Roads skirt walled villages with castles fit for Sleeping Beauty, and picture-perfect towns tumble down to lakesides where sailboats bob in the sunset in search of the Frog Prince.

BBC: The classic Bavarian road trip

"The frog in his throat has a long way to go before it can hope to turn into prince, " the pair's piece concluded.

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