Bad Mergentheim

 Bad Mergentheim is another pretty town where you’ll find quaint, cobblestoned streets and lovely half-timbered buildings. Also, as with all German towns that have ‘bad’ in the name, Bad Mergentheim is a spa town—and its waters have supposedly been curing people of various ailments for many centuries. I think everything about this town, from the history to the architecture, is absolutely lovely—and best of all, it’s a bit off the main tourist track! Why go there? Of all the towns on this list, I think Bad Mergentheim’s market square, with its colorful half-timbered buildings, is the prettiest—and not least of which because it isn’t crowded with tourists everywhere you look! And if your vision of fairytale includes knights in shining armor rescuing damsels in distress, you have to pay a visit to the Deutschordensschloss, or the castle that served as the medieval home for the Teutonic Knights once upon a time. There’s a museum inside the castle Where to go: Bad Mergentheim, Germany