Bavaria

Nestled in the picturesque surrounds of a sculpture park next to the River Würm in the Munich suburb of Obermenzing is Blutenburg Castle. Today, the former hunting lodge is home to the best preserved castle chapel.

In addition to a wild, romantic landscape garden, southern Germany's largest rhododendron park awaits you in Dennenlohe Castle Park, which is recognised as a botanical garden due to its plant diversity.

Schweinfurt, often called the ‘City of Industry and Art’, has been fashioned by industry like hardly any other town in Germany. The Industry Museum is home to a wide range of technical devices.

With over 250 animals, Tambach Castle wildlife sanctuary is the largest in northern Bavaria. Enjoy a stroll through the magnificent English castle park with its ancient trees, streams and ponds.

Thanks to such brands as Hutschenreuther and Rosenthal, Selb has become known as the porcelain town. In the Porzellanikon, you can delve deeper into the world of "white gold".

Sitting majestically on the largest island of Lake Chiemsee is Herrenchiemsee Palace. Known as the ‘fairy-tale king’, Ludwig II of Bavaria commissioned its building in 1878.

Mentioned for the first time as Cambodunum in the year 18 AD, the Roman town of Kempten im Allgäu is regarded to be the oldest German town documented in writing.

Mespelbrunn with its famous moated castle is known as the "Pearl of the Spessart". Due to its hidden location, the castle has survived all wars unscathed and is still preserved in its original form today.

The main attraction of Straubing’s Gäuboden Museum is the Roman treasure discovered here in 1950. It’s considered to be the largest hoard of Roman parade armour ever found.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber embodies the unadulterated Middle Ages with its historic old town, unique location above the Tauber Valley and half-timbered romanticism.

Röthenbach on the Pegnitz is located between the Pegnitz valley and Moritzberg. The Conradty workers' housing estate from the economic boom period called the Gründerzeit is an important monument to Franconian industrial history.

In Ratibor Castle in Roth, a former margrave hunting lodge, you can experience a tour of the living quarters of the von Stieber industrialist family, who once lived here.

The spa gardens in the small town of Tegernsee is where the Olaf Gulbransson Museum can be found. The famous Norwegian satirical artist lived in Tegernsee from 1929.

Linderhof Palace near the hamlet of Ettal was the favourite palace of the Bavarian ‘fairy-tale king’ Ludwig II. It was the smallest of his alpine palaces but the one in which he resided the most.

Schillingsfürst Castle, a feature of the town of the same name, is situated high up on a mountain spur of the Franconian Heights, visible from afar.