Discover the delights of Germany’s most picturesque area and dip into Austria on this 10-day adventure including: • Medieval Rothenburg ob der Tauber • The Romantic Road • Nurnberg • Roman “Castra Regina,” today’s Regensburg • Munich • King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle • Berchtesgaden including nearby Salzburg, Austria Day 1: Miltenberg am Main (1) Guests […]
We’re offering an itinerary full of our most favorite places on the European continent. This tour can be booked “as is” or it can be used as the nucleus for your own suggestions and ideas, which we will then incorporate into the perfect trip for you and your party. Remember, we never mix and match […]
Ulm Minster (German: Ulmer Münster, literally: minster) is a Lutheran church located in Ulm, Germany. Although sometimes referred to as Ulm Cathedral because of its great size, the church is not a cathedral as it has never been the seat of a bishop. (Cathedral = chair = bishop’s seat) Ulm Minster is a famous example […]
August will be filled with travel and fun in Germany, Austria, Italy and Ireland. On August 4: Greg van der Werf arrives in Rothenburg ob der Tauber from California. Greg will be spending just over two weeks “goofing off” with European Focus Private Tours owner James Derheim in Berlin, Dresden, the Erzgebirge, Munich, Berchtesgaden, Schwangau […]
Our long week in Istria and Croatia is over, and we’re heading north to Rothenburg ob der Tauber for a few days of R&R (and packing and laundry!) before Jenean flies back to Sarasota on August 1st. Our final day included a drive through the gorgeous Brenner Pass to Lans, Austria where we overnighted at […]
George Then’s father was born in Amberg, in the Oberpfaelzerwald of Bavaria, Germany. He met his future wife in Nuernberg, where they married. They had a son, and emigrated to America to begin new lives in 1927. George Then was born in America. He’d wanted to come to Germany for many years to see where […]
George Then found European Focus Private Tours by reading his issue of “German Life” magazine. Not quite a year later, he arrived in Frankfurt with his wife Susan to begin a 10-day Bavarian adventure including the homes of his parents, Amberg and Nurnberg. Along the way, we’re visiting Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Schwangau, Munich, Berchtesgaden […]
After an overnight in Strasbourg, Jenean leaves on the train for Paris on June 17 and Jim drives to their apartment in the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Jenean starts her “Women’s Tour” with a party of three from Minnesota on the 18th and Jim starts his tour with a couple from the […]