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one of several castle-hotels
here. In the little-known
Erzgebirge mountains by the
Czech border, Sächsiche
Schweiz (Saxony’s ‘Little
Switzerland’), you will find
reasonably-priced, quaint
chalet-style accommodation.
Southern Germany
The southern part of the
country boasts more than its
fair share of sensational
scenery, from the dreamy
landscapes of the Black
Forest and the Swabian Jura,
to the chocolate-box villages
and lakes of Bavaria, where
country excursions frequently
end with a warm welcome at
a typically rustic country inn.
The region also includes
some of the country’s finest
cities – Heidelberg, Konstanz,
Nürnber, Regensburg and
Ulm – with their magnificent
half-timbered houses and
accommodation to suit all
pockets, not to mention the
bustling metropolis of
Munich, Germany’s most
popular city, which also has
some of its finest hotels.
To the south, the snow- The garden restaurant at the Residence, Essen-Kettwig, page 172
capped Alps, with their
numerous mountain inns and wine region (page 172); the FOOD AND DRINK
sophisticated sports hotels, palatial castle-hotels Burg
make a majestic backdrop to Colmberg (page 156), with its ERMAN CUISINE is reputedly
the entire region. four-poster beds, log fires and G G Gsimple and solid, and it is
private chapel, and Schlosshotel an undeniable fact that heavy
HIGHLIGHTS Kronberg (page 175), with its foods such as sausages,
antique furnishings, golf course sauerkraut, potatoes, beer and
OTELS ILLUSTRATED on these and rose gardens; Munich’s huge cream cakes frequently
H introductory pages are Insel-Mühle (page 162), a fine feature on the menu.
just a selection. Other favour- converted watermill; and, in However, from the lowland
ites include the romantic Konstanz, Seehotel Siber Dutch borders and Baltic
Malerwinkel, a tiny lakeside (page 160) with its renowned seaboard in the north to the
hotel in Seebruck, at the foot gourmet restaurant and magni- Alpine fringes of the south,
of the Alps (page 166); Zum ficent rooms with views over German food and drink is as
Krug in Eltville-Hattenheim, Lake Constance to keep you varied as its landscapes. Also,
at the heart of the Rheingau entranced all day. the country’s restaurant scene
has recently been transformed
by Neue Deutsche Küche, the
German answer to nouvelle
cuisine, with an innovative
new range of light, creative
dishes based on traditional
German ingredients.
Breakfast is something of a
German speciality and, except
in the smallest hotels, is
generally served as a buffet of
yoghurt and muesli, platters
of cheese, cold cuts and
bread. Germans can consume
a truly staggering amount of
bread, and the variety of
Parkhotel Wehrle at Triberg im Schwarzwald, page 167 breads in bakeries is