 167
TheSchiller&GoetheResidences 168
MarktArea 170
ParkanderIlm 171
NearWeimar:Buchenwald 173
CulturalEvents&Festivals 174
Shopping 174
Adventures 174
WheretoStay&Eat 175
Erfurt 177
InformationSources 178
Transportation 178
Sightseeing 178
Domplatz 178
Fischmarkt 180
Krämerbrucke 181
CulturalEvents 182
Shopping 182
Adventures 183
WheretoStay&Eat 183
Eisenach 184
InformationSources 185
Transportation 185
Sightseeing 186
Contents vii
TheWartburgCastle 186
CulturalEvents 191
Adventures 191
WheretoStay&Eat 191
HAMBURG 195
Transportation 197
Sightseeing 199
Rathausmarkt 200
Alster 201
HauptbahnhofArea 201
StMichaelis 203
Speicherstadt 204
PlantenundBlomen 206
StPauli 206
TheLandungsbrücke 208
CulturalEvents 209
Festivals 209
Shopping 210
Adventures 211
WheretoStay&Eat 213
WheretoEat 217
Camping 218
DaytripfromHamburg 218
Lübeck 218
Transportation 219
InformationSources 219
Sightseeing 219
HolstentorArea 219
RathausArea 220
NorthernAltstadtArea 223
CulturalEvents 224
Shopping 225
Adventures 225
WheretoStay&Eat 225
FRANKFURTAMMAIN 227
InformationSources 229
GettingHere&Around 229
Sightseeing 230
Altstadt 231
Neustadt 234
Westend 237
Sachsenhausen 237
CulturalEvents&Festivals 240
Shopping 241
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Adventures 241
WheretoStay 243
OldTownArea 243
HauptbahnhofArea 245
WheretoEat 246
Sachsenhausen 247
THERHINE&MOSELVALLEYS 249
GettingHere&Around 250
InformationSources 251
TheRhineValley 252
Speyer 252
InformationSources 253
Transportation 253
Sightseeing 253
WheretoStay&Eat 255
Worms 256
InformationSources 256
Sightseeing 256
Mainz 257
InformationSources 258
Transportation 258
Sightseeing 258
CulturalEvents&Festivals 261
Adventures 261
WheretoStay&Eat 262
Camping 263
Rheingau 263
InformationSources 263
Transportation 263
Sightseeing 263
Eltville 263
WheretoStay&Eat 264
Johannisberg 265
WheretoEat 266
Rüdesheim 266
InformationSources 267
Transportation 267
Sightseeing 267
WheretoStay&Eat 270
Camping 271
CulturalEvents 272
WineTasting 272
AdventuresinRheingau 272
TheLoreleyValley 274
InformationSources 274