The Black Forest Features

The Black Forest Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  Extraordinary regional specialties: Dig into Black Forest cake, Schwarzwald ham (only authentic if smoked over pinecones), and the incredible... Read more

• Spas
  

  The restorative powers of a good soak in a hot pool or sweating it out in a 190-degree sauna are well understood in Germany, where the concepts... Read more

• Cuckoo for Cuckoo Clocks
  

  "In Switzerland they had brotherly love—they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."... Read more

• Driven to Wanderlust
  

  You're on the autobahn, not zipping through the countryside at illegal stateside speeds but crawling along at 25 mph. Far from Fahrvergnügen... Read more

• The Baden-Baden Spa Experience
  

  The history of "taking the waters" in Baden-Baden dates back to AD 75, when the Roman army established the city of Aquæ Aureliæ... Read more