Stuttgart is one of Germany's most famous cities, renowned for its motoring museums and influence on German industrialisation, but also known for its culture - the Stuttgart Ballet is acknowledged as one of the best in the world. VfB Stuttgart (the city's football team), are one of the most important sides in the Bundesliga and many tourists will be visiting the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Mercedes is also the name on Stuttgart's most famous motoring museum. If you take up car hire from Stuttgart, you'll find that the city is built into a valley, thus enjoying spectacular countryside.
Stuttgart attracts numerous motoring enthusiasts, keen on the Mercedes-Benz Museum and the Porsche Museum. Tourist in the broader sense will find Stuttgart a haven of cultural delights, and trips to the city's prime vantage points on the fringes of the Neckar Valley are a good place to begin. The TV Tower and Schloss Solitude are hard to beat, and hiring a car from Stuttgart will take you here and beyond. Shoppers note that Koenigstrasse is the consumer hub of the city. Hiring a car from Stuttgart means you can explore the area around the valley's perimeter, as far as the Black Forest, via the A81 onto the B294, and you will find the pleasant Lakeland area called Max-Eyth See a short drive from the city (B14).
