Half-timbered houses line the narrow cobblestone streets and surround the market square. The 14th-century castle has a wine tavern and museum of antique mechanical musical instruments. The Burg Klopp castle was built as a successor to a Roman castle called Bingium, which once stood above the city on the same site. KD also offers cruises on the Elbe, Main and Moselle rivers in Germany, the Danube River in Austria and the Volga River in Russia. Rhine cruises are from two to four nights, from April through October.
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