Package deals – themed packages for every taste
We have put together a series of themed packages for individual travelers, couples and families who want to get to know Rothenburg ob der Tauber and its picturesque surroundings more intensively. Please also note our travel conditions!
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Living Middle Ages
Dreamy alleys, magnificent patrician houses, enchanted squares and a protective city wall - walk through one of the mighty city gates into another world!
The jewel of the Middle Ages sits majestically on a plateau above the Tauber and impresses with numerous attractions. Rothenburg presents itself as a walk-in history book with lively chapters: visit the Medieval Crime Museum, which also reflects the less romantic aspects of the Dark Ages, or the RothenburgMuseum, where the entire city's history is revealed and, among other things, a monastery kitchen from the 13th century can be admired . Pause for a moment in St. Jacob's Church, the destination of numerous pilgrims in the past and present, or enjoy the wonderful panoramic view of the old town from the 52m high town hall tower. The world-famous “Christmas Village” by Käthe Wohlfahrt, which is open all year round, awaits you, as does the original “Rothenburg Night Watchman”, who will guide you safely through the little town at night.
"The good old time…." – nowhere else can you get closer to it than in Rothenburg ob der Tauber!
Services:
- 3 nights with breakfast or
- 5 nights with breakfast
- City tour or night watchman tour
- Entrance fees to the Medieval Crime Museum and the RothenburgMuseum
- 1 copy of the Turmweg brochure
Prices valid in 2024
Price per person for 3 nights:
Double room from €205,00
Single room from €283,00Price per person for 5 nights:
Double room from €322,00
Single room from €450,00Can be booked all year round (with the exception of the night watchman tour only from April to December) with Rothenburg Tourismus
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Theater summer
Combine your stay in Rothenburg with a visit to a performance in the Toppler Theater. The small but fine open-air theater in a historical ambience has enriched the cultural calendar in Rothenburg since 2008.
Services:
- 2 nights / breakfast in the desired hotel category
- 1 glass of champagne during the break
- Entrance ticket to the Toppler Theater, 1st category
- Voucher for a city tour or night watchman tour
Offer can only be booked during the playing season (June 19th to August 31st).
Price per person for 2 nights:
Overnight stay in a double room from €161,00
Overnight stay in a single room from €211,00Price depends on the chosen hotel category
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Christmas in Rothenburg
Every year, medieval Rothenburg is transformed into a winter fairy tale. Since the 15th century, the Advent season has been enlivened by the wonderful Christmas market. You also have to see Käthe Wohlfahrt's world-famous Christmas village. Enjoy the contemplative, romantic atmosphere of the city with a cup of the typical Franconian white mulled wine.
Services:
- 3 nights/breakfast
- an original Rothenburg artist's mulled wine cup
- Entry to the RothenburgMuseum and the German Christmas Museum
Prices valid in 2024
Price per person for 3 nights:
Double room from €191,00
Single room from €266,00Can be booked during the Reiterlesmarkt from November 29th - December 23rd, 2024, arrival day only possible on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
travel conditions
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Travel conditions of the Rothenburg Tourism Service
Dear guest,
we ask you to careful reading the following travel conditions. These travel conditions, to the extent effectively agreed, are the content of the agreement between the customer or traveler - hereinafter referred to as "traveler" - and the city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber as the legal entity of the Rothenburg Tourismus Service, hereinafter “RTS” abbreviated, concluded package travel contract. They supplement and complete the legal provisions of Sections 651a - y BGB (Civil Code) and Articles 250 and 252 of the EGBGB (Introductory Act to the BGB).
These travel conditions apply exclusively to RTS package tours. They do not apply to the arranging of third-party services (such as tours and admission tickets) and not to contracts for accommodation services or their arranging.
1. Conclusion of the travel contract, obligations of the traveler
1.1. For all booking routes applies:
a) Basis of the RTS offer and booking of the traveler are the travel description and the additional information from RTS for the respective trip, as long as these are available to the traveler when booking.
b) If the content of the travel confirmation differs RTS Depending on the content of the booking, there is a new offer from RTS before, to that RTS is bound for a period of 3 days. The contract is concluded on the basis of this new offer, insofar as RTS has pointed out the change regarding the new offer and has fulfilled his pre-contractual information obligations and the traveler has responded within the binding period RTS acceptance is declared by express declaration or deposit.
c) The pre-contractual information provided by the organizer about essential features of the travel services, the travel price and all additional costs, the payment modalities, the minimum number of participants and the cancellation fees (according to Article 250 § 3 numbers 1, 3 to 5 and 7 EGBGB) will only then not be valid Part of the package travel contract, provided this is expressly agreed between the parties.
d) The traveler is liable for all contractual obligations of fellow travelers for whom he makes the booking, as well as his own, to the extent that the traveler has assumed a corresponding obligation by express and separate declaration.
