Facts About Germany Tourist Information

Germany is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world. Germany has extraordinary diverse landscape and with its historical heritage, arts, and culture, millions of people flock Germany to explore its nature and history. Tourists from the European Unions do not need a visa to visit Germany. Moreover, citizens from USA, Canada, Japan, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland need only a passport (no visa) for visits up to three months.






Most of the Visitors from Asia and Africa will need to obtain a prior visa for visiting Germany. Although the climate of Germany may vary with season but one should be ready for anything because the weather can be often unreliable. However, in summer, the weather in Germany is normally stable with temperatures around 25 degree centigrade. Winter can be quite cold and the best season is the spring. When it comes to time zones in Germany, it follows CET, Central European Time and it is six hours ahead of EST (Eastern Standard Time) of USA and one hour ahead of GMT or UTC. The currency is Euro, credit cards are not very common and the acceptable cards are American Express, Diners and also Master and Visa.

Facts About Eagles Nest Germany

Eagle's Nest or Kehlsteinhaus (in German) is a mountain top chalet style building that was built by the Nazis as a Teahouse for the Third Reich. Eagle's Nest was designed and built by the personal secretary (and Head of the Nazi Party) of Hitler for his 50th birthday present and as a retreat for Hitler and entertaining the visiting dignitaries. Eagles Nest is situated on a ridge atop Mountain Kehlstein at an elevation of about 6000 feet.




The last 124 meter (400 feet) to Eagles Nest can be reached by an elevator bored straight through the mountain and linked via a tunnel, the elevator being still in daily use. Although designed as Teahouse for Hitler but Hitler visited Eagles Nest for not more than 10 times and the most significant reference to the Eagles Nest is the Wedding Reception of Eva Braun's sister. Todays Eagles Nest, owned by a Trust, is a restaurant with an indoor dining area and outdoor beer garden and it is a popular tourist place for the Britons, Canadian and American tourist who are attracted by historical sight seeings. Local guides offer tours to Eagles Nest for the visiting foreigners.

Facts About East and West Germany

Germany or federal Republic of Germany as you know today was divided into two separate two nations East Germany and West Germany after World War II in 1949 and the demarcation was along the line of Allied Occupation. However, in 1990, both the nations East Germany (earlier known as German Democratic Republic - GDR) and West Germany were unified again into one Nation. The reunification arose due to the popular uprising that overthrew the communists and since the Soviet Union also did not intervene.





East Germany was the Socialist State in the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany with East Berlin as its capital city. The geographical area of East Germany consisted of northeastern Germany rather than the all of the eastern regions. West Germany was established in 1949 with eleven states that were formed in the three Allied Zones Occupation held by the United States and with Bonn as its provisional capital city. When one discusses about East and West Germany, a mention must be made about the Berlin Wall, which was a barrier constructed by the East Germany in August 1961 completely cutting off West Berlin from the surrounding East Berlin and East Germany.

Facts About Germany Hotels in Germany 2010

Germany is the paradise for the millions of international tourists from all over the world. Germany is one of the major power in the world and has an extensive infrastructure in air, road and rail network, hotel accommodations and all the modern and high-tech facilities sought after by the discerning travelers from various parts of the world. Since the end of WWII and specifically after the unification of East and West Germany in 1990, tourism industry has grown rapidly.




There are thousands of hotels in Germany that cater to all the categories of visitors ranging from super luxury five star hotels to low-cost inns and bed and breakfast hotels. Depending upon the city and the place of visit, you can choose from thousands of hotels including the star category hotels such as Best Western, Concorde, Central, Plaza, Grand City, Holiday Inn, Hilton, Renaissance, Arabella Sheraton, Europa, Admiral, Atlas, Marriott, Westend, Astron, Bristol, Bavaria, President, Tulip and Royal Hotel. With the advent of online hotel booking, it was never so easy to book hotels in Germany at great bargains, deals, discounts and hotels to suit your budget and lifestyle.