{"id":71,"date":"2023-09-18T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T01:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:23:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T02:23:27","slug":"wurzburg-26-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wurzburg-26-june\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u00fcrzburg &#8211; Rothenburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>26 June<\/h2>\n<p>Known as the &#8220;Pearl of the Romantic Road&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W%C3%BCrzburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W\u00fcrzburg<\/a> is surrounded by sloping hills covered with vineyards.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518173628im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_6971.jpg\" alt=\"Rothenburg\" width=\"600\" height=\"222\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from Rothenburg castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>08:30 &#8211; The ship stopped briefly at Wurzburg&#8217;s industrial port to let passengers off, then moved to the main port to collect us later in the day.<\/p>\n<h3>Rothenburg ob der Tauber<\/h3>\n<p>08:30 &#8211; 15:00 &#8211; 38 passengers took the optional tour to see Rothenburg after breakfast. We were among them. This was the prettiest town so far on our journey. It didn&#8217;t see much damage in WW2, so it presents a rare opportunity to see what the country looked like before that war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nRNNplwsSuA?si=z9rcUutFVz28R6Jd\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518173628im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_6936.jpg\" alt=\"Rothenburg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iconic scene used in jigsaw puzzles \u2013 Pl\u00f6nlein with Kobolzeller Steige and Spitalgasse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518173628im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_6983.jpg\" alt=\"Rothenburg town hall\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rothenburg town hall (Rathaus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/URjFEWm9kBk?si=zaudbyrfpY2TVoxi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Several Christmas shops sell everything you need to trim your Christmas tree and decorate your home for the festive season.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518173628im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_69381.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas shops\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Christmas shop window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>W\u00fcrzburg<\/h3>\n<p>08:45 &#8211; The other passengers visited the Bishops\u2019 Residenz, one of Germany\u2019s largest and most ornate baroque palaces and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. They noted the palace&#8217;s unique staircase, elaborate 18th-century frescoes and the fantastic 3-dimensional stucco work.<\/p>\n<p>They accompanied their guides for a walking tour of W\u00fcrzburg &#8211; 50 minutes. There was free time until 10:45, when they returned to the ship.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518173628im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_7008.jpg\" alt=\"Fortress Marienberg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fortress Marienberg, Wurzburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>15:15 &#8211; The ship left for Bamberg.<\/p>\n<p>18:45 &#8211; Port Talk<\/p>\n<p>19:00 &#8211; Dinner<\/p>\n<p>21:00 &#8211; Disco night (we gave it a miss).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Day by day<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Days -11 to -15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Days -4 to -10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/uk-12-18-june\/\">UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Days -1 to -3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/paris-escape-18-21-june\/\">Paris Extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 1 &amp; 2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/amsterdam-21-22-june\/\">Amsterdam<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/cologne-koblenz-23-june\/\">Cologne<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/rhine-gorge-rudesheim-24-june\/\">Rhine Gorge &#8211; Rudesheim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/miltenberg-25-june\/\">Miltenberg &#8211; Wertheim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 6 &#8211; Wurzburg &#8211; Rothenburg<\/li>\n<li>Day 7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/bamberg-27-june\/\">Bamberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/nuremberg-28-june\/\">Nuremberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 9 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/kelheim-regensburg-29-june\/\">Kelheim &#8211; Regensburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/passau-linz-30-june\/\">Passau &#8211; Salzburg &#8211; Linz<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 11 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/melk-durnstein-1-july\/\">Melk &#8211; Durnstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 12 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/vienna-2-july\/\">Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 13 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/bratislava-3-july\/\">Bratislava<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 14 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/budapest-4-july\/\">Budapest<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/budapest-cruise-end-5-july\/\">Homeward Bound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 June Known as the &#8220;Pearl of the Romantic Road&#8221;, W\u00fcrzburg is surrounded by sloping hills covered with vineyards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-river_cruise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1021,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/1021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}