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15 2 SOUTHER N GERMA NY

SOUTHERN GERMANY
NORTHERN BAVARIA • SOUTHERN BAVARIA
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG ANDTHE BLACK FOREST

OR MANY VISITORS, SouthernS smart spa hotels and Gasthöfe
Germany is a microcosm (guesthouses) that could have
Fof the whole country, come straight from a picture
with its stereotypical brass postcard, and Bavaria’s
bands, beer halls and locals lush rolling countryside and
clad in Lederhosen. The snow-capped Alps, dotted
whole region brims with with half-timbered inns, rustic
good-quality hotels and Landhäuser (farmhouses) and
represents Germany at its most chalet-style hostelries – not
picturesque. Choose between forgetting the converted castles
the wooded hills and tranquil valleys and top-notch townhouse hotels of
of the Black Forest to the west, with its some of Germany’s most majestic cities.

AMORBACH ASCHAU-IM-CHIEMGAU

Der Schafhof The red sandstone house, Residenz Heinz Winkler This striking red-and-
surrounded by meadows, is a perfect retreat. It white shuttered 17th-century coaching inn in the
feels virtually self-sufficient, with almost all the picture-perfect village of Aschau is the luxurious
food coming from the estate or the local market. domain of award-winning chef Heinz Winkler,
There are snug attic bedrooms and slightly who has two Michelin stars to his credit. After
grander ones on the first floor. Peaceful terraces, dinner, retire to the spacious and elegant
with views over the countryside. bedrooms and ready yourself for breakfast.
N 63916 Amorbach, Schafhof 1. Map p148 C2. N 3229 Aschau-im-Chiemgau, Kirchplatz 1.
§ (09373) 97330. ` (09373) 4120. Map p149 E4. § (08052) 17990. ` (08052) 179966.
$ info@schafhof.de 0 b,l,d. Rooms 24. $ info@residenz-heinz-winkler.de 0 b,l,d. Rooms 32.
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ALBSTADT-EBINGEN ANSBACH
Linde Under new ownership and recently Bürger Palais Lavishly renovated baroque
modernized, this 17th-century townhouse still townhouse hotel: chandeliers, silk furnishings,
takes its gastronomic reputation very seriously. marble-tiled bathrooms. Garden and terrace.
N 72458 Albstadt-Ebingen, Untere Vorstadt 1. Map p148 N 91522 Ansbach, Neustadt 48. Map p149 D2.
C4. § (07431) 134140. ` (07431) 13414300. $ info@ § (0981) 95131. ` (0981) 95600.$ info@hotel-
hotel-linde-albstadt.de 0 b, l, d. Rooms 39. ¡¡¡ buerger-palais.de 0 b. Rooms 12. ¡¡¡
ALTENKUNSTADT ASPERG
Gondel The Jahn family have run this cheerful Adler Town hotel with a clever mixture of old
white-and-timber village inn for some hundred and new: the original half-timbered building is
years. Neat, unassuming bedrooms. yoked to a glossy modern extension. Indoor pool.
N 96264 Altenkunstadt, Markplatz 7. Map p148 D1. N 71679 Asperg, Stuttgarter Str. 2. Map p148 C3.
§ (09572) 3661. ` (09572) 4596. 0 b. § (07141) 26600. ` (07141) 266060 $ info@adler-
Rooms 40. ¡¡ asperg.de 0 b,l,d. Rooms 70. ¡¡¡