must-see's and do's Germany-Austria Nov 18-26

Hallo,

My friends and I are planning a trip to Germany (mainly the Bavarian area) and Austria from Nov 18 till Nov 26 and would love some feedback on our tentative IT as below:

Day 1:

~2pm arrival in Frankfurt

- take train (52mins) to Heidelberg and explore briefly

- sleep Heidelberg

Q: What are must-sees in Heidelberg considering the short duration of time we%26#39;ll be there? Any inn recommendations?

Day 2:

- take train (3hrs) to Wurzburg

- explore Wurburg

- take train (1hr) to Rothenburg

- explore Rothenburg (Night Watchman tour at 8pm)

- sleep Rothenburg

Q: What are must-sees in Wurzburg and inn recommendations? We%26#39;re basically doing the Romantic Road but only very briefly since we can only allocate two days to exploring it inclusive of Fussen for the Neuschwanstein Castle. So we%26#39;ve tentatively decided on Wurzburg, Rothenburg and Fussen/Schwangau. But if there%26#39;s other better places to visit, do please advise us.

Day 3:

- train (4hrs) to Fussen

- explore village and Neuschwanstein Castle

- train (2hrs) to Munich

- sleep Munich

Day 4:

- explore Munich

- sleep Munich

Day 5:

- train (1.5hrs) to Garmisch

- cog wheel train-cable car up to Zugspitze

- train to Salzburg (3.25hrs) possible stopover to explore Innsbruck)

- 8pm Mozart Dinner Concert at Stiftskeller St. Peter restaurant

- sleep Salzburg

Day 6:

- explore Salzburg

- evening train (3.5hrs) to Vienna

- sleep Vienna

Day 7:

- explore Vienna

Q: Any performance recommendations in Vienna? We%26#39;re looking for something that%26#39;s really %26quot;native%26quot; to Vienna and not just a random performance that can be seen elsewhere in the world. Vienna Boys Choir, Spanish Riding School would have been nice but both are not performing during the time we%26#39;ll be there. We were also looking forward to watching the Salzburg Marionette Theatre but we seem to be out of luck too with our dates...

Day 8:

- explore Vienna

Day 9:

- 2pm flight back to SanFo/Tokyo

Thanks very much =)

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The main Heidelberg site is the castle and walking around the old town. The best views of the castle can be seen on the other side of the river.

Personally, I%26#39;d leave out Wurzburg to spend more time in Munich. The main attraction in Wurzburg is its palace and you can find similar architecture in Munich and much more.