On Apr 16, 6:19=A0pm, george wrote:
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I've just thought of a few other fun things to do.
The Stuttgart city hall (Rathaus) has a pater noster that even adults
enjoy riding.
H=F6henparkkillesberg has an architecturally interesting double helix
tower that floats on a small titanium ball which can be climbed for
what I consider the best views of Stuttgart. There is also a several
kilometer long miniature train ride in the park with a steam engine on
weekends that strangely attracts more older adults than children.
On clear nights you can watch the heavens through the telescope of the
small observatory on Uhlandsh=F6he.
You can take a boat trip on the Neckar River past the terraced
vineyards to visit the poet Schiller's birthplace in Marbach which is
a nice small town, and take the S-bahn back to Stuttgart.
In Ulm, you can climb the highest church tower in the world and
possibly even see the Swiss Alps in the distance.
With a family of 5 you qualify for a private tour in English to an
underground iron mine by Aalen. They provide all the necessary
protective equipment as you will have to wade through some partially
flooded areas. Website should be available through www.aalen.de , but
you'll probably have to work to find the English pages for it.
You can also visit the old underground silver mine by Neubeulach in
the Black Forest.
Walled fortified Grosscomburg Monastery is a great place to visit and
probably unique to Germany. In www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de . It is
by Schwaebisch Hall which is also a nice town to visit with the large
steps on which plays are performed in the summer in front of the
church.
The castle/palace at Neuenstein has a complete medieval kitchen among
other things to see.
There is a mound tomb of a Celtic prince at Hochdorf an der Enz, and
also a museum for it.
The castle at Beilstein has a bird of prey show.
You can eat a medieval dinner in a castle at either the previously
mentioned Hohenneuffen or at Burg Katzenstein
( www.burgkatzenstein.de ), and you can also stay in the latter
castle.
Baden-Wuerttemberg ( www.tourismus-bw.de ) has a large number of
amusement parks, Europa Park being Germany's premiere one by Rust.
www.europapark.de
Baden-Wuerttemberg also has a large number of visitable caves on the
Schwaebische Alb.
BW also has a large number of museum and special tourist railways.
George |