Beer tour through Upper Franconia – with five stops

Cheers! This year we are celebrating 500 years of the German Beer Purity Law. Reason enough to take a beer trip.

Cheers! This year we are celebrating 500 years of the German Beer Purity Law. Reason enough to take a beer trip. From monasteries and breweries to Franconia's beer halls. What's the best way to do it? By rail of course.

Andechs Monastery with its bell tower is situated on the east bank of the Ammersee lake. Beer has...

Bavarian beer culture and traditional values are cultivated at the Ayinger private brewery.

Weihenstephan is the oldest brewery in the world still running. On a tour you can dive into the...

Examples of nice and traditional beer gardens include the one from the Paulaner brewery on...

The "Kugler Alm" beer garden has always been a popular trip destination for ramblers and cyclists.

This hike takes you through the Grainberg-Kalbenstein-Saupurzel nature reserve. Discover geological...

A wonderful trip: Kösseinehaus cabin has been enticing hikers to the Fichtel mountains since 1903.

For decades, the small Alpenblick Lido, with its café, pier and boat hire, has been a key...

Not far from the imposing Trausnitz Castle, the Landshut Salt Grotto offers a special oasis of...

Just a few minutes from Reutte train station, off you go on a wet adventure you won't soon forget.

Where Meister Eder lived and Pumuckl now smiles down from traffic lights: we take a stroll through Munich, the city where the cult series “Meister...

One of the most romantic Christmas markets in Germany shines in the courtyard of Thurn und Taxis...

You won’t have to search for long if you arrive in Bayreuth hungry – sushi restaurant Lamondi...

Paddle down the Pegnitz in a canoe or kayak. On the Pegnitz you can paddle for miles and miles...