Frankfurt International Airport is your gateway to central Europe and a great place to start your Romantic Road Self-drive tour. After you picked up your rental car  you will be traveling on the Autobahn to nearby Aschaffenburg for a visit of Johannisburg Palace and the Garden. After that From Aschaffenburg follow to the Wurzburg. Overnight In Wurzburg.

After the breakfast in the morning follow the Romantic Road via Bad Mergentheim , Weikersheim,  and Creglingen to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, one of Germany’s most beautiful medieval cities. Check into the hotel and after that proceed to the beautiful museum such as the Christmas Museum with an exhibition showing Christmas tradition in Germany, the Doll and Toy Museum where the history of playthings is shown, as well as the Crime Museum, where the visitor gets an insight into the law and especially its execution during the last 700 years. Visit the town’s most famous spot, the Ploenlein square, probably the most photographed place in Rothenburg. After that back to hotel and Overnight in Rotherburg.

After having your breakfast you will make a day trip from Rothenburg ob der Tauber to Nuremberg. The city’s history reaches back to the year 1050, its name “nourenberc” translating into “rocky hill”. Nuremberg has Nuremberg’s famous landmark, the Kaiserburg (Imperial Castle, admission included), towers above the Old town, which is protected by the 5 kilometers long city wall with its many towers. The historic flair of Nuremberg with the Old Town surrounded by historic City Walls and the impressive Imperial Castle (which has never been conquered) let Adolf Hitler during the Third Reich choose Nuremberg as the location for their Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Its permanent exhibition “Faszination und Gewalt”  is concerned with the causes, connections, and consequences of the Nazi movement in Germany. Overnight in Rotherburg.

Continue your Self-drive tour through Bavaria and follow the Romantic Road towards Nordlingen. Driving time to Nordlingen is just about 1.5 hours and you will have plenty of time to visit some of the small towns along your way. On this part of the Romantic Road, you find Schillingsfurst, Feuchtwangen as well as the former Free Imperial Town of Dinkelsbuhl with its charming Old Town. The historical old town with 16 towers, fortifications and magnificent patrician buildings is under a preservation order. The most important sights include the Minster of St. Georg, one of Germany´s most beautiful late Gothic hall churches, the ‘Weinmarkt‘ (wine market), the ‘Deutsches Haus’, the old hospital, the town mill and the picturesque ‘Rothenburger’ pond alongside the town wall. From Dinkelsbuhl follow the Romantic Road via Wallerstein to Nordlingen. Overnight in Nordlingen.

After the breakfast continue your Romantic Road Self-drive tour by heading south towards the charming city of Augsburg and visit Donauworth along the way. Your hotel is located in Augsburg City Centre.Augsburg,  After that proceed to the city tour. In the city the families of the “Fugger” and the “Welser” elevated Augsburg to one of Europe’s most important commercial towns. Augsburg’s Town Hall is the most important Renaissance structure north of the Alps, together with the Perlach Tower it is the town’s landmark. Visit the “Fuggerei“, also known as “The Town within a Town”. Overnight in Augsburg

Follow the Romantic Road via Landsberg am Lech to visit the Marketplace and on to Steingaden to visit the world famous Pilgrimage Church of ‘Flagellated Saviour in the Meadow’, a late work of the brothers Dominikus and Johann Baptist Zimmermann. Drive on to Hohenschwangau where Neuschwanstein Castle is located. Your hotel in Fussen, which is just 2 miles from the Castle. After that visit to the city by own and Overnight in Fussen.

The last day of your Romantic Road Self-drive tour will take you to Munich, Capital of Bavaria. On your way to Munich, you will be driving from Fussen through Austria towards Garmisch-Partenkirchen, for a visit of nearby Linderhof Palace and Park, the “Royal Villa” of Ludwig II, located in Ettal. You may also stop in Oberammergau before you drive on to Munich Airport and depart for the flight back to India with Lovely memory.