What are your favorite southern German/Austrian towns ?

[Carla Tocquigny]

We are getting our rental car in Innsbruck and driving up to Frankfurt for our flight home - this is in May, 2013. We are traveling with friends who have never been in Germany or Austria and we wanted to drive/stay at some great towns along the way. We are looking at Mettenwald/Garmisch and Salzburg/Hallstatt before we drive up through Munich.

Are we missing a great area/town ???

Carla

[David Paul Appell]

Sounds like a lovely drive! Salzburg is definitely worth your time, but it's not really on your route, is it? And I don't know about Hallstatt, Mettenwald, or Garmisch, but it also looks like your route will be taking you through Ulm and Würzberg, both of which are nice little cities I passed through some years ago. Birthplace of Albert Einstein, Ulm has a university vibe and cobblestone-street old town, and its Gothic church has the world's tallest steeple. Würzberg is another university city of similar size, with a nice Romanesque cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage palace called the Residenz, and an interesting little Jewish museum, among other things.  

[Carla Tocquigny]

We may have to make Salzburg part of the drive !

[Thecatholictravelguide.com]

There are so many choices it is hard to recommend just one.  Garmisch is really great, and so is nearby Oberammergau, home of the famous passion play every 10 years. 

[Manya SIngh]

Southern German and Austrian towns are really beautiful because of the nature and ambience. I would love to visit many towns if I get a chance to go there.

Chaffhausen, Lake Constance. St. Gallen and Tübingen are some the most famous and beautiful towns, everyone would love to go and visit in Southern German/Austrian.

 

Source: WAH Holidays

[Vicky Picks]

There is a lovely route northwards from Fessen in Bavaria to Wurzberg called the Romantic Road, with lots of picturesque little towns on the way. If I remember correctly it took us about 3-4 days to complete the route.  Our favourite town along the road was Rothenburg.  We really enjoyed our holiday in Southern Germany.  Another place we particularly liked, which is a bit off your route, but just for the record, was Meersburg on Bodensee (aka Lake Constance).