Three Tips: Breckenridge, CO

Three Tips

Breckenridge, Colorado

1. Eat and drink at the Breckenridge Brewery. Mmmm, oatmeal stout. For the nicest meal in town, go to the Hearthstone Restaurant.

2. Stay as close to the mountain as you can, but try and stay on the peak 9 side, as most weekenders and locals arrive at peak 8, which gets ridiculously crowded.

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3. Enjoy downtown in the evening. It's a great ski town to walk around. Also, grab a crepe from the crepe stand. They are scrumptious and worth the wait if the line is long.

Three Tips: Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley

Three Tips
Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley

Posted on Horn Fans by 1990txgirl...

Napa:

1) Take a little detour to Hwy 12 before you get to the town of Napa and start the day at Domaine Carneros. It's peaceful, the grounds are lovely and a glass of bubbly is a fine start to any day.
2) Don't miss the Silverado Trail; too many visitors tend to stay on the main highway.
3) Don't hesitate to share tastings with your travel companion. There's no reason you should pay $10-20 per person, especially if you don't know anything about the wine.

Sonoma:

1) Stay in Healdsburg. It's the convergence of the Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley and the Russian River Valley appellations, a great "home base" for northern Sonoma County.
2) Ask the locals for recommendations, for both wineries and restaurants. If you like the wine at one place, ask them which wineries they like. If we hadn't asked, we probably would have passed by Unti Vineyards and Rochioli, both great discoveries.
3) Explore, explore, explore. Sonoma County is much more spread out than Napa Valley so you won't see winery after winery strung along one main road. Pick an area that interests you; pick a winery or two that interest you. Then head in that direction and see where the day takes you.

Three Tips: Munich

Three Tips on
Munich, Germany

Provided by Horn Fans poster LonghornLawyer

1) Use Public Transportation: You can take the S-Bahn from the airport into the city. Once in the city, the subway and bus systems are remarkably easy to use, even for Europe. The only reason you would need to get a car is if you want to do a side trip outside of the city. Of course . . .

2) Munich Is A Great Base For Day Trips: Dachau, depressing though it is, is well worth the visit and is a very quick drive outside of Munich. Also, you can take the Autobahn toward Salzburg and visit Schloss Herrenchemsee, built by King Ludwig II to resemble Versailles. Ludwig's other castles at Neuschwanstein and Linderhof are also well worth a visit, though it would be a long day to do them all in a single day out of Munich.

3) Spend An Afternoon At the Bier Garten In The Englischer Garten: Along the way there, you can see the meadow where everyone in Munich gets naked to sunbathe. And even if you aren't there in September for Oktoberfest, you can get a bit of the Oktoberfest spirit at the biergarten under the Chinese Tower.

Three Tips: Heidelberg, Germany

I'm going to start a new "category" of posts called Three Tips... basically, three tips that a reader would give a friend when visiting one of their favorite destinations. We'll start with the first one for Heidelberg, Germany - a famous town on the Rhine River known for its famous castle and its college-town atmosphere. This one was from a poster on the Horn Fans board.

Three Tips on
Heidelberg, Germany

1. Stay in a local guest house. Not necessarily in Heidelberg, but also look in Eppelheim, Schwetzigen, Oftersheim and Plankstadt. All are connected by public transportation, or easy access by rental car.

2. Tour the Heidleberg Castle, visit the altsttadt or old town area which is adjacent to the Castle. Take a short trip to Schwetzigen and see the Palace and the promedade. There are several great restaurants. If you have kids with you, Heidelberg has a wonderful zoo. The summertime brings many ferstivals into the Heidelberg area. Check the web for dates. One highlight is the Rhein on Fire. Castles along the Rhein and Neckar rivers are all illuminated, many have fireworks. Check for exact dates but its usually on a weekend night in July and September.

3. Take a short side trip to the Rhein river. The 30km stretch from Bingen to Koblenz is fabulous. There are numerous Castles to visit. Most towns are also built on old Roman ruins and walls. The Rheinfels castle is a must see. You can wander all over it, along with taking a guided tour. It also has a restaurant which overlooks the river, from about 500 feet over it. That part of the Rhein is the heart of German wine country, many have stands set up right along the road of the valley. Also close by to Heidelberg, within a 30-minute drive is Worms. The Cathederal is about a thousand years old and has ties to the reformation and Martin Luther.

If you visit during December then weinachtsmarkts or Christmas Markets are the main attraction. Key markets from the are include Heidelberg, Mannheim, Schwetzigen, Eppelheim, Bad Wimpfen, Marlbron and if adventurous only two hours from Nurenburg and the granddaddy of all Christmas Markets.

One last hint for the Rhein valley and Heidelberg. If you're into beer then visit local breweries. Most have beer gardens that are normally open May to September.

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