Black Forest Everything

October 30, 2022 7:53 AM

I'm considering a winter trip to the Black Forest. Have you been to the region, especially in the winter? Please give me your tips on absolutely everything! I'm especially looking for ideas for cool activities + great towns to base oneself in + great hotels with a local vibe. Thanks!
posted by artisthatithaca to Travel & Transportation around Germany (4 answers total)

Yes I've been there in the winter, quite a while ago though. I'd visited Freudenstadt briefly in the summer, thought it was attractive, so stopped there again in the winter. OMG. The snow. The snow was up to the eaves of the houses. The snow banks were above my head. It was like walking in a white tunnel. I couldn't see anything. That's my memory, that and zwiebel kuchen, food of the gods.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 11:05 AM on October 30, 2022

I loved my summertime visit to the quite rural Maulbronn Cloister. It's near the Black Forest and relatively close to Karlsruhe, an interesting city in its own right.
posted by mdonley at 12:32 PM on October 30, 2022

I've stayed at Zum goldenen Engel in Glottertal on a couple of occasions, though in the late summer rather than winter. It has a good local vibe, with an excellent restaurant.

The ruins of Zähringen castle are accessible with a key available at the nearby Waldrestaurant Zähringer Burg. The food is by most accounts only okay, but the 13th century tower offers a nice view of the surrounding area. A few of the photos on Google were taken in the winter, so it appears to be accessible year-round.
posted by jedicus at 1:27 PM on October 30, 2022

We stayed in late Spring in Hornberg at Hotel Schloss Hornberg. The room was nice, the grounds were pretty, and there are hiking trails accessible very near to the hotel. I assume that they would turn into showshoe trails in the Winter! I remember it being a short drive to Triberg, the town with the giant cuckoo clock and waterfalls.
posted by Don_K at 9:34 AM on October 31, 2022