How to plan the perfect train trip around Germany
The IndependentSign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The railway criss-crosses the river, threading together winemaking villages such as Traben-Trarbach, where I’d stay in the art nouveau Hotel Bellevue by the river. This handsome town is set in a bucolic, forested river valley where wild boar roam From Eisenach it’s a straightforward journey eastwards to Dresden, nicknamed the Florence of the Elbe thanks in part to paintings of the riverside city by Canaletto. If the journey seems too long there’s a delightful half-timbered town, Celle, halfway across, with a lovely hotel, the Furstenhof – very well priced given that it has five stars.
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