AllWays Traveller Features

We step onto the cliff top outcropping of rock and let the blue sky and lake vista envelope us. "This viewpoint doesn't even have a name," says guide Diana Blinkert of Visit Essen. "I just call it The Rock. We're so lucky to have found it off this little side path off the BaldeneySteig." This type of epiphany comes early – and often – on the Balden...

​ Freiburg is a vibrant, historic, university city and the capital of the Black Forest in the south of Germany. Spring is one of the best times for a city break in Freiburg. It is known for its temperate climate and reconstructed medieval old town, crisscrossed by brooks (bächle). The Gothic cathedral Freiburg Minster towers over the central square...

The Romantic Cities of Germany embrace Idar-Oberstein; Koblenz; Mainz; Speyer; Trier and Worms. Together with the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland Palatinate they offer history, wines and warm hospitality. In the colder seasons, when things start to move indoors, the regions museums and exhibition halls offer insights into the tu...

​ Ruby Hotels, the Munich-based hotel brand, has opened Ruby Ella, its first Cologne hotel. The new hotel is the eleventh hotel in the Ruby portfolio and offers 186 rooms are spread over six floors. The design reflects 'the world of late-night shows, paying homage to Cologne's status as the most important media location in Germany'. The hotel is si...

Hannover is the capital of the Lower Saxony region of Germany The Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen along with the recently rebuilt Herrenhausen Palace form Hanover's most popular attraction and one of the most important Baroque gardens in Europe. The 17th century garden displays an array of fountains, exotic plants and sculptures. There is also t...

Lübeck and Travemünde Lübeck was one of the great mercantile medieval cities. The entire Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The old spirit of the Hanseatic League can still be sensed in the Old Town with its marvellous 5 Gothic churches and the more than 80 hidden alleyways. In the newly built European Hansemuseum the history of the Hanse wi...