In or around Stuttgart

Sensapolis, Sindelfingen

15 minutes from Patch and Panzer

Great day out for the kids (of all ages)!!

See Mimi's blog entry!

Kamelhof

35 minutes from Patch and Panzer

Who would have thought there was a camel farm in the Black Forest??

See Mimi's blog entry!

Blühende Barock Garden in Ludwisgsurg

20 minutes from Patch and Panzer

Beautiful garden with a great play areas and walks for children!

See Mimi's blog entry!

Wimsenerhöhle

30 minutes from Patch and Panzer

Small (unless you have scuba gear!) but very interesting cave.

See Mimi's blog entry!


Wilhelma Zoo and Garden

Downtown Stuttgart!



About An Hour From Stuttgart

LEGOLAND!!

1 hour from Stuttgart

Sure to be a favorite of the kids! (Mac too!!)

See Mimi's Blog entry

The Zugspitze

1.5 hours from Stuttgart

Highest mountain in Germany

See Mimi's Blog entry

Lichtenstein Castle

1 hour from Patch

The Zugspitze

1.5 hours from Stuttgart

Highest mountain in Germany

See Mimi's Blog entry

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

1.5 hours from Patch

BEAUTIFUL old walled in city

Kathe Wohlfahrt

Fairytale Shop

in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

1.5 hours from Patch

Affenberg, Salem

Ape Mountain” (literally)

1.5 hours from Patch

Tubingen

A lovely university town

1 hour from Patch

Bad Teinach

45 minutes from Stuttgart

See Mimi's Blog entry on Bad Teinach

High Ropes in Nagold

Must be 10 or older, but there's a kids play area

Mimi's blog entry

Bad Durkheim

Approximately 1.5 hours from Stuttgart

Check out Mimi's blog entry on Bad Durkheim

Triberg, Black Forest

About 1.5 hours from Stuttgart – Child Friendly!

Check out Mimi's blog on Triberg and the Falls

and her 'Black Forest Cake' recipe

Roman Villa in Weilberg

Just outside Bad Durkheim

The blog entry

Castle Glatt, Black Forest

Approximately 1 hour from Stuttgart

Nice play area for kids and mini golf

See Mimi's second blog on Castle Glatt

Roman Open Air Museum

Villa Rustica

1 hour from Patch

Baden Baden

Ancient baths, a casino and loads of history

About an hour from Stuttgart

Blog 1, Blog 2, Blog 3

Haigerlock

The Atomkeller Museum – where the German atomic testing went underground

About an hour from Stuttgart




Two to Three Hours From Stuttgart

Hoenschwangau and Neuschwanstein

Part 1, 2, 3 and 4

Parts 1 and 2 have GREAT hotel information!

Meersburg, Bodensee

Beautiful old village on Lake Constance

2 hours from Stuttgart

Here's a second blog on Meersburg

and a third! We must like this place!

Zeppelin Museum

Friedrichshafen on the Bodensee

2 hours from Patch

Insel Mainau

The Island of Flowers

2 hours from Patch

Birnau St. Mary's Church

Uberlingen on the Bodensee

2 hours from Patch

Dachau

Nazi concentration camp near Munich

2 hours from Patch

Wieskirche, Steingaden, Bavarian Alps

The finest example of Rococo artistry

Near Neuschwanstein

The Wine Door – Schweigne Rechtenbach

Entrance to the German 'Wine Strasse'

Just outside Wissembourg, France

Garmish, Bavarian Alps

A must see

About 2.5 hours from Stuttgart

Wissembourg, France

Great food in a beautiful old, French village

Here's a second blog on the food...

Viehscheid, Bavarian Alps

It's not over 'till the cows come home

Including dates for this very German fest!

Charlottenhöle

2 hours from Stuttgart. Click here for a map

Great Playground!!

See Mimi's blog on Charlottenhöle

Oberammergau, Bavaria

Home of “The Passion Play”

Around 2.5 hours from Stuttgart

Bitche, France

The Citadel and gardens

About 2 hours from Stuttgart

Gutach, Black Forest

has a great Farm life museum and a Rodelbahn

1.45 minutes from Stuttgart

Rheinfall

The waterfalls of the Rhein river in Switzerland

about an hour from Stuttgart

Bern, Switzerland

About 3 hours from Stuttgart

Part 1 – Open Air Market

Part 2 – The Cathedral

Part 3 – Food on the Gurten

Part 4 – The Gurten

Dinosaur Park

and Garden Show Kaiserslaughtern

(near Ramstein)

and the

Japanese Garden

Lechfall, Fussen

2 hours from Patch




A Bit Further

Venice, Italy

About 7 hours from Stuttgart

Part One, Part Two

Lago Di Garda (Lake Garda)

A Beautiful lake in north central Italy

About 6 hours from Stuttgart (2 from Venice)

Part One, Part Two

Cailler Chocolate Factory

Gruyere, Switzerland

4 hours from Patch

Gruyere and the Alien Bar

Gruyere, Switzerland

4 hours from Patch

Maine part 1

Maine part 2

If you find yourself near Belfast...

A LONG way from Patch