Speyer is a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate, located along the Rhine river, founded by the Romans with the name of Noviomagus, it became very important in the Middle Ages. Speyer is home to one of the most important Romanesque cathedrals of the Holy Roman Empire, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating back to the 11th […]
Small historic town in Rhineland-Palatinate, located in a bend along the course of the Moselle, in a beautiful landscape of vineyards and woods, the town is dominated by the historic fortress of the Reichsburg, a spectacular imperial castle dating back to the 12th century. The historic center of Cochem is a succession of suggestive alleys, […]
Saarbrücken is the capital of Saarland, and is located close to the border with France, it is a city that originated as a small town during the late Roman Empire, then developed as a castle during the Middle Ages. Today the city is famous for its Baroque palaces, the work of the famous architect Friedrich […]
Sankt Wendel is a pretty little town in the Saarland located on the river Blies not far from the borders with France and Luxembourg. The town has medieval origins, was the site of a castle and a market, was often destroyed and devastated during the wars that fought in the area between the seventeenth and […]
Limburg (Limburg an der Lahn), located along the Lahn River valley, north of Wiesbaden and northwest of Frankfurt am Main, Limburg is another beautiful historic town in Hesse. Founded in the Middle Ages, it was the site of a castle guarding the strategic ford on the river Lahn, it developed rapidly between the 13th and […]
The city of Hamburg is the main German port, and after the capital Berlin, it is also the most important city in Germany, it is a modern and vibrant city, with interesting architecture and full of attractions. The Hamburg Christmas Markets (Weihnachtsmärkte in Hamburg) are a total of seven, the most important is the Historic […]
Heidelberg is an important city in Baden-Württemberg, located in the hills along the Neckar River near Mannheim, home to Germany’s oldest university. The Romans had a fortified camp here, but the birth of the city is traced back to the Middle Ages, when, in the 12th century, a monastery was founded there, later a castle […]
Wiesbaden is an important German city capital of the state of Hesse, known for its thermal springs since Roman times, the city was one of the few German cities to suffer minor damage from bombing in World War II, its historic center retains still numerous buildings in the classic nineteenth-century style. WIESBADEN CHRISTMAS MARKET The […]
Mannheim, after Stuttgart, is the second largest city in Baden-Württemberg, home to a famous university. The city is located in a flat area at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar. A small village until the beginning of the 17th century, Mannheim began to develop after the construction of the Friedrichsburg fortress (1606). In […]
In the southern part of Germany, in Baden-Württemberg, near the border with Switzerland, in the beautiful town of Constance (Konstanz) along the shores of the lake of the same name, a beautiful Christmas market is held. Founded by the Romans under the name of Drusomagus in the 1st century AD, the city received the name of Constantia […]
Marburg (Marburg an der Lahn) is a beautiful historic town in Hesse, located along the River Lahn, about 100 km north of Frankfurt am Main. The city developed in the Middle Ages at the crossroads of two important communication routes, the one with Italy and the Alps and the one between Cologne and Prague. Between […]
Gengenbach, a small town on the western edge of the Black Forest, an ancient free imperial city, with a perfectly preserved historic center of medieval origin, is a well-known tourist resort in Baden-Württemberg. Among the prestigious buildings, the 18th century town hall; the Löwenberg Palace, seat of the Haus Löwenberg Museum; along the medieval walls […]
Rüdesheim am Rhein is a small characteristic village in the Rhine Valley, located west of Wiesbaden, famous for its vineyards, and for its characteristic historic center, which have made it one of the most visited destinations in the Rheingau, the hilly region along the Rhine Valley. The entire area around Rüdesheim is listed as a […]
With this article we want to discover some of the most evocative and least known Christmas markets in the German land of Baden-Württemberg. This region of Germany is located in the southwestern part of the country and borders France and Switzerland. The center of this region is the so-called Black Forest, an area made up […]
Germany is home to the Christmas markets, here in fact were born as far back as the fifteenth century the first Christmas Markets, so a trip to Germany during Advent allows you to see and enjoy their real taste and tradition. The oldest Germany Christmas market (and of course the oldest in the world) can be found […]