Honeymoon in Dec - how many days is enough?

Hi,I%26#39;m planning a honeymoon in Europe this december and we plan to visit Nuremberg especially for it%26#39;s Christmas Markets. How many days should I stay in Nuremberg?

There were recommendations from other posts to do Rothenburg as well. Is it easily accessible from Nuremberg? Both my hubby and I can%26#39;t drive.

Oo ya, other than %26#39;Guten Tag%26#39;, we can%26#39;t speak/read German. Will it be tough to travel on our own in this case?

Thanks =)

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Christmas markets are a nice way to spend the long evenings in Germany in December. What decides for us how long to stay in a given place is how much else we want to see in the city. Two days in Nürnberg would be enough for us but you may wish to see more.

Rothenburg is quite nice in December; we were there last year and had a great time. Our pictures.

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Trains from Nürnberg to Rothenburg leave about once an hour. Use a TagesTicket Plus: 14,20 € for both of you together. The ticket agent will be able to sell you one and will normally speak English or get someone that can. There are normally two transfers. You will get a schedule and we have found it easy to follow.

This is a great trip and to my mind a great Honeymoon location. Rothenburg has a certain romantic flair.

Regards, Gary

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You can base in Nuremberg and see Bamberg, Wurzburg, Rothenburg and more easily by train.

What a wonderfully romantic honeymoon, to enjoy the Christmas markets in Germany - very, very special!

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Thanks Gary, your pictures are nice! The transport information is vey useful too! =)

Caviargal, thanks for your suggestions. Will sort through it with hubby-to-be! =)

There are so many places we%26#39;d wanna visit but so little time! Plan to go around Germany, Prague and Austria plus a few nights of Paris. hopefully that%26#39;s not too ambitious for 18 days. We wanna try to visit as many Christmas markets as possible. Wonder if it%26#39;s advisable?

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For us there is a certain sameness to Christmas Markets. After we have seen a couple, they are not so interesting.

We concern ourselves more about what else there is to see in the town during the day. Last year we visited Bamberg and Würzburg as mentioned by Caviargal. Both are very attractive towns.

For variety it helps to find some markets devoted to hand made goods. Our visit to Würzburg coincided with the medieval market and the local artists market.

Regards, Gary

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We don%26#39;t shop at the Christmas Markets, rather we just love the festive atmosphere. It is just so very different from our life here in Florida and we really enjoy it! We visit mostly at night when all the lights are and there are often special events.

In Salzburg, we saw two very special things. One was an invasion of the Bad Santa, coming through the town center on a flaming cart.

The next day we were at the Fortress, and there was a big show of good and bad Santas, Devils, etc. I was chased by a bad Santa with a switch, and then later had a good Santa give me candies!

In Garmisch, we were there on the 6th and there were a bunch of little kids in Santa suits handing out candy.

We can%26#39;t wait to return this year!

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Thanks Gary and Caviargal.

I guess we will be going there for the festive mood. Personally, I enjoy such Christmas atmosphere cuz it seems so traditional, something that is seldom experienced here in Singapore. I hope if I%26#39;m really going there, I am able to catch such interesting sights too! =)

I was researching on Christmas Markets and the pictres. They are such beauties... =)