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We have a long history here in Germany and very medieval
castles also. Tens of thousands of tourists come to Germany day
in and day out just to see and feel the “charisma” of our German
castles.

I will explain you 4 of my favourites and a little bit of their
history. If you plan to travel to Germany, you might like to
know them and to feel its charisma too. These 4 castles are
located in South Germany, so you do not have to travel hundreds
of kilometres/miles to see each of them. By the way, most of our
German castles are located in South Germany.

1. Heidelberg

The first one I describe to you is the Heidelberg castle. It is
really big and has a secret stairway to walk up to it. Very few
people know that way, most of the people go up by the ‘hill
train’. I mean, you can do that too, but imagine how incredible
it is, when you walk up the more than 300 stairs (each stair has
its number on it!) and see all the old houses around you, WOW!

Heidelberg itself has a strong history too and you see that on
all the houses and the extremely expensive residential areas.
Very famous people live in Heidelberg, such as Steffi Graf and
famous Scientists. You should also walk through the, and now
I’ll give you a insider secret, ‘Philosophenweg’ (Way of
Philosophs). You may ask the people out there where exactly this
way is, but however when you walk up that way, you have an
really awesome, and I mean really awesome view to the Heidelberg
castle and Heidelberg itself and its river (Neckar).

2. Schwetzingen

Not far away from Heidelberg (approx. 10km) is a small town
called Schwetzingen (yes, I live in this town and I love it!).
The special thing here is, that this town has just 22,500
residents, but also a huge castle! When you visit German castles
you will realize, that some of them not so big, but beautiful
too. The castle of Schwetzingen is not just beautiful, it’s
awesome and huge! The city itself spends all of the entrance
fees (only 2,50 EUR per day) into this incredible castle, and
you see that at each corner stone, plant and bloom.

The Schwetzingen castle is almost as big as the city itself!
Its history goes back to Baroque, Rococo and Classicism. It’s
still apparent today that the irregular complex of the
Schwetzingen castle in essence dates back to a medieval castle
altered in the Renaissance period.

At the end of your castle visit you absolutely must go to one of
the irresistible cafés and restaurants in front of the castle -
at the ‘Schlossplatz’ (castle place). There are seven (and much
deeper in and around the city) of them and you will find people
of all ages there, and you easily come in contact with them.
They are really communicative. Most of the young people are able
to speak English. More about this amazing town you’ll find on
www.sm
art-travel-germany.com/schwetzingen.html. My site isn’t
perfect yet, but it grows day after day and I work really hard
on it to give you the highest valuable free insider tips for
your travel to Germany.

I hope you enjoyed the first part of my special report of 2
awesome German castles. Watch out for the second part with the
other 2. I will post it shortly.

Also for further insider tips go to my website. I finished the
creation of my monthly free special report. In this report I
will describe the rest of our TOP 40 German castles and its
histories. You can subscribe to it at www.smart-travel-germany.com/smart-travelogy-germ.html.

I appreciate you!

Marcus Hochstadt www.smart-travel-german
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