Berlin To Salzburg

e left Berlin in a left hand drive car a first ever for me. I had one very nervous passenger indeed (I think AVIS will have to scrub the front passengers seat when they get the car back). We haded off down to Slazburg via an old Top Deck favourite the Rhine Cruise from Bingen to St Goar. We stayed at Rothenburg ob der Tauber (across the river from Bingen. We did the river cruise and got the train back to Bingen and the car ferry back across to Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

The following day off down the “Romantic Road” which was nothing special a few towns e stopped at were nice enough but since it was pissing down with rain we did not wander around much. We stopped overnight at Augsburg then onto Salzburg the following day. A quick photo stop at Neuschwanstein castle, near Fussen which we have both seen before.

Salzburg we stayed at Hotel Goldener Hirsch, A Luxury Collection Hotel which was very nice indeed. We had 3 nights there.

First day there we did a drive out to Salzkammergut and Hallstatt but Hallstatt was swarming with tour buses and people all car parks full so we carried on back towards Salzburg, found a nice little bakery then back home.

Following day off to Konigssee, Berchtesgaden and Eagles nest. The Eagles Nest was closed due to early snow, but the scenery around was fantastic with snow capped mountains everywhere.

The Salt Mine tour was much better than I remembered. It took about an hour with a lot of steps, walking, tunnels, slides, train, boat and a few visual displays, very enjoyable indeed.

Our Lufthansa flight to Bilbao left from Munich so a 3 hr drive there via the Oktoberfest grounds. Beerfest 2024 was due to start the following day.