Looming over the Wörnitz River, the medieval covered parapets, towers, turrets, keep and red-tiled roofs of the 12th-century Schloss Harburg (burg-harburg.de; adult/child €3.50/2.50, guided tour €5/2.50) are so perfectly preserved they almost seem like a film set. Tours tell the building's long tale and evoke the ghosts that are said to use the castle as a hang-out. Stay the night at the Schlosshotel Harburg in a converted part of the castle, surely the Romantic Road's most impressive place to stay.
Harburg looms above the road between Nördlingen and Donauwörth. Literally so: the road runs through a tunnel directly beneath the fortress. Schloss Harburg (burg-harburg.de; adult/child €3.50/2.50, guided tour €5/2.50) is the Romantic Road's most dramatic medieval castle. Looming over the Wörnitz River, the medieval covered parapets, towers, turrets, keep and red-tiled roofs of the 12th-century castle are so perfectly preserved they almost appear to be from a film set. Take a tour or stay the night at the Schlosshotel Harburg in a converted part of the castle, surely the Romantic Road's most impressive place to stay
