travel42 Port Guide: Wurzburg

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At the northern end of the Romantic Road, Wurzburg, Germany, is an old city nestled in a vineyard-filled valley on the Main River.

Located 60 mi/95 km southeast of Frankfurt, the city is dominated by the Marienberg Fortress, the home of the powerful Prince-Bishops of Wurzburg, who transformed the city into one of the 17th century's finest. Inside the fortress are a museum and an eighth-century church. Catch the bus or climb the fortress' steep vine-covered hill for a magnificent view of the c...