The Romantic Road (Germany)

We kept asking ourselves exactly what was the Romantic Road. I never did get around to looking it up (until now). The closest I got was a sign (in Wurzburg) that said it started in Wurzburg and went south to Mad Ludwig's castle.

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The Romantic Road (German: Romantische Straße) is a "theme route" devised by promotion-minded travel agents in the 1950s. It describes the 350 kilometres (220 mi) of highway between Würzburg and Füssen in southern Germany, specifically in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, linking a number of picturesque towns and castles. In medieval times it was a trade route that connected the center of Germany with the south. Today this region is thought by many international travellers to possess "quintessentially German" scenery and culture, in towns and cities such as Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl and Rothenburg ob der Tauber and in castles such as Burg Harburg and the famous Neuschwanstein. The Romantic Road is marked along the way with brown signs.


[From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_Road]

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