1.2. The following applies to bookings made in writing, by email or fax:
a) By booking, the traveler offers RTS the conclusion of the package travel contract is binding. The traveler is bound to the booking for 3 working days.
b) The contract is concluded upon receipt of the travel confirmation (declaration of acceptance). RTS conditions. Upon or immediately after conclusion of the contract RTS provide the traveler with a travel confirmation in accordance with the legal requirements on a durable medium (which enables the traveler to keep or save the declaration unchanged in such a way that it is accessible to the traveler within a reasonable period of time, e.g. on paper or by email), provided that the traveler is not entitled to a travel confirmation in paper form in accordance with Article 250 § 6 Paragraph (1) Sentence 2 EGBGB because the contract was concluded in the simultaneous physical presence of both parties or outside of business premises.
1.3. RTS points out that according to the legal regulations (§ 312 para. 7 BGB) for package travel contracts according to § 651a and § 651c BGB, distance selling (letters, catalogs, telephone calls, faxes, emails, messages sent via mobile phone service (SMS) and radio , telemedia and online services), there is no right of withdrawal, but only the statutory rights of withdrawal and termination, in particular the right of withdrawal in accordance with Section 651h of the German Civil Code (see also Section 3). However, a right of withdrawal exists if the contract for travel services was concluded outside of business premises in accordance with Section 651a of the German Civil Code (BGB), unless the oral negotiations on which the conclusion of the contract is based were conducted on the consumer's previous order; In the latter case, there is also no right of withdrawal.
2. pay
2.1. The handing over of a security certificate as a prerequisite for payment is not necessary if the package offer does not include transport to the place where the travel services are provided and/or back and it has been agreed and noted in the travel confirmation that the entire travel price will be paid without prior down payment after the package has ended Payment is due at the end of your stay. RTS does not charge a deposit.
2.2. If the traveler does not make payments in accordance with the agreed payment due dates, although RTS is ready and able to properly provide the contractual services, RTS has fulfilled its legal information obligations and the traveler has no legal or contractual right to offset or retention, and the traveler is in default of payment to represent this is how it is RTS entitled to withdraw from the package travel contract after a reminder setting a deadline and after the deadline has expired and to charge the traveler with cancellation costs in accordance with Section 3.
3. Withdrawal by the traveler
3.1. The traveler can withdraw from the package travel contract at any time before the start of the trip. The resignation is opposite RTS to be declared at the address given below. If the trip was booked through a travel agent, the cancellation can also be declared to them. The customer is recommended to declare the withdrawal in text form.
3.2. If the customer withdraws before the start of the trip or does not start the trip, the tour operator loses the right to the travel price. Instead, can RTS demand appropriate compensation if the withdrawal is not due to RTS is to be represented. RTS cannot demand compensation if exceptional circumstances occur at the destination or in its immediate vicinity that significantly affect the implementation of the package tour or the transport of people to the destination; Circumstances are unavoidable and exceptional if they are beyond the control of the party invoking them and their consequences could not have been avoided even if all reasonable precautions had been taken.
3.3. RTS has determined the following flat rate compensation taking into account the period between the declaration of withdrawal and the start of the trip as well as taking into account the expected savings in expenses and the expected acquisition through other uses of the travel services. The compensation will be calculated as follows at the respective cancellation scale after receipt of the declaration of withdrawal:
a) until the 31st day before the start of the trip
10% of the travel price
b) from the 30th to the 21st day before the start of the trip
20% of the travel price
c) from the 20th to the 12th day before the start of the trip
40% of the travel price
d) from the 11th to the 03rd day before the start of the trip
60% of the travel price
e) from the 3rd day before the start of the trip and at
No-show 90% of the travel price
3.4. In any case, the traveler is at liberty to RTS to prove that RTS no damage at all or significantly less damage was incurred than that of RTS required flat rate compensation.
3.5. A flat rate compensation in accordance with Section 3.3. is deemed not to have been specified or agreed upon RTS proves that RTS Significantly higher expenses were incurred than the calculated amount of the flat rate in accordance with Section 3.3. In this case it is RTS obliged to specifically quantify and substantiate the requested compensation, taking into account the expenses saved and the acquisition of any other use of the travel services.
3.6. is RTS If you are obliged to refund the travel price as a result of a withdrawal, Section 651h Paragraph 5 of the German Civil Code (BGB) remains unaffected.
3.7. The customer's legal right, in accordance with Section 651e of the German Civil Code RTS Requesting that a third party take over the rights and obligations arising from the package travel contract by means of a message on a durable medium remains unaffected by the above conditions. Such a declaration is in any case timely if it RTS 7 days before the start of the trip.
