To hear the birds and smell the cows, take a walk into the Tauber Valley. A trail leads downhill from Rothenburg’s idyllic ...

The world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle, the medieval Rothenburg in Franconia or the Mozart city of Salzburg and of course the mountains of the Alps are (for once!) worth a detour from the state ...

A trail leads downhill from Rothenburg’s idyllic castle gardens to the cute, skinny, 600-year-old Toppler Castle, the summer home of the town’s mayor in the 15th century, Mayor Toppler.