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Route Marches
Rothenburg Walking tour with TM, visit of St Jakobskirche.
(see ACIS TM notes)
· You need cash for entrances to St Jakobskirche.
· If your hotel is inside the town walls you will have to coordinate loading and unloading of luggage with your driver (they must apply for a “Busvignette” online or risk a fine). After free time and the walking tour tell the group to meet in the market square and walk them back as a group to the hotel or coach park.
· If you have time to spare, Dinkelsbühl, Nördlingen or Augsburg are worth a visit en route.
· Rothenburg – Munich can be done on the Motorway. It is faster but not picturesque.
Rothenburg – walking tour and visit of St Jakobskirche
Rothenburg is completely closed to coaches, the only access allowed is for hotel transfers – with a prearranged “Busvignette”). Therefore your sightseeing is done on foot. The official coach park is outside the walls at the Hospital Bastion (Spitaltor) – follow P1 signs.
On arrival walk the group from the coach park (where there are pay WCs in a large new block) to the market square. You can start your tour and point out several places whilst walking (see walking tour notes). There are toilets behind the town hall. Allow group to use toilets while you get maps from tourist office on corner of square.
Make sure the group knows the meeting point (either at coach or walk them back after meeting in market square).
Sightseeing includes:
· The Marktplatz and the Glockenspiel
· St Jakob’s Church
· Herrengasse and the Castle garden
· Schmiedgasse at least as far as the Plönlein (for photos)
THINGS TO DO
– Walk around the city walls. (Carefully, if in the evening!)
– Climb the town hall tower.
– Visit the Criminal Museum.
– Visit St Wolfgang’s fortified church.
– Shop at Käthe Wolfahrt’s Christkindlmarkt for Christmas ornaments and
a full range of German souvenirs, on Herrengasse.
Tourist Information – On Marktplatz
Currency Exchange
Currency exchange is no longer possible in Rothenburg. All banks, the tourist information centre and hotels have stopped doing it, so other arrangements will need to be made before arriving here.