Rothenburg in the day - too many tourists-shoppers and other Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Tourist Trap Tips

Any/all of the shops in Rothenburg during the day.
Filled with tourists (and even Germans) buying Christmas ornaments and other "genuine" curios (barf).

I read that lately it is getting ridiculous and almost irritating (especially during "high season") to try to negotiate your way through or enjoy the streets of the old city during the day
due to the multitudes of tourists and the crass commercialism.

An Alternative:

Go for a long all-day drive in the country after breakfast on the beautiful Romantic Road, then return to Rothenburg after 5PM when daytrippers and tourists have all piled into their cars and tour buses and left.

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At Least Do This: Let's try to be fair:
there is probably no better place in Germany to buy "authentic" German/Bavarian mementos, especially Christmas stuff, ornaments, etc. than the many shops in Rothenburg.
Great tours in the daytime of the woodwork and art in the churches are also good things to do. And most of all, walking the wall around the city with beautiful views of the Tauber valley can best be done and enjoyed in the daytime.
Alternative: Rothenburg has a great "Medieval Criminal Museum".. the museum of crime and punishment.

Walking the city walls, the Castle garden, and hiking in the Tauber valley outside the old city - anything to stay off the main streets.