Wow, bring the kids and just enjoy this park! Bring a mat, pack a picnic or enjoy the restaurants…read morelocated everywhere, bathrooms are not the best but they also don't charge only one restaurant had a little coin plate with prices to use the bathroom but it's absolutely clean and filled with essentials. With that said pack a bathroom bag (wipes, hand sanitizer, toilet tissue, & Lysol spray) Rides that are affordable Drinks from coffee, wine, & beer Carnival foods to gourmet food Petting zoo Awesome playgrounds It was a wonderful day of fun! The only thing you pay for is food,drinks, & carnival rides. But, everything else is FREE. Great place to get out of the house and enjoy simple fun!

50-hectare Höhenpark Killesberg is beautiful green oasis of tranquillity in the heart of Stuttgart…read more It's quite nice to relax and spend time with family and friends I like it! :) Moreover, on the top of Killesbergturm (was build in 2001) there is breathtaking view over the city!

We were here in February, so the gardens are bare, but still a great place for a nice walk…read more We took the English language guided tour. Our guide was knowledgeable, entertaining and very friendly. Disappointed that only a small area was included on the tour. Our guide said that much of the palace was under renovation. I really enjoyed the collection of clothing - this was very unusual and interesting.

As a study-abroad-student back in the 90s, I spent a good six weeks, or so, living in…read moreaccommodations just a stone's throw away from the grounds of the Ludwigsburg Palace. The residence, initially built as a hunting lodge for the Duke of Wuerttemberg, Eberhard Ludwig, in 1704, was expanded upon throughout the first few decades of the 18th century, and, eventually replaced the palace in Stuttgart as the residence of the royal family of Wuerttemberg. It is a gem to behold. There is much to see both around the grounds of the palace and inside the palace itself. Years ago, I had taken a tour of the palace interior, but had forgotten both its beauty and deep history. Some rooms have been preserved in the original baroque style-opulent parquet flooring and gold accented walls-but most other rooms had had their baroque flourish covered up with somewhat demure wall paper and (in my opinion) rather unimaginative wood flooring in later years. The building is surrounded by well-manicured grounds which then bleed out into, sort of, more wild bits and overlap with the Maerchen Park that has become a part of the Bluehendes Barock* experience one undertakes when purchasing an entry ticket to tour the palace grounds only. The Maerchen Park is home to a small variety of anamatronic fairytale figures that are both known and not to non-German audiences. As one attempts to open the gate of the Gingerbread House the witch living inside looks out through her curtains and speaks sinister words to you! At the tower of Rapunzel children cry out, "Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let your hair down!" And she does! Also housed within the palace is an amazingly extensive ceramics museum charting the rise of pottery in Germany from Bartmann jugs to Meissen tea sets. Unbeknownst to me, Ludwigsburg porcelain was and is of some renown. I'd imagine that Karl Eugen and his ilk were sipping tea out of Ludwigsburger tea cups back in the day... During our look-see of the museum, we were able to spy a, sort of, 'finishing room' where folk were placing unfinished jugs on open shelving units. Ooooh! If one is keen on buying the finished product, then pop on into the ceramics shops also on the palace grounds. A tea cup and saucer might cost you somewhere in the range of 200 euro. *Flowering Baroque: a beautiful garden show within the grounds of the Ludwigsburg Residenzschloss. If a trip to Germany includes parts of the SW, then I would strongly suggest a trip to the palace in Ludwigsburg. Bonus: the first King of Wuerttemberg, Friedrich der Dicke, is the grandfather (x8) of our Boris Johnson, Mayor of London.

I would eat here daily if I could. The food is so good. I always get the Armer Ritter, the vanilla…read moresauce is probably my favorite thing in the whole world. It's a sickness how much I love it here. It's also a great place to bring people from out of town, they live to eat, shop in the store and visit the museum.

By far our favorite breakfast spot in the area!…read more Definitely worth making a reservation on the weekend as it gets full early, but if you go with a small party right when they open, you can usually get in right away. If all the tables have the little chalkboard indicating reservations, take a look at the time listed, they often have the signs up on the table hours before the reservation, and if you can eat before the listed time, then you're free to use the table. As far as breakfasts go, they've got a ton of choices. Everything from a huge selection of breads and rolls (the Gegrilltes Landbrot or grilled rustic bread is fantastic), to muesli, to scrambled egg plates (Aichtal Frühstücks; with just eggs and bread, with ham and bread, or with tomato and mozzarella and bread), to a breakfast panini (the Italienisches Frühstück), all of which were fantastic. Most of the frühstücks also come with a small coffee, but they also have a great selection of hot chocolates if that's your preference. They recently (-ish) updated their printed menus so that all of them now have the English translation, which is helpful if your German ist nicht gut. I don't think I've ever had a server who spoke anything but German, but they're always been (relatively) cheerful and if you can read the menu you can point and get what you want! The only real shortfall, aside from the tables filling up quickly, is that they don't do drinks to go (they literally don't have to-go cups), so you can't take a hot chocolate with you on your way out. Otherwise, this place is awesome. ((And don't forget to swing by the chocolate shop on your way out, especially the room in the back with the test flavors and cheap mixed-bags!))

Centrally located near the Stuttgart Christmas market serving traditional Schwabian regional dishes…read morewith a flair. Had the maultasche soup. Maultasche is a local meat dumpling/raviolo. A Must try is the zwiebelrostbraten. It's a filet with onions top and savory gravy. The side dish of roasted potatoes is a nice complement to the main dish.

We visited on a lovely sunny Saturday, but this experience more than drowned our mood…read more The food that we waited for over an hour to appear was overpriced for what it was. Smallish plates for the price, a quick throw-up of wannabe bowl-like salad and our asparagus had definitely been reheated, because it was overcooked and the sauce had separated and solidified. Worst thing was the unfriendly waiter who didn't seem to think it necessary to at least throw in a small excuse. But especially seeing that his colleague in the next row of tables managed to serve three times the amount of people in the same time who all seemed happy and satisfied ,this might more reflect on our waiter than on the house. Who knows. But with over 120€ for three and definitely not a great experience later this is not a recommended site for lunch.

I really enjoyed this museum and felt as if I learned a lot as I moved through the fossils. The…read morebiggest drawback was the lack of English support. We luckily used the Google translate option that translates pictures (recommend for overseas trips). Otherwise you would not be able to read anything. The way the museum lays out the exhibits is the best part. You move through time and see fossils, which are then depicted in a scene. The scenes are extremely realistic and they allow you to get up close. I truly enjoyed seeing all of the exhibits and wished only that there were more tranlastions with the captions.

A wonderful fossil collection, the best I've seen in Europe thus far. All the placards are in…read moreGerman but there is an audio guide, for 2 euros, with great information filled commentary. A majority of the fossils displayed are from Germany, e.g. Holzmaden, Ohmden, Solnhofen; and boy oh boy are they GREAT specimens. Don't forget to see the amber collection, just wonderful. Sad to say, but most folks just want to see the dinos.