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