Rothenburg an der Tauber, Germany Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER , which is some 60km south of Würzburg, is the most famous and most visited medieval town in Germany, and although it's very beautiful, it has been reduced to the ultimate museum-piece, with nearly half its working population employed in the tourist trade. Nonetheless, it should still merit at least one overnight stop: the only way to get this place to yourself is to stay the night and go out, either early in the morning or in the evening, when the crowds are absent. Perched on a promontory 90m above the River Tauber, Rothenburg was a prosperous Free Imperial City in medieval times, … more »