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Germany: Traveling & Wellness Weekend in The Black Forest

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Offenburg et ses alentours

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Would you like going to the countryside? Follow me time to a traveling and wellness weekend in the Black Forest. On my way to my first stop, the Waldhotel Gruener Baum in Oberkirch-Ödsbach: the road is lined with cherry blossoms and vines. What a gorgeous landscape! Summer temperatures, the Ortenau county enjoys a microclimate.

Gengenbach

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The next day I discover the small medieval town, Gengenbach, famous for its Christmas market and carnival according to the German tradition (picture above: view of the city hall from the Niggelturm tower of the carnival museum). Pictures below: old beautiful buildings with trompe l’oeil facades (of the Benedictine old Abbey) and timbered houses.

Then I do a wine tasting of the Gengenbacher Winzer eG cooperative (which includes many small growers). It’s always pretty fun for me who doesn’t drink to taste new wines. Here are the two wines I really liked: the elegant Riesling Klingelberg Kabinett Riesling Klingelberg Kabinett (2013 er Gengenbacher) and the very fruity fresh white wine Grauer Burgunder (2014 “Herz & Hand”), a Pinot gris.

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The Lake Titisee

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After having spent one night at the Elztal Hotel in Winden im Elztal, I hit the road to the lake Titisee of glacial origin, for a short boat ride with a group of Chinese tourists. On the road, I enjoy the traditional farms and barns roofs and rolling hills and conifer forests (above picture).

I arrive to my last stop, Erfurth’s Bergfried in Hinterzarten in the early afternoon (last photo). Hinterzarten is a ski resort where ski buffs can also visit the ski museum. And I highly recommend you to visit Freiburg. I only crossed the city that seems very interesting.  

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Wellness Stars, The German National Tourist Board, the hotels : Erfurths BergfriedWadhotel Grüener Baum & Elztalhotel

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Many thanks to the Wellness Stars and The German National Tourist Board for the invitation. As alwyas these are my opinions.

Allemagne: weekend itinérant et wellness en Forêt-Noire

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Offenburg et ses alentours

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Des envies de campagne? Suivez-moi le temps d’un weekend itinérant et wellness en Forêt-Noire. Direction le Wadhotel Grüener Baum à Oberkirch-Ödsbach, ma première halte : la route est bordée de cerisiers en fleurs et de vignes. Superbe campagne, c’est euphorisant! Température estivale, la région de l’Ortenau bénéficie d’un microclimat. 

Gengenbach

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Le lendemain, je découvre la petite ville médiévale Gengenbach, réputée pour son marché de Noël et son carnaval selon la tradition alémanique (photo ci-dessus : vue de l’hôtel de ville, depuis la tour Niggelturm du musée du carnaval). En photos ci-dessous : beaux bâtiments anciens aux façades en trompe l’oeil (de l’ancienne abbaye des Bénédictins) et maisons à colombages.

J’enchaine par une dégustation de vins de la coopérative Gengenbacher Winzer eG (qui regroupe de petits vignerons). C’est toujours assez amusant pour moi qui ne boit pas, de goûter de nouveaux vins. Deux vins m’ont plu : un élegant Riesling Klingelberg Kabinett (2013 er Gengenbacher) et un petit blanc très frais et fruité, Grauer Burgunder (2014 “Herz & Hand”) à base de pinot gris.

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En route vers le lac Titisee

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Après avoir passée la nuit au Elztal Hotel à Winden im Elztal, je reprends la route vers le lac Titisee d’origine glaciaire, pour une courte promenade en bateau, avec d’un groupe de touristes chinois. Sur la route, j’aime les toitures surdimentionnées des fermes et granges traditionnelles, les paysages vallonés et les forêts de conifères (photo ci-dessus).

J’arriverai à ma dernière halte, l’Erfurth’s Bergfried à Hinterzarten en début d’après midi (dernière photo). Hinterzarten est une station de sports d’hiver, où les plus mordus de ski peuvent aussi visiter le musée du ski.  

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Merci aux Wellness Stars et l’Office National Allemand du Tourisme pour cette invitation. Comme toujours ce sont mes opinions.

Hillside Beach Club: The Sanda Spa and Serenity Beach

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Lovers of the Mediterranean claim

that the blue of the Mediterranean Sea is unique: this is so true (picture 1)! I could spend hours gazing at this bright dense blue.                                  

But I have to cross the Hillside Beach Club to go to the Sanda Spa, nestled on a hillside in the heart of a luxuriant vegetation.       

The setting is extremely relaxing with comfortable wooden cottages, such as massage rooms.

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The Sandi Spa’s therapists are from Bali:

great! Finally I’ll discover the famous Balinese massage! Even I am addicted to Asian massages, I haven’t had yet the opportunity to experience the Balinese massage.     

As always I prefer to be fasting for massages. When I took my RV, I didn’t really read the massage menu and just asked for a similar massage to a traditional Thai massage.   

Ie a massage a little painful at the time that stretches all the muscles of your body and makes you feel great the next day.

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And I was recommended the Asian Nirvana,           

that lasts one hour and treats by pressures: ” Deep tissue therapie using elbow pressures” and performed with oil.

Another new detail for me: at the end of treatment, the therapist pats my back with these two warm instruments (picture above, left side), which I forgot the name (oops)! The feeling is very soothing, because the heat spreads throughout the spine.                 

After the treatment, I sloth in a comfortable large white chair, rocked by the sound of a small waterfall (picture 2). Then I head to the Serenity beach at the extreme opposite of the Sanda Spa (LOL!).

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A small beautiful cove

where the beach is super quiet. You can access it either via a path that borders coast (picture above) or by boat (picture 4).    

Children are not allowed, neither revelers or noisy games and animations … And you can really relax with a sense of being far far away from the real world!    

Few chairs, few people. Most are with a book in hand. In the afternoon, it’s even better: as the beach is in shadow, there is almost no one.

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You can have lunch on the beach. 

On the menu: healthy light kebabs with grilled chicken wrapped in thin bread. Good for my diet ; )    

There is no vegetarian menu, but there are tasty vegetables and extra fresh fruit juices (pictures above). 

To return to the main beach and lounge of the club, I decided to try the boat … Lovely! Almost like in Venice, LOL!

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I was invited by the Hillside Beach Club at the Sanda Spa and Serenity beach. As you already know, this does not change my opinion! Thanks to Hillside Beach Club.