Historic Highlights of Germany would like to help travelers get to destinations off the beaten travel paths for a more meaningful travel experience. Seventeen historic cities have been carefully selected and suggest tours with a rich cultural experience, friendly environment and a relaxing time. Also referred to as Germany´s Heritage Cities, or Germany´s Originals, these destinations represent the vast cultural and culinary variety Germany has to offer. Participating cities are: Aachen, Augsburg, Bonn, Erfurt, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Koblenz, Lübeck, Münster, Osnabrück, Potsdam, Regensburg, Rostock, Trier, Tübingen, Wiesbaden and Würzburg.

Sure, we know this is a big word, but it encompasses so much we stand for and what we believe in. Therefore, we think ‘meaningful’ is the right term to use, when traveling to our cities and working with us on an unforgettable experience for your clients.

For us, Meaningful Travel has social, ecological and economical patterns which reflect on the traveler or the local community. In Germany´s Heritage cities, the traveler can broaden his/her knowledge about the local culture while visiting a museum, taking a guided tour, or by just sitting on the market square, watching the people pass by and enjoying a cup of coffee or tea. For the local communities it means being able to make a living from the local produce they offer on farmers’ markets, restaurants or cafés or other locally-owned shops. It´s all being part of the local life and local culture. There is so much tourism can do for the individual person to broaden his/her mind, which will last a lifetime for that person – tourism can be a force for good in many ways.