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Focus 2008 |
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Garden Shows and more |
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| Regional Garden Show Schleswig |
Where ever you’re going to travel in Germany this year, the probability of there being some magnificent gardens on show is very high. All over the country, regional garden shows are more than just
displays of flowers and plants. Their aim is to promote quality of life and the ecological climate of the towns and cities where they take place.
This year’s Rhineland-Palatinate State Garden Show in Bingen (18 April to 19 October) is set up on 24 hectares and over a length of 2.7 kilometres on former harbour and railway premises, creating a
future-oriented working, living and leisure area. There are further regional garden shows, for instance, in the Baden-Württemberg town of Bad Rappenau (25 April to 5 October) and Neu-Ulm in Bavaria
(25 April to 5 October). Further north the first Schleswig-Holstein Regional Garden Festival will be held in the city of Schleswig this year (25 April to 5 October) where visitors can discover a
unique park landscape spread out over 16 hectares on the Schlei, the only Baltic Sea fjord in Germany.
Apart from these locally-organised unique garden festivals, there are other popular garden events, such as the annual festival and palace garden concerts in Schwetzingen (25 April to 10 June), which
are being held since 1955, the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen Festival Weeks (18 May to 6 July) or the splendid Baroque Gardens annual events between April and October in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart.
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New brochure - palaces and gardens just outside Berlin |
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You’re allowed to be impressed by the following. Over 500 castles, palaces and gardens altogether, 77 in and around Potsdam alone. Brandenburg, Berlin’s beautiful backdrop, leaves nothing to be wanted
by lovers of impressive archi-tecture and garden treasures. The new "Palaces, Parks and Gardens in Berlin and Brandenburg" brochure gives a comprehensive overview for visitors.
98 objects altogether are presented in geographical order including short infor-mation texts, contact and opening details, entry fees and an easy to use map. The bi-lingual brochure also features a
list of events and is structured around the topics "Hohenzollern Royal Palaces", "Prussian Landed Gentry", "Monasteries, Churches and Monastery Gardens in Brandenburg", "Contemporary and Modern Parks
and Gardens" and "Garden Routes through Brandenburg".
Tourism Marketing Brandenburg has furthermore put together a number of garden day trips this year to complement its palaces day trips. Itineraries are included in the new brochure which can be
downloaded from the internet.
Email for visitor information:
 service@brandenburg-tourism.com
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Discover Germany north and south |
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Cities, outdoor and nobility |
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Get all the information you need for planning your next trip to Lower Saxony. The German holiday region in the north-western part of the country featuring a beautiful coast line along the North Sea is
providing three new brochures on city breaks, active and outdoor holidays as well as castles, parks and gardens.
"active & outdoors" combines information on hiking, cycling, water sports, riding and other activities offered, among others, in the region’s two national parks. "town & cityscapes" features tips for
city breaks in Lower Saxony combining historical flavour and maritime charm.
"gold leaf & floral fascination" introduces palaces, castles, parks and gardens. Those interested in more than just sightseeing can book some of the venues featured here for their wedding or enjoy
first-class cultural events and meals in fairytale like surroundings such as at Marienburg Castle. The former summer residence of the Guelphs is one of the most important neo-Gothic buildings of
historic importance in Germany and not totally unrelated to the UK. The current head of the House of Guelph, Ernest August V., was 385th in the line of succession to the British throne until his
marriage to Princess Caroline of Monaco a few years ago. Marienburg Castle was once given as a gift from the Hanoverian King Geroge V to his wife, Queen Marie.
Email to order your copy free of charge:
info@tourismusniedersachsen.de
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Alpine hiking without limits |
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| Just enjoy the scenery ... |
If you haven’t planned your activity packed holidays for this year yet, it’s about time. How about putting on your hiking boots and exploring 400 kilometres of hiking trails? Oberstdorf, Germany’s
most southern tourism community and a climatic spa in Western Bavaria, has put together a "hiking without limits" programme which offers real value for money in cooperation with the neighbouring
"Kleinwalstertal" valley region in Austria.
The "hiking without limits" offer is valid from 9 May to 2 September. Just book your accommodation from a choice of hotels, guest houses, B&B and self-catering apartments and you’ll get an additional
pass at no cost that allows unlimited usage of mountain railways to take you up (and, of course, also down if needed ...). The Kleinwalstertal, an enclave only accessible via Germany, and Oberstdorf
form the biggest region for mountain sports in the northern parts of the Alps offering hikes on three altitudes and catering for all levels from leisurely walks to adventurous climbing tours.
The region is easily accessible, for example from London Stansted with Ryanair to the Lake Constance airport Friedrichshafen from where a regular shuttle bus service "Allgäu Walser Express" is
operating.
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Travel News Bites |
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eBrochure "Discover Germany" |
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Always keen to defend our reputation to be as green as they come, the "Discover Germany" brochure is now available as an eBrochure, available for downloading on our homepage and in our Webshop.
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Sun, fun and white beaches ... |
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| My "Strandkorb" is my castle - get cosy by the Baltic Coast |
... sounds very Mediterranean but is in indeed - in Germany. Holiday resorts with marinas can be just as enchanting up north. Take the Baltic Coast, for example. A brand new holiday resort will open
this April in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany’s second favourite holiday region.
The so-called "Weiße Wiek" resort on the Tarnewitz peninsula combines two hotels - the "Marina Dorfhotel Boltenhagen" and the "Iberotel Boltenhagen" plus its own marina "Boltenhagen" - located between
Lübeck and Wismar on a beautiful bay near the traditional Baltic Sea resort Boltenhagen. Ideal for families with children and everyone wanting to enjoy a coastal holiday with style.
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You might be forgiven for thinking you have ended up in the wrong place. After all, the new Atlantic Hotel Sail City resembles the famous Burj al-Arab in Dubai but is, in fact, in Germany’s only big
North Sea coast city Bremerhaven.
As part of the "Havenwelten" (harbour worlds) tourism project with an investment volume of over EUR 450 million, the hotel, featuring the futuristic shape of a concaved sail, stands 140 metres high,
viewing the Weser river.
Attractions such as the German Emigration Centre, Europe’s largest theme museum on the topic of emigration opened in 2005, the climate exhibition centre "Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost", or the
"Mediterraneo" centre which will convey a sense of the South for its visitors with shops, café and restaurants Mediterranean style on 9.000 square metres will complement the "Havenwelten" project
which aims at attracting one million additional visitors to Bremerhaven.
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| Futuristic shapes in Stuttgart |
What do you fancy? Germany’s most secret building, North Germany’s biggest museum or another spectacular car temple - it’s all happening in Germany this year.
The "Dokumentationsstätte Regierungsbunker" (government’s bunker), built between 1960 and 1972 as the then most expensive building in Germany in the former tunnel of a train line, is a reminder of the
Cold War originally supposed to provide shelter for 3000 people in case of an atomic war. Since 28 February 2008, the remains of this construction in Bad-Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate
are now open to the public.
The "Ozeaneum" with 40 huge aquariums is due to open in Stralsund in July 2008 and right on the other side in the south of Germany, Porsche is currently working on its new museum in Stuttgart,
scheduled to open in a truly futuristic building in late summer 2008.
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Further information
