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Der König Der Schloss
The Secret Castle-Hotels of Southern Germany
The Burg Gutenfels above Kaub on Rhine, GermanyIt doesn’t take a royal treasury to become king or queen of the castle for a night in Southern Germany. In fact, it can cost less than a three-star hotel.
Several Schloss overlooking the Rhine River—and mighty Burg dominating half-timbered towns—now take in paying guests. What's more, they often charge much less than the bland, tourist-class hotels in the town that surrounds the foot of the castle.
Intro
• Burg Colmberg (Romantic Road)
• Burg Gutenfels (Rhine River)
• Burg Hirschhorn (Neckar River)
• Burg Veldenstein (near Nürnberg)
• Castle Liebenstein (Rhine River)
• Kommende Ramersdorf (Bonn/Rhine)
• Kurfürstlisches Amtshaus (Eifel/Mosel)
• Schloss Hohenstein (Bavaria/Thuringia)
Now I ask you: would you rather stay in a perfectly serviceable but unmemorable modern three-star hotel, or the 13th century castle dominating the village?
If your answer is "the castle," then have I got some dream sleeps for you. A few years ago, Budget Travel magazine was nice enough to send me over to Germany to ferret out the best of the bunch...
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This article was last updated in in September, 2005, when a version was first published in Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel. All information was accurate at the time.
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