Germany Country Overview
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Country Overview
Germany is crammed with castles, forests and beer. It also has cool festivals and music, as well as lakes, rivers and beaches. Sightseeing and playing outdoors is a happening pastime here, with over 3,000 camping sites, about 700 of them near water or on a lakeside, and the rest providing facilities for water sports and swimming.
In a country that has 2,000 years of European culture in its history it is not surprising that there are so many great natural and cultural sites, with 27 of them designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites of "extraordinary universal interest". So if you grow tired of fooling around in the water there is still plenty to see and keep you occupied elsewhere.
Daily Budget
With budget meals and lodgings coming at US$5-9 and US$20-50 respectively, it is not impossible to come out on US$60 a day, and for US$100 a day. The backpacker can stay at halfway decent hotels and eat out at a few restaurants.
When to Go!
The weather in Germany has trouble making up its mind, and changes without warning, so come prepared for all for seasons. From May to October it settles down a bit but brings in crowds of tourists. Weather aside, there is much to see at different times of the year, with the crazy antics in autumn of the harvest festival of 'Rhine in Flames' when fun comes in barges laden with fireworks. In Stuttgart in April, and Berlin in November, jazz festivals rule, and the Thuringian Bach Festival is held in March, the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth each July.
In a country that has 2,000 years of European culture in its history it is not surprising that there are so many great natural and cultural sites, with 27 of them designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites of "extraordinary universal interest". So if you grow tired of fooling around in the water there is still plenty to see and keep you occupied elsewhere.
Daily Budget
With budget meals and lodgings coming at US$5-9 and US$20-50 respectively, it is not impossible to come out on US$60 a day, and for US$100 a day. The backpacker can stay at halfway decent hotels and eat out at a few restaurants.
When to Go!
The weather in Germany has trouble making up its mind, and changes without warning, so come prepared for all for seasons. From May to October it settles down a bit but brings in crowds of tourists. Weather aside, there is much to see at different times of the year, with the crazy antics in autumn of the harvest festival of 'Rhine in Flames' when fun comes in barges laden with fireworks. In Stuttgart in April, and Berlin in November, jazz festivals rule, and the Thuringian Bach Festival is held in March, the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth each July.