Christmas Markets Along the Rhine - Northbound

About 2,000 years ago, the Romans discovered the hot, healing springs here and turned them into one of their most popular baths. The Roman baths rapidly developed into a place which was not only fashionable because of its medicinal springs. During its belle epoque, Baden-Baden became Europe’s summer capital. Brahms worked here, Dostoyevsky
frequented the casino and Kaiser Wilhelm took the waters regularly for many years.

The diversity of the cultural offerings provides recreational value to an international public: the Baden-Baden hilharmonie, the Theater Baden-Baden, the State Art Hall, glleries and museums on the one side, the casino, the golf course, high class boutiques and superb Baden Alsace cuisine on the other.

Whatever your pleasure-bathing like the Romans, enjoying Baden’s wines, discovering traces of the Russians or floating with Europe’s biggest balloon fleet and enjoying the bird’s-eye view of this changing, charming landscape-Baden-Baden deserves a visit.

HEIDELBERG – The City of Romance

“I lost my heart in Heidelberg…” – you’d be hard-pressed to find a place that has been as euphorically praised by musicians and enthusiastically described by poets as Germany’s oldest university town.

What does it owe its charm to? Come and find out for yourself. The heart of the Old Quarter of the famous university town can be covered on foot in about 2 hours. Take in the magic of the Castle, the Old Bridge and the Old Town panorama; wander through the picturesque side streets full of enticing opportunities to look, poke around and shop; enjoy the varied all-year program of cultural activities and the flair of historic student pubs. You too are bound to lose your heart in Heidelberg.

Our recommendations: Go for a stroll on the Philosophers’ Path, one of Europe’s most beautiful walks high above the town and the Neckar River. And treat yourself to a “Student’s Kiss”, Heidelberg’s mouth-wateringly sweet specialty.