14 Jours en Allemagne : 14-Day Grand Tour of Germany by ICE Rail: Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Rhine, Black Forest & Bavaria
Two comprehensive weeks connecting Northern Germany's maritime harbor, Berlin, Saxony, the Rhine castles, the Black Forest, and the Bavarian Alps.
Route: Hamburg → Berlin → Dresden → Cologne & Rhine Gorge → Heidelberg & Black Forest → Rothenburg & Nuremberg → Munich & Alps · Estimated budget: €1,980–€3,750 ($2,150–$4,070) · Best months: May–Oct & Dec.
Hamburg Speicherstadt & Elbphilharmonie
Start on the Elbe waterfront and historic Deichstraße.
Lübeck Hanseatic Day Trip & 1h45m ICE to Berlin
Morning in Lübeck, evening high-speed train to Berlin Hbf.
Berlin Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag & Museum Island
Full day exploring historic Mitte and Unter den Linden.
Berlin Wall Memorial, East Side Gallery & Potsdam Sanssouci
Cold War landmarks and Prussian palaces.
Dresden Baroque Old Town & Saxon Switzerland
Visit Frauenkirche, Zwinger Palace, and Bastei Bridge.
ICE West to Cologne Cathedral & Kölsch Brauhaus
Cross Germany by high-speed rail to the Rhine at Cologne.
UNESCO Middle Rhine Gorge Cruise & Bacharach
Cruise past Loreley and hilltop castles from Koblenz/Boppard to Bacharach.
Heidelberg Castle, Old Bridge & Neckar Valley
Explore Germany's oldest university town and red-sandstone palace.
Baden-Baden Spas, Black Forest & Freiburg
Thermal baths, Black Forest pine valleys, and Freiburg's Gothic Münster.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber Medieval Walls
Walk the intact 14th-century ramparts and Plönlein.
Nuremberg Kaiserburg & Bamberg UNESCO Old Town
Franconia's imperial castle and smoked beer heritage.
Munich Marienplatz, Residenz & English Garden
Bavaria's royal capital and traditional beer gardens.
Neuschwanstein Castle, Füssen & Lake Alpsee
King Ludwig II's Alpine castles and Marienbrücke gorge viewpoint.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Zugspitze & Departure from Munich
Final Alpine panorama before flying home from Munich (MUC).
Transport & Deutsche Bahn ICE
Combine a 7-Day or 10-Day German Rail Pass (or advance DB ICE Sparpreis tickets) with the €58 Deutschlandticket for unlimited urban and regional transit.