Destinations

We run private programmes in fifteen German destinations, from Sylt on the North Sea to the Alps south of Munich, plus the Rhine and Mosel valleys in between. Everything below is operated by our own teams and the guides and chauffeurs we work with directly.

How to think about Germany geographically

Germany is not a single circuit, and a client who tries to see all of it in ten days sees mostly motorway. It works better as four clusters, each about two to three hours across.

North — Hamburg, Lübeck, Bremen, Sylt. Hanseatic, maritime, understated; warehouses, brick Gothic, oysters and dunes. Best in summer and early autumn.

East — Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Erfurt. The twentieth century and the baroque within two hours of each other, and the strongest cluster for clients who read history.

West — Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, the Rhine and the Mosel. Cathedral cities, contemporary art and the wine valleys; the easiest cluster to reach from a transatlantic flight.

South — Munich, the Bavarian Alps, the Romantic Road, the Black Forest. Castles, lakes, mountains and spa towns; the cluster most clients picture when they say Germany.

Building a route that works

Three rules that hold up in practice. Give each base at least two nights — one night means a day spent packing. Use no more than three bases in ten days. And combine clusters that are genuinely adjacent: North with East, West with South, rather than Hamburg with the Alps in the same week.

The pairs that work best are Munich with the Bavarian Alps and the Romantic Road, Berlin with Dresden, Frankfurt with Heidelberg and the Rhine, and Hamburg with Lübeck and Sylt. Where two clusters must be joined, high-speed rail between the two capitals or a short charter leg to the coast keeps a travel day from swallowing the trip.

Beyond the tiles

We also operate in places that do not yet have a page here — Bamberg, Regensburg, Leipzig, Erfurt, the Mosel valley, Lake Constance and the Baltic coast. Ask; the absence of a tile is not the absence of a programme.