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cares). Klein Venedig is well worth a stroll but looks at least as pretty from a distance, especially
when red geraniums tumble from the many window boxes.
Tours
BierSchmecker Tour
(adult €20)
Possibly the most tempting tour of the amazingly varied offerings at the tour-
ist office (
Click here
)
is the self-guided BierSchmecker Tour. The price includes entry to
the Franconian Brewery Museum (depending on the route taken), plus five beer vouchers
valid in five pubs and breweries, an English information booklet, a route map and a
souvenir stein.
WALKING TOUR
Sleeping
HOTEL
Hotel Sankt Nepomuk €€
( 984 20;
www.hotel-nepomuk.de
;
Obere Mühlbrücke; r €95-145; )
Aptly named
after the patron saint of bridges, this is a classy establishment in a half-timbered former
mill right on the Regnitz. It has a superb restaurant (mains €15 to €30) with a terrace, 24
comfy rustic rooms and bikes for rent.
HOTEL
Barockhotel am Dom €€
( 540 31;
www.barockhotel.de
;
Vorderer Bach 4; s/d from €77/99; )
The sugary
facade, a sceptre's swipe from the Dom, gives a hint of the baroque heritage and original
details within. The 19 rooms have sweeping views of the Dom or the roofs of the Altstadt,
and breakfast is served in a 14th-century vault.
HOTEL
Hotel Residenzschloss €€€
( 609 10;
www.residenzschloss.com
;
Untere Sandstrasse 32; r €109-199; )
Bamberg's grandest digs occupy a palatial building formerly used as a hospital. But have
