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8-Day German Fairy Tale Rail Circle Tour (8R07)

8-Day German Fairy Tale Rail Circle Tour (8R07), a rail journey with Travel to Europe (To-Europe)

Take a journey along the Fairy Tale Route and find out where the Brothers Grimm lived and worked, see the places and landscapes in which their fairy tales are set.

Day by day

  1. Day 1railovernight: Frankfurt

    Frankfurt

    11-minute train from Frankfurt International Airport to Frankfurt Central Station (fare covered by the Frankfurt Card). Explore historic sites including the Romerberg and Goethe Haus.

  2. Day 2overnight: Frankfurt

    Day trip to Hanau, Gelnhausen und Steinau an der Strasse

    Visit places where the Brothers Grimm were born and grew up: Hanau (market square monument, Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus, Castle Philippsruhe), Gelnhausen (imperial fortress ruins, witch tower) and Steinau an der Strasse (the Amtshaus where the Grimms lived).

  3. Day 3railovernight: Kassel

    Marburg and Kassel

    Train to Marburg, where the Brothers Grimm studied law; visit the Landgrafenschloss and Elisabethkirche. Continue by train to Kassel, where the Grimms worked as librarians; visit Bergpark Wilhelmshoehe and the Hercules monument.

  4. Day 4railovernight: Bremen

    Hannoversch-Munden, Gottingen and Bremen

    Train to Hannoversch-Munden (half-timbered Old Town, Doctor Eisenbart Play), then Gottingen (University, the Gaenseliesel statue), then on to Bremen.

  5. Day 5railovernight: Bremen

    Day Trip to Bremerhaven

    Day trip by rail to Bremerhaven, visiting the Harbor Worlds (German Emigration Center, Zoo at the Sea, German Maritime Museum, submarine Wilhelm Bauer). Return to Bremen to see the Town Hall and Bremen Town Musicians statue.

  6. Day 6railovernight: Hamelin

    Hamelin

    About two hours by train to Hamelin, home of the Pied Piper legend. Visit the beautifully restored Old Town including the Rattenfangerhaus and the Glass Adventure World.

  7. Day 7railovernight: Frankfurt

    Frankfurt

    Flexible rail tickets allow most of the day in Hamelin before traveling back to Frankfurt (about 3 hours total).

  8. Day 8rail

    Frankfurt Int. Airport

    Short train ride (about 11 minutes) from Frankfurt Central Station to Frankfurt International Airport.

Included

  • Frankfurt Card (free public transportation in Frankfurt and rail from Frankfurt Int. Airport to Frankfurt Central Station)
  • The book "The German Fairy Tale Landscape - The storied world of the Brothers Grimm"
  • Rail tickets throughout (2nd class, flexible/unrestricted on several legs)
  • Buffet breakfast daily
  • 7 nights hotel accommodation per itinerary

Not included

  • Airfare from/to your origin to/from Germany
  • All meals other than breakfast
  • Gratuities (tips)
  • Parking fees

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