AllWays Traveller Features

Nuremberg embraces its future and its past The German city of Nuremberg, which is the cultural hub of Bavaria's Franconia region, boasts an illustrious heritage stretching back hundreds of years. It is, however, Nuremberg's association with Adolf Hitler's National Socialists (Nazis), during a 22-year period in the 20th Century, that projected the c...

A culinary experience of a lifetime Once a humble coaching inn, The Posthotel Alexander Herrmann in the small Franconian spa town of Wirsberg has blossomed over its past 150 years. The historic black and white half-timbered building, in the heart of the beautiful Frankenwald Nature Park, is now a luxury four-star boutique hotel attracting visitors ...

The city of Frankfurt has its familiarity somewhat enshrined in being a global gateway, serving as the largest Airport in Germany and being home to the European Central Bank Headquarters. Indeed, with the average traveller only spending 1.86 nights in the city (aka just utilising the city as a stopover point to an end destination). H...

The German city of Düsseldorf is capital city of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It sits mainly on the right hand (eastern) bank of the River Rhine and is known for its Altbier copper coloured beer brewed in the old town and its vibrant youthful culture. While large swathes of the city were destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II, a re...

This city in the northeast of Germany wants to put itself on the map. It's deep, it's dark, it's eerie, it's fun. It's 100 metres down the shaft at the Sauberg Mine in Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany. We've arrived at this incredible subterranean Ore Mountains destination on the same cable-car elevator that tin miners used to take to work. But, since th...

The German city of Düsseldorf is capital city of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It sits mainly on the right hand (eastern) bank of the River Rhine. The city is known for its Altbier (old town), vibrant nightlife, carnival and other major events such as the Kirmes fun fair, which attracts some four million thrill seekers for 10 days every summ...