Bamberg, Bavaria

Last summer I was in Bamberg, a town of about 70.000 inhabitants (plus 10.000 students during term time) in Upper Franconia which forms the northern part of the German land Bavaria because I had never been there before and had heard good things about it. I went there by train, from experience I know that only big German cities have a tourist information office in the central train station, smaller cities and towns have it somewhere in the centre. This is silly because in order to find it, the tourist may pass sites without realising it or maybe realise it but not know what they are. If there ... more

I HAVE BEEN TO BAVARIA ON HOLIDAY I CAN NOT SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OFF IT .IT IS BEAUTIFUL GREAT FOR SIGHTSEEING GREAT NIGHTLIFE FOOD BARS HOTELS ETC. GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO PEOPE.LOADS OF WALKING INVOLVED IF YOU WANT TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT SIGHT THOUGH THATS THE ONLY NEGATIVE I HAVE TO SAY ON IT.LOCAL FOOD IS LOVELY NOT TO EVERYONES TASTE THOUGH .LOCAL PEOPEL ARE VERY VERY FRIENDLY SOME DO SPEAK ENGLISH AS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE.IDEAL IF YOU LOVE TRAVELLING AND ENJOY THE LOCAL TORISTS ATTRACTIONS. EASY TO GET TO ON PLANE TOOK ABOUT 2HOURS.WEATHER SIMERLAR TO ENGLAND ... more