About Germany's South Rheinland Pfalz

South Rheinland Pfalz

Germany, situated in West Central Europe, or the heart of Europe, is one of the most magnificent countries in the world. The best part is that it offers such a rich diversity of landscapes, architecture, history, and culture. Germany is the country of fairy tale castles, charming villages, crystal clear lakes, snow-capped mountains and lush green surroundings. Whether you want to go trekking or relax on a cruise, Germany offers a variety of vacation adventures. The vibrant culture, hospitable people, and colorful festivals of the place only add to its charm and make any vacation to Germany a truly memorable one.

One of my favorite places to visit in Germany is the South Rheinland Pfalz state that borders the French region known as the Alsace. It's less than a one hour drive to Colmar, France and less than a 20 minutes to Wissembourg and Lauterburg, France.

The Alsace region of France is home to the middle ages castle of Flickenstein.

The South or Sud Pfalz is only a 1.5 hour drive to Basel, Switzerland and the southern enterance to the world famous Black Forest region of Germany. Basel is home to the Rhien Falls a large waterfall of the Rhein river.

The town of Rheinzabern in the Sud Pfalz was home to an antique car show in 2007 and 2008. When visiting Rheinzabern check out the Romerbad restaurant and the Roman museum

Saint Martin is a small town on the German wine strasse that's commonly known as the diamond of the wine street.

The capitol of South Rheinland Pfalz is the ancient city of Speyer, Germany. It's where the ancient crusaders rallied their marches to the holy lands of Israel. Former chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohn, loves to eat at the Domhof Restaurant across the square from the Dom chuch. Speyer is home to a large history museum and a very nice park and boardwalk next to the Rhein. Easy access to the city from the B210 autobahn.

It's a 3.5 hours drive to the Austrian border towns of Kitzbuhel and Obendorf. One of my favorite places in all of Europe in which to relax stress free. Oberdorf is a very peaceful place and said to be the home of the first Christmas carol.

A 90 minute flight in an airbus A320 from Hahn, located on the French border, will take you to the city of Katawitz, Poland. It's then less than a one hour drive to the tourist attractions of Auschwitz and Birkenau, Poland. The sites of the Steven Speilberg film Schlindler's List about the holocast.

We stayed in Krakow, Poland a must see 14th. century city that caters to British bachlors and Polish wedding.

Go underground and party in the famous catacombs. It's a beautiful and wild city so what more could one ask? The residents of Krakow were some of the kindest people that I've ever met in my 30 years of travels to Europe.

Krakow is also a world heritage site containing the largest and oldest market square in Europe.

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Germany's South Rheinland Pfalz Intro: - bit.ly/aboutgermany

Auf Weidersein,

Philip Atkins
Tacoma, Washington