The
Romantic Road is a
"theme route" devised by promotion-minded travel agents in the 1950s. It describes the of highway between
Würzburg and
Füssen in southern
Germany, specifically in
Bavaria and
Baden-Württemberg, linking a number of picturesque towns and castles. In medieval times it was a trade route that connected the center of Germany with the south. Today this region is thought by many international travellers to possess "quintessentially German" scenery and culture, in towns and cities such as
Nördlingen,
Dinkelsbühl and
Rothenburg ob der Tauber and in castles such as Burg Harburg and the famous
Neuschwanstein. The Romantic Road is marked along the way with brown signs.