Advantages: All the appeal of other German Cities - old and new together Disadvantages: Can get busy on an evening driving through the town
Koblenz - what a city. It doesn't seem to hold all the commerical appeal of the other popular German cities but as a regular visitor be assured it has. From the shopping areas to the parks, to the promenade on the Rhine with the boats in summer and all the cafes, overshadowed by the Erbenstein fortress magnificent in the fading sunlight to the brilliant Deutsches Ecke. Sat and enjoyed the atmosphere of the World Cup in 2006 in 'fan fest' and the ... ...alive - so did the shops.
Koblenz has a history all of its own and shares the geographical interest of being where the Rhine and Moselle meet - at the Deutsches Ecke guarded by the Kaiser. The sheer size of the monument makes it hard to imagine how severe flooding almost submerged him some years ago.
From Koblenz railway station you can travel across Germany into Austria and has just completed full refurbishment which makes it more accessible.
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cornishcoast 02.03.2008 (03.03.2008)
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