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Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Germany, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Germany. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Germany are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Germany. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Germanys Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction 1

Cologne Cathedral. Germanys most spectacular cathedral and a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, it features two impressive towers that have dominated the citys skyline for centuries. Its treasures include the Shrine of the Magi. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

The Berlin Wall. It divided Berlin for nearly 30 years, but parts can still be seen: at the East-Side Gallery in Friedrichshain, a 1.3-km (0.8-mile) stretch has been painted by artists from all over the world. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Oktoberfest, Munich. The worlds largest fair, spanning over 16 days starting at the end of September. Revellers gather in huge tents to eat, drink beer and be merry and not just in Munich. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Lake Constance. One Lake, three countries sharing its shores: Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Visit picturesque Konstanz and Lindau, the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen, or board one of the ferries that ply the lake. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam. This small palace is a stunner thanks to its monumental flight of terraces, designed by Frederick the Great in 1744, and its exquisite Baroque garden. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Museumsufer Frankfurt. Architecture and design, film and photography, literature, nature and technology: this riverfront complex has museums to suit every taste. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

Rhine Valley. Flanked by gentle vineyards or dramatic outcrops and crowned by the odd castle, the stretch from Rdesheim to Koblenz is the epitome of German Romanticism. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Heidelberg. With the Romantic movement, the castle which took 400 years to build but which the Thirty Years War left in ruins captured the publics imagination. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 9

Schsische Schweiz (Little Switzerland of Saxony). Take a trip to the Bastei rock formation to experience this bizarre landscape of eroded sandstone along the Elbe. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 10

Museumsinsel, Berlin. This five-museum ensemble, which covers Oriental and Roman antiquities to 20th-century art, is set on a Unesco-listed island. For more information, .

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Editors Choice