We work with 2 hotels which can be your starting hotel. The first hotel is a wellness resort up in the mountains. The second hotel is located outside a cute medieval town. Depending on which hotel you are staying at the first few km of your hike are different.
Option 1. Wellness hotel in the mountains.

Your hike starts in front of your hotel. From here, you will be hiking down from the top of the mountain into the valley – a bit steep – but in absolutely beautiful terrain.
You are then crossing through a medieval town for the second part of today’s hike. If you are too tired on your first day, you have the option to skip the remaining hike and head straight to to your hotel or enjoy an afternoon in town. This is also a good opportunity to grab lunch in town before continuing on your hike. Real hikers continue on of course. You will be rewarded with a beautiful chapel and the best vistas of the day as you descend the hillside into town to your hotel.
Option 2. Boutique hotel outside a medieval town.
Your hike starts in front of your hotel. From here, you will be along the river for the first few minutes until you enter the Black Forest. A steep mountain climb will take you to a sightseeing tower where you can enjoy views of the Black Forest valley. This is one of the best views you will experience over the next few days! If you are really fit there is a 2 km detour which takes you to a farmhouse for lunch.

You are then crossing through a medieval town for the second part of today’s hike. If you are too tired on your first day, you have the option to skip the remaining hike and head straight to to your hotel or enjoy an afternoon in town. This is also a good opportunity to grab lunch in town before continuing on your hike. Real hikers continue on of course. You will be rewarded with a beautiful chapel and the best vistas of the day as you descend the hillside into town to your hotel.
Accommodation tonight
We have 3 hotels to choose from for tonight. All hotels have restaurants where we recommend eating in the evening.
If you like to stay in the town centre we place you in a small family-owned hotel located in a timber-framed building in the heart of the old centre of a medieval Black Forest town. This is a simple hotel with lovely owners.
The restaurant is highly rated in the area and the favorite place in town to eat at (restaurant is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, other options in town)

Our next hotel is located 2 km outside of town (which will extend today’s hike by a few minutes). This boutique hotel is known for its restaurant (some hikers say it was the best meal during their entire stay in Germany). Enjoy in the sauna after your hike and the quietness of the suburb. In the morning you will hike straight from your hotel.

our third (backup) hotel is located 4 km away from town – you will hop on a bus after your hike to get to it. Newly remodeled family-run hotel, absolutely lovely! People love the place but we use the hotel only as a backup as you have to take a bus to get to it.
