Hello, I'm looking for some advice for an upcoming 11 day trip I have planned with my SO in December. We are particularly interested in the Christmas markets, seeing the major sites, hanging out at cafes drinking espresso, and we'd like to see some of the natural beauty of the alps region.
Here's what we have so far:
Day 1-3: Fly into Munich and stay 3 nights.
Day 4: Take a morning train to Innsbruck, day trip to Innsbruck, evening train to Salzburg.
Day 5-6: Salzburg, probably one day in the old city and one day in the lakes region. Take evening train on day 6 to Vienna.
Day 7-9: Vienna, take evening train on day 9 to Nuremberg.
Day 9-11: Nuremberg, take train from Nuremberg to Munich airport.
This is definitely a little more packed than what we usually do. I'm questioning if we need to cut out Innsbruck. Is seeing Innsbruck worth cutting out a day of Salzburg? Is the lakes region of Salzburg worth seeing more than Innsbruck? We like the idea of the morning train from Munich to Innsbruck, as that should be a very scenic ride. But I'm wondering if we are overvaluing Innsbruck entirely.
EDIT: We are decidedly taking out Innsbruck. So it looks more like 3 days in Munich, 3 days in Salzburg / lakes region, 3 days Vienna, 2 days Nuremberg. Any suggestions? Regensburg is on the route from Vienna to Nuremberg, so we could do a day there if worthwhile.