Augsburg Travel Forum

We are touring the Christmas markets this December. Along with stopping at the major markets we would like to spend 2 nights in Augsburg. Does anyone have comments on the Augsburg market and whether we should spend 2 nights here?

Spent two nights there ourselves last year and found plenty to do. City centre markets and also another at the Schloss Thurm und Taxis, both enjoyable.
Have fun.

Was there last year as well and found the Christmas market rather boring. It's just some stalls in front of the town hall. In my opinion, 2 nights are too much. Augsburg itself is quite nice, but of course better visited in summer.
In case you want to see some really typical Christmas markets you might want to check the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) in Eastern Germany. It's the area where most of the German Christmas decorations are produced and you can find handicraft shops and stalls everywhere.

If you are going just for the Christmas Markets, may I suggest Cologne?
Here they have 6 Markets plus plenty of other things to do and see.

Two nights means just to spend one full day in a town. That is not too much for Augsburg. I think it is a wonderful little town with great history, especially the Fuggerei.

If you think it is too much time for a small place I suggest you take the train to the city of Ulm. The trip just takes 45 minutes. Ulm not only has a beautiful Christmas market, it also has the highest church spire of the world (Ulmer Münster) - the market is around the cathedral. And the old city (Altstadt) is fantastic. Albert Einstein was born there, the forerunner of paragliding was invented there (Schneider von Ulm), and it is just wonderful :-)

Another option would be a trip to Landsberg am Lech, south of Augsburg. It is about 50 minutes by snail train... Another really old and fabulous place.

We were there in Dec 2007 and whilst the market itself wasn't that big, we were lucky enough to unexpectedly experience the most beautiful Christmas musical show, with dressed up angels playing Christmas carols on harps, flutes & various other instruments. I still get goose-bumps remembering it! Well worth the visit.