Leisure tips for summer in the High Black Forest
The summer outdoor season here starts at the end of April – we are happy to provide our personal tips for adults and their leisure activities in the Black Forest below. We have produced separate information for families.
Tip number one is the Black Forest itself
The Black Forest is famous all over the world – for its cuckoo clocks, its unique landscape with the coniferous forests and rustic Black Forest houses as well as the traditional dress of the local people, including the ‘Bollenhut’ hat which is today only worn on certain occasions. A less well-known fact is that this region in the southwest of Germany is divided into separate areas. Ours is named the High Black Forest because this is where the highest points in the region can be found. The highest of all being the Feldberg, at 1,493 metres. The other special features of the surrounding area are the mountain lakes and gorges as well as the healthy air, so healthy in fact that it has won awards!
Hiking
Explore the area on foot! Many tours, such as the trail to the Ravenna Gorge, start directly at the hotel and are very well signposted. The German Hiking Institute has recognized the Upper Black Forest as an outstanding premium hiking region and recommends several routes. Also spectacular: a hike in the Wutach nature reserve.
E-bikes and mountain bikes
Use one of the hotel's mountain bikes to explore the Black Forest – these are subject to availability and rental is included in your accommodation rate.E-bikes with a maximum range of 140 km - depending on the route - can be hired from us for a daily rate of € 30.00. Route tips: available through us.
Nordic walking
The Southern Black Forest Nature Park also has 900 kilometres of signposted Nordic walking trails – four gentle to difficult trails start at Hinterzarten.
„My favourite tour is called ‚High Black Forest Heritage Trail - Mills and Sawmills in the Gorge'. This is a circular walk which takes about two and a half hours from the hotel, the natural highlights of which are the Ravenna Gorge and the Hinterzartener Hochmoor [high moorland].“
Daniel Bank, Reservations Manager
„For me, the ideal hiking trail from the hotel, which incorporates everything that’s extraordinary about our region and is very varied, is the Hinterzarten ‘Große Seerunde’ [Grand Lake Tour] high-altitude climate trail. EIt leads you first along forest trails and rewards you with a wonderful view from above down to Lake Titisee, before you reach the Agricultural Museum and the half-way point around the lake. The return trail takes you past the Adlerschanze station [ski jump].“
Manuel Kern, Reception employee and qualified Nature Park guide
Other classic excursion destinations for summer in the High Black Forest
The approximate time it takes by car to reach the respective destinations. Many of these are easily accessible by public transport – on check-in at the hotel you will be given your KONUS card which entitles you to free bus and rail travel.
- Summer ski jump station – immediately behind the Parkhotel Adler site
- Boat trips on Lake Titisee and shopping in the town of the same name (10 minutes)
- Boat tours on the Schluchsee [reservoir] (30 minutes)
- Freiburg Old Town, with minster, museums and numerous boutiques (30 minutes)
- Blackforestline suspension rope bridge
At a height of up to 120 meters and with a span of 450 meters, it crosses the Todtnau waterfall (45 minutes) - Triberger Waterfalls and hiking trails (45 Minuten)
- Schauinslandbahn – ride on the longest gondola lift in Germany with superb views of the area surrounding Freiburg (40 minutes)
- Museum of Mining, Schauinsland (15 minutes from the Schauinslandbahn gondola lift station)
- Black Forest Open-Air Museum, Farmhouse in Gutach (60 minutes)
- Historic cities of Strasbourg and Colmar in the French Alsace region (75 to 100 minutes)
If the weather is not so nice, we can recommend visiting various museums and churches in the Black Forest, such as the former Benedictine abbey with rococo library, Fürstensaal [prince’s hall] and church (30 minutes), the German Clock Museum in Furtwangen (30 minutes) and the Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus AG [regional brewery] – the company brews the regional cult beer Tannenzäpfle, now a well-known drink all over Germany (40 minutes).
The guest folder in the room contains extensive information on leisure tips in the Black Forest, brochures can also be found in our leisure flyer display in the lobby and we will of course be happy to provide our Parkhotel-Adler guests with advice at any time at the Reception.
