Located about an hour south of Frankfurt and in the south-west of Germany, Heidelberg is a fairly popular tourist destination. The Neckar river runs through the city and there is a massive park connected to the river.

Heidelberg has a beautiful old town culminating in the popular Heidelberg castle. Tell anyone you are visiting Heidelberg and the castle is the first thing that’s talked about.

* a view of the castle from across the bridge.

Heidelberg is the oldest University town in Germany and has a population of 150,000. It is a relatively small city but it is worth spending at least 3 days here in my opinion. It is nice to lay out near the river, go swimming and just to simply relax. The temperatures exceeded 35° for my 3 days in the city, so the Neckar river was the only reprieve from constant sweating!