3.8. It is strongly recommended to take out travel cancellation insurance and insurance to cover the costs of repatriation in case of accident or illness.
4. Responsibilities of the traveler
4.1. Travel documents: The customer has RTS or to inform his travel agent through whom the customer booked the package trip if the customer does not provide the necessary travel documents (e.g. hotel voucher, voucher) within the period of RTS received the deadline communicated.
4.2. Notification of defects/remedial action:
a) If the trip is not free of travel defects, the traveler can request remedial action.
b) So far RTS As a result of a culpable failure to report the defect, the traveler cannot assert claims for a reduction in price according to Section 651m of the German Civil Code (BGB) or claims for damages according to Section 651n of the German Civil Code (BGB).
c) The traveler is obliged to report the defect immediately to the representative of RTS to be made known on site. Is a representative of RTS not available on site and not contractually owed, any travel defects are due RTS to the notified RTS contact point; about the availability of the representative of RTS or his local contact point, the traveler will be informed in the travel confirmation. However, the traveler can also notify the travel agent through whom he booked the package tour of the defect.
d) The representative of RTS is commissioned to provide remedial action if possible. However, he is not authorized to recognize claims.
4.3. Setting a deadline before termination: If the traveler wants to terminate the package travel contract in accordance with Section 651l BGB due to a travel defect of the type described in Section 2i Paragraph (651) BGB, if it is significant, the traveler must first set RTS a reasonable deadline for remedial action. This only does not apply if the remedy is provided by RTS is refused or if immediate remedial action is necessary.
5. Limitation of liability
5.1. The contractual liability of RTS for damages that do not result from injury to life, body or health and were not caused culpably, is limited to three times the travel price.
5.2. RTS is not liable for service disruptions, personal injury and property damage in connection with services that are merely arranged as third-party services (e.g. arranged excursions, sporting events, theater visits, exhibitions) if these services are expressly stated in the respective service description and the respective booking confirmation and with details of the identity and address
of the brokered contractual partner have been marked as third-party services so clearly that they are clearly not part of the package tour for the traveler RTS and otherwise the requirements of Sections 651b, 651c, 651w and 651y BGB have been properly met.
5.3. RTS is liable, however, if and to the extent that the traveler's damages result from the violation of
Information, information or organizational obligations of RTS has become the cause.
6. Unused services
If the traveler does not use individual travel services due to early return, illness or other reasons for which RTS is not responsible, the traveler is not entitled to a pro-rata refund. The RTS However, unless the amounts are very small, we will endeavor to obtain a refund from the service provider and pay the corresponding amounts back to the traveler as soon as and to the extent that they have actually been reimbursed to RTS by the individual service providers.
7. Assertion of claims, addressee
The customer/traveler has claims according to Section 651i Paragraph (3) No. 2, 4-7 BGB RTS to assert. The claim can also be made via the travel agent if the package tour was booked through this travel agent. The contractual claims listed in Section 651i Paragraph (3) BGB expire after two years. The limitation period begins on the day on which the trip was supposed to end according to the contract. An assertion in text form is recommended.
8. Special regulations in connection with pandemics (especially the corona virus)
8.1. The parties agree that the agreed travel services will always be provided by the respective service providers in compliance with and in accordance with the official regulations and requirements applicable at the time of the trip.
8.2. The traveler agrees to observe the appropriate usage regulations or restrictions of the service providers when using travel services and to inform the tour guide and the service provider immediately if typical symptoms of illness occur.
8.3. The customer's rights under Section 651 i BGB remain unaffected by the above regulations.
9. Choice of law and place of jurisdiction; Information about consumer dispute resolution
9.1. For travelers who are not nationals of a member state of the European Union or Swiss citizens, the entire legal and contractual relationship between the traveler and the RTS the exclusive validity of German law is agreed. Such travelers can RTS exclusively at the headquarters of RTS Sue.
9.2. For complaints of RTS against travelers or contractual partners of the travel contract who are merchants, legal entities under public or private law or persons who are their
If you have your place of residence or habitual residence abroad, or whose residence or habitual residence is not known at the time the action is filed, the place of jurisdiction will be the registered office of RTS agreed.
9.3. RTS With regard to the law on consumer dispute resolution, points out that RTS does not participate in voluntary consumer dispute resolution. If a consumer dispute settlement occurs after these travel conditions have been printed RTS would become mandatory RTS consumers about this in an appropriate form. RTS points to the European online dispute resolution platform for all travel contracts concluded via electronic legal transactions ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/ out.
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Tour operator is:
City of Rothenburg ob der Tauber as the legal entity of
Rothenburg Tourism Service
Represented by the mayor Dr. Markus Naser
Marktplatz 2
91541 Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Telephone 09861 / 404-800
Fax 09861/404-529
