They come highly recommended by a top travel advisor, and feature mineral springs, salt therapy, and striking views.

These nine superior hotel properties in Southwest Germany are “individualists” that nevertheless have a lot in common: they ...

Soak up the atmosphere in the Palais Thermal spa and all its Art Nouveau glory. Joni Sweet You might head to Sweden for massages or Finland for saunas, but in Southwest Germany, spa culture is ...

In Germany’s southwest corner, the Black Forest (“Schwarzwald”) is a range of hills stretching east of the Rhine River. Ancient Romans found the thick forests here inaccessible and ...

The forest stretches in a hilly 100-mile range along Germany’s southwestern border with France. The region got its name because its forests are so thick the locals called them black.

The Black Forest has earned its reputation as “Germany’s finest spot for connoisseurs.” Straussenwirthschaft (Photo Credit: Schwarzwald Tourism) More than 300 restaurants receive annual ...

THE FAIRY TALE version of Germany still exists, more than anywhere else, in the Black Forest. Villages of half-timbered houses dot deep valleys in the shadow of mountainsides thick with spruce and ...