Bayreuth, Germany Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The capital of Upper Franconia, polished and respectable BAYREUTH , which lies some 80km northeast of Nürnberg, enjoys its reputation as one of the great cultural centres of Europe. Except for the five-week festival period beginning in the second half of July, it's a quiet provincial town, which was something of a late developer, only coming to prominence in 1603 when it displaced nearby Kulmbach as the seat of the second of the Hohenzollerns' Franconian principalities. Its subsequent fame is due to a series of imported creative spirits, two of whom played defining roles. The first of these was … more »