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Thuringia has many different faces and is exciting! Everyone can find something to suit them here. Whether a walking or active holiday, a city or cultural break, a spa holiday or barrier-free travel, Thuringia can offer it all - and at only a short distance.
Thuringia is home to numerous culturally important sights. Some of these have even been internationally recognised for their historical significance by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation - the UNESCO.
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– UNESCO World Heritage sites
Many famous people from all branches of arts and culture have left their traces in the cultural state of Thuringia. The encyclopaedias listing great German minds would be sadly depleted without all those who found Thuringia a good place to spend their lives or to live and work for a while.
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– Famous names
Evidence in stone of Thuringia’s eventful history can be found in over 400 palaces and castles throughout the region – symbolic of the rule of innumerable ruling counts, princes and dukes. Some are in ruins, others have survived in their full splendour, but they are all inviting for an excursion into Thuringia’s past.
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– Palaces and castles
Many highlights of garden art can be viewed and enjoyed in Thuringia, such as the parks and gardens in the cultural city of Weimar, the historic gardens of the Dornburg Palaces or the egapark in Erfurt, one of the most beautiful and diversified garden and leisure parks in Germany.
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– Parks and Gardens
Be it winter or summer, Thuringia as a travel destination invites with its diverse countryside of mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes and nature reserves.
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– Nature and Activities
The clear proof of the fact that Thuringia is a wonderful place to really relax and bring both body and mind into great shape is also the enormous number of highly modern quality spas, wellness centres and thermal baths that are available.
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– Spa holidays
The list of products popular with local gourmets is lengthy – sausage in best home-made style, fantastic cake, tasty cheese, chocolate, traditionally strong beers and flavoursome herb schnapps, and Thuringia even surprises its guests with local wines!
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– Thuringian hospitality
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