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Heart of the Black Forest

8 Day - Tour No AC6020


This is a tour of Germany’s spectacular Black Forest region. Famed for its beautiful evergreen forests and mountain scenery, you will explore picturesque medieval towns steeped in history. With visits to the towns of Triberg and Wolfach, you will learn more about traditional skills and see the world’s largest cuckoo clock. You will also visit the city of Strasbourg and the beautiful town of Baden-Baden.

Key Information

Duration
8 days
Price from
£1169.00
OAP Price from
£1169.00
Destination
Germany
Date next
16/05/2026

Included in Cost

  • Coach travel
  • return ferry crossings
  • 2 overnights dinner, bed & breakfast
In Germany
  • 5 nights dinner, bed & breakfast
  • porterage
  • tea/coffee after dinner
  • city tax
  • guided tour of Black Forest
  • Open Air Museum
  • Black Forest gateau demonstration including coffee & cake
  • 70 minute commentated Strasbourg canal cruise
  • dance night in hotel on Wednesday
  • use of leisure facilities

Itinerary

Day 1 Morning departure for the journey to Dover and the sea crossing to Calais, and onto Reims for your overnight stop.

Day 2 Today you will travel into Germany and to Zell am Harmersbach in the Black Forest for a five night stay.

Days 3 to 6 We have included the following excursions:

  • This morning you will start with a visit to Triberg, famous for Germany’s highest waterfalls, which have an overall drop of 163 metres over seven cascades and famed for its traditional wood carvings and cuckoo clocks. Free time to explore the town and perhaps buy a cuckoo clock. Time for lunch before visiting the Black Forest Open Air Museum where you have a guided tour and see the Black Forest farms and houses. There are 15 outbuildings such as mills, saws and storage facilities, cottage gardens, herb garden and numerous animals of old breeds. This is followed by a Black Forest cake demonstration, including coffee and cake.

  • You will travel through picturesque countryside to stop for a short while to admire the views of the Mummelsee before continuing onwards to the superb spa town of Baden-Baden, where you will spend the rest of the day exploring.

  • A free day to relax and explore the area.

  • Travel to the picturesque and historic port city of Strasbourg, the capital of the region and the centre of the European Parliament. To see more of the city, you will enjoy a circular canal cruise (with English headset commentary) from downtown through to the impressive imperial district of Neustadt. Afterwards you have time for lunch and the afternoon at leisure to explore. With plenty to see and do, stroll around the old town of La Petite France with medieval houses and cobbled streets and the Gothic Cathedrale Notre-Dame. For a snapshot of Alsatian life visit one of the fascinating museums.

Day 7 Time to depart the Black Forest and head back to France and the overnight stop in Reims.

Day 8 After breakfast, depart the hotel and commence the homeward journey.

Hotel

Hotel Klosterbraustuben

A family run hotel on the outskirts of the town amid the central Black Forest. All bedrooms are en-suite with TV, telephone, WiFi and hairdryer. Lift, bar, restaurant, indoor pool, plunge pool, sauna, relaxation room and outside terrace.

NB: Some rooms may be allocated across the road from the hotel in the annexe. There is underground tunnel access if inclement weather.

Overnight Hotel:   All bedrooms are en-suite with TV

Single room supplement £136

Holiday insurance £83

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Sat 16 May, 2026 AC6020 1 8 £1169.00 10 +
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