The Black Forest region, nestled in the tri-border area of Germany, Switzerland and France, offers a blend of natural beauty, adventure and culinary excellence. This 2.7 million-acre vacation ...

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Germans may be notoriously well-organized and efficient, but they are also experts at relaxing. Explore Germany's Black Forest—with its plentiful trails and world-class mineral spas—and you'll know ...

Murgleiter Place dominates the skyline along a Black Forest hiking trail. Photo Credit: Thorsten Guenthert, Best Mountain Artists @Baiersbronn Touristik Felicity Long True confession: I haven't always ...

When the Romans pushed over the Alps 2,000 years ago into the forested mountain range running through Germany's southwestern tip, they named it the silva nigra—black forest—after its moody glades of ...

“The valley we’re in is home to over a thousand distilleries producing schnapps — the highest concentration in Europe,” says Hannes Schmidt, CEO of the Boar Distillery. Photograph by Yulia Denisyuk He ...

Jurgen Herr holds up something the size of a walnut, hand-carved and precise. It’s a tiny pair of bellows. Press them ...