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Half-timbered idylls in the Harz Mountains

City tour to Goslar, from 159 € p.p.

-> Why you should travel to Goslar

-> Highlights

-> Travel ideas and excursions

-> Arriving

Why you should travel to Goslar:

- Kaiserpfalz (Imperial Palace) and its UNESCO-listed old town
- 1000 years of history
- unspoilt, romantic natural landscapes and picturesque half-timbered buildings

Highlights in Goslar:

Travel ideas and excursions: 

Landscape and nature: Harz Mountains National Park and the Brocken mountain, Südharz Karst Country Biosphere Reserve, Rübeland stalactite caves, Hexentanzplatz Thale (“where the witches dance”, incl. cable car ride), Harz Mountain Theatre Thale

Railway culture: Harz narrow-gauge railway, including the Selketalbahn, Harzquerbahn and Brockenbahn lines, plus the Rübelandbahn line

Art: Mönchehaus Museum of Modern Art, the Tribute Hall at Goslar Town Hall

Music: Museum of Musical Instruments, the Michael Prätorius and John Cage organs in Halberstadt

Castles, parks and gardens: Wernigerode Castle and Gardens, Blankenburg Castle and its Baroque gardens, Sangerhausen Europa-Rosarium (the world’s largest rose collection), the Brocken Garden (alpine botanical garden)

Architecture: The German Half-Timbered House Route, Quedlinburg and its 1300 half-timbered buildings, the Romanesque Road

Historical sites: The “Green Belt” nature conservation project along the former inner-German border, the Kyffhäuser memorial

Industrial culture: Rammelsberg Museum and Visitors’ Mine Works (UNESCO-listed)

Sacred buildings: Wooden stave church in Goslar-Hahnenklee, Collegiate Church St. Servatius with its treasures (some of the most significant in Germany), the treasures of Halberstadt Cathedral (some of the most significant in Europe), Gernrode Collegiate Church St. Cyriakus

Arriving:

	Leipzig/Halle Airport (approx. 106 miles from Goslar), Hanover Airport (approx. 68 miles from Goslar), Berlin Airport (approx. 169 miles from Goslar)
	via the A2 (Oberhausen-Berlin), A7 (Ellund-Füssen), A14 (Magdeburg-Dresden) and A38 (Göttingen-Leipzig) motorways and the B6 and B82 major roads
	long-distance trains to Magdeburg, Braunschweig, Hanover or Halle/Leipzig, then change to regional services to Goslar.

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