Die Veste Coburg ist eine beeindruckende mittelalterliche Festung, die 160 Meter über der historischen Altstadt thront. Die Anfahrt ist mit dem Pkw problemlos möglich, schöner - wenn auch beschwerlich - ist der Aufstieg durch den Coburger Hofgarten. Kommt man aus der Altstadt sind es etwa 1,5km - immer bergauf, das letzte Stück auf dem "Treppenweg" ist dann schon recht anstrengend. Dafür wird man mit einer prächtigen Ummauerung, begehbaren Wachmauern und einigen schönen Dekoelementen belohnt. Der Eintritt zur Burganlage ist kostenlos, lediglich die Ausstellung fränkischer Kunst und dem Handwerk seit dem Mittelalter ist kostenpflichtig. Sie konnte ich aus Zeitgründen leider nicht besuchen. Die Burganlage an sich ist aber schon Attraktion genug, und vor dem Abstieg kann man sich im Biergarten der Burgschänke nebenan gut entspannen. read more

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If driving, parking is quite the problem since the main parking area only has 10 parking spots. You can either park at the city and walk up or park by the "airport" and walk down, either way, you'll walk. They always have an exhibit and of course there is a restaurant too. They do have a "geko" train that goes from the bottom of the hill to the castle. read more

Veste Coburg - Tours Near Me - Coburg, BY

I was on a trip to Germany with my college-aged children, and I wanted to make sure we were able to spend some time at one of the larger castles. I picked Coburg, as the reviews spoke highly about the armor display in particular. This castle did not disappoint! You drive up a narrow road to the castle, but when you get to the top the road widens and there is a nice sized car park area. We were there about an hour after it opened and had no trouble finding a spot. You do have to go to a machine to purchase a parking voucher that you place in your car window. Then you walk up a long, cobble stoned drive to the castle. The castle was so impressive, with the big moat area, and grand entrance. We started off walking around the grounds looking over the wall from the lookout points, and just enjoying the beauty of the surroundings. We couldn't spend an endless amount of time at the castle, so we wanted to make sure we saw some specific exhibits first. So after buying our tickets, we headed over to the area with the armor and weaponry exhibits. To start, there is a great exhibit of carriages - some very ornate. There is an entire floor of weapons, including some very interesting rifles - again, some very ornate, others just very unusual. Work our way up another floor to the armor area, and we were not disappointed here at all! Many examples of different styles of armor, the various weapons, etc. What I especially liked was that in addition to individual mannequins wearing complete suits of armor, there was rack after rack of helmets or breastplates, etc. just like it would have been in an armory centuries ago. Very impressive! These areas were very well done, and we could have simply spent hours right there. Then we went through room after room full of furniture and artwork in the restored rooms of the castle. My favorite was the intarsia room - the precise details of some of the inlayed scenes was incredible, and made you truly appreciate the craftmanship. One of the rooms had a large scale model of the castle, so that you could appreciate the layout of the walls, gardens, etc. and gave you a sense of the grounds. We did start to go through the Martin Luther exhibit, and it too was very well done. But we were starting to get short on time, so we decided to cut out of this exhibit mid-way so that we could spend more time on the grounds. We worked our way around the building and saw many wonderful views of the valleys below. The best was when we came across a beautiful and large garden of blooming lavender! Even better, there were swarms of bees busy at work, and being able to be so close to so many bees without worry was very cool. By far, this was an amazing stop, and truly worth the time and the entrance fee. We did see other castles on our trip, but none compared to this one. The displays were so well done, the renovations were well done, you just really felt like you were seeing it as it appeared so many years ago. I would highly recommend this stop! read more