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Reachable in less than 15 minutes:
- Make a tour of our town with its beautiful old buildings and afterwards take part in a guided tour of the underground tunnels. As Lichtensfels is the german "basket-city", you'll have the chance to see a demonstration of how baskets are made.
- Make a raft trip on the river
Main. Just sit down, admire the landscape
and relax.
Info >> - Visit the only german "Basket-Museum" in Michelau.
- Visit the basilica "The Fourteen Saints" which was built from 1743 to 1772 and is now a popular place for pilgramage as well as the monastary of "Banz".
- Bad Staffelstein, the native town of Adam
Riese (famous mathematician):
at both sides of its streets are half-timbered houses. Round off your
day with a visit of the strongest and warmest
thermal spring of northern
Bavaria and the new designed cure-park.
Reachable in about 30 minutes - visiting historical places:
- Coburg, the native town of the regent "Albert of Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha" with its castle which is completely in a good condition.
- Kronach, the native town of Lucas Cranach (famous german artist) and centre of the "beer-, castle and franconian forest street".
- Kulmbach, the "beer-town" with
a museum of brewery and one of tin figures which is located in an old castle.
- Bamberg, on the one hand the "franconian
Rome", built on seven hills, on the other hand "Little Venice".
- Little charming and famous porcelain figures of Goebel (Hummel) in Rödental are waiting for your visit and will be happy to find a new home.
Natue, history und presence
- "Franconian Switzerland" is and idyllic landscape with mountains, meadows, forests, castles and a colossal natural wonder: "Devil's Cave". On your way of 1,5 km through this dripstone cave you can amdire the strangest forms of stalactites and stalagmites.
