Spend your first day in marvelous Munich. Head first for Marienplatz, the city’s main square, go up to the top of the Rathaus tower for a bird’s-eye view, watch the Glockenspiel, and visit the nearby Frauenkirche. Visit the Viktualienmarkt market, Asamkirche, Alte Pinakothek and Deutsches Museum.
Explore to Residenz and Schloss Nymphenburg. In the afternoon, museums to visit-Neue Pinakothek and Lenbachhaus. Stroll in the bucolic Englischer Garten, Munich’s oldest, largest, and prettiest park. You can relax at the park’s famous beer garden.
Head to the Bavarian Alps, just south of Munich. Arrive in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in time to ascend the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest peak, for a spectacular view of the Alps.
Make your way to Fussen, jumping off point for Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles. Visit Neuschwanstein, King Ludwig II’s fairy-tale castle and Hohenschwangau Castle. Enjoy a nice stroll around medieval Fussen before settling.
Make your way to Cologne on the River Rhine in western Germany. Visit the enormous Dom (Cathedral), the Römisch-Germanisches Museum (Roman-Germanic Museum), the Wallraf-Richartz Museum and and Museum Ludwig. You can also take a sightseeing boat ride along the Rhine.
After Settle into your hotel, explore the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of the city, and the Reichstag. Walk east down Unter den Linden to Museumsinsel (Museum Island) and stop in at the Pergamon Museum. Also visit Neues Museum, with its world-class collection of Egyptian antiquities.
You can take advantage of the morning by going over to the western side of Berlin to stroll down Kurfürstendamm, the renowned boulevard known locally as Ku’Damm, before making your way to the airport. In the afternoon transfer to airport and fly to your destination.