Duckwyn's Travel Blog

Saxon Switzerland National Park, established in 1990, is one of Germany’s most dramatic natural landscapes. Located just south of Dresden, the park is divided into two sections within the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, an area famous for its towering rock formations and deep forested gorges. The scenery rises sharply from the Elbe River valley, where calm waters wind through the countryside, to rugged peaks that reach up to 556 meters above sea level. Families can explore narrow r

Few places in Europe capture a child’s imagination like Neuschwanstein Castle . Perched high above the Bavarian countryside, this fairy-tale palace looks like it leapt straight out of a storybook. Neuschwanstein was commissioned in 1869 by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as his private retreat. Deeply inspired by the operas of German composer Richard Wagner, Ludwig designed the castle as a tribute to the mythic heroes and legends Wagner brought to life on stage. Despite its grandeu

Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp located just north of Berlin in Oranienburg. It operated from 1936 until April 1945 and held more than 200,000 prisoners—including political opponents, forced labourers, and prisoners of war.  Here, the Nazi regime subjected inmates to forced labour, brutal medical experiments, starvation, executions, and systematically built facilities such as a gas chamber and crematorium.  This destination is best suited for older audiences. My 1