Esslingen is a small town about half an hour on the train outside of Stuttgart city centre. As well as a much more modern area, the old town represents everything I expected of Germany before I went.
For the general curious it is worth an afternoon there but little more, but is well worth ... Read review
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Advantages: A nice little town just outside Stuttgart that represents 'Real Germany' Disadvantages: The people that I came across spoke a lot less English than in Stuttgart itself
Esslingen is a small town about half an hour on the train outside of Stuttgart city centre. As well as a much more modern area, the old town represents everything I expected of Germany before I went.
For the general curious it is worth an afternoon there but little more, but is well worth visiting as part of any trip. Walking from the station into the old town you can see both the old and new Rathaus (Town Halls) with the Altes Rathaus ... ...cuckoo clock on its front. Two churches dominate the old part of the city with the Frauenkirche and its odd spire and Stadtkirche St Diony's with its precarious walkway between its two towers. You can then walk up the town's defensive wall (Burgstaffel) which affords great views over the town, although you need to be fit to get to the top.
I spent about 3 hours in Esslingen and with the exception of lunch, didn't have to pay anything ... more
Esslingen is a small town about half an hour on the train outside of Stuttgart city centre. As well as a much more modern area, the old town represents everything I expected of Germany before I went.
For the general curious it is worth an afternoon there but little more, but is well worth visiting as part of any trip. Walking from the station into the old town you can see both the old and new Rathaus (Town Halls) with the Altes Rathaus being particularly nice with what appears to be a giant cuckoo clock on its front. Two churches dominate the old part of the city with the Frauenkirche and its odd spire and Stadtkirche St Diony's with its precarious walkway between its two towers. You can then walk up the town's defensive wall (Burgstaffel) which affords great views over the town, although you need to be fit to get to the top.
I spent about 3 hours in Esslingen and with the exception of lunch, didn't have to pay anything to see some really nice sites. It is well worth visiting if in Stuttgart because, as nice as Stuttgart is, Esslingen represents 'Old Germany'.
