Rhineland-Palatinate

Most people treat Bingen am Rhein as a train change before Rüdesheim, or a riverboat stop long enough for one Mäuseturm photo and a cold glass. That works if the town is only a gateway stamp for the Upper Middle Rhine. It works less well if you like watching the Nahe slide into the bigger … Read more

Most travelers treat Neustadt an der Weinstraße as a Deutsche Weinstraße stop: one Hambacher Schloss photo for the democracy story, a half-timber shot on the Marktplatz, then on to bigger Rhine names. Fine if the town is only a wine-road waypoint between Speyer and the Haardt villages. Less fine if you like the Speyerbach under … Read more