Germany-which City break?

Ballymackeonan

If it's a short break, it will depend on how far a city is from an airport - you won't be wanting to spend half a day in transit! So it depends where you're flying from and what flights are available. And also what your interests are....

I visited Aachen in the spring - flew into Maastricht and then it was a quick hop over the border, for a very good 4-day visit.

apt

There are lots of great cities to visit in Germany and the airports are all well-connected unless you fly to an airport wrongly described by Ryanair as Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf and Hamburg. My personal favourite for a short stay in Freiburg because of the beautiful Black Forest setting. It's also the warmest and sunniest German city. Re the comments that Berlin 'has the history', that's fair enough if you are interested in modern history, but not if you are interested in pre-1800 when Berlin was relatively unimportant.

adouglasmhor

apt wrote: »

There are lots of great cities to visit in Germany and the airports are all well-connected unless you fly to an airport wrongly described by Ryanair as Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf and Hamburg. My personal favourite for a short stay in Freiburg because of the beautiful Black Forest setting. It's also the warmest and sunniest German city. Re the comments that Berlin 'has the history', that's fair enough if you are interested in modern history, but not if you are interested in pre-1800 when Berlin was relatively unimportant.

In the Berlin conurbation you have the citadell in Spandau and Köpenick's medieval town and Castle if you are interested in older historical sites.

apt

adouglasmhor wrote: »

In the Berlin conurbation you have the citadell in Spandau and Köpenick's medieval town and Castle if you are interested in older historical sites.

Köpenick is nice enough, although I'm not that keen on Spandau. But they are small beer compared to the great historical towns and cities you can visit in parts of Germany like Thuringia, Saxony and Hessen.

vegasvisitor

I have been in Berlin, Lubeck, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Dresden. I liked all of them. Dresden can be visited from Prague. Interesting combination if you fancy doing 2 cities in one trip.

pogofish

All the cities above are great places to visit for different reasons and I dearly love going to Berlin, Cologne and smaller cities like Aachen and Trier but I must say that despite its being quite bland by comparison, Frankfurt was a superb and surprisingly cost-efficent place for a short break around a concert. Good accomodation that was not expensive (Booking.com), friendly, lots of things to do and see and a surprisingly good nightlife - of both the cultured and more rumbustious varieties! Combine that with superb public transport and affordable flights to Frankfurt/Main - just minures from the city by rail (Avoid the Ryanair airport - its miles away!).

I'll certainly be going back!

stu20vt

We love visiting Germany and German cities. You can't compare Berlin to Munich for example, both completely different cities, and both fantastic. Depends what you like, for us we fell in love with Munich, the city and it's beer gardens, location to the Alps and the beautiful Bavarian countryside, where places like Bamberg, Rothenburg, Dinkelsbuhl, Mittenwald (the list is endless) are dotted throughout.
Berlins history and differing areas make up a very interesting time with all her history. Where ever you choose I would always recommend at least 5 full days in any city, at least.
German cities are clean and as a whole safe, and although people are drinking in beer gardens there is never any trouble, unlike in the UK.
Germany is so underrated by the British and avoided, yet it is one of the most visited countries in the world.

*smurfy*

I vist Germany 4/5 times a year and really like the country. Myself for a first trip I would fly to Berlin,as it has so much to offer for most tastes,also like London within the centre if you like walking a lot is walkable so you get to see more,then within the outta area you have places like Spandau the old british section.I think 2/3 nights is fine just don't expect to see everything,but your never be short of things to do.
Also Hamburg is good for a few days esp if you go around the time of the dom,from there you can also vist Lubeck which if you love marzipan is wonderful!
But personally If I was to vist any other areas I would think about going by car esp the Rhine/Ruhr area as I think its easier to travel around and go to places like Essen,Duisburg,Koln,Mulhem,and the many other towns. But I think its more a personal thing as I like to have car and freedom of not using public transport.

C_Mababejive

Danke. Ich bin nach Berlin