This idylic small castle hotel sits right on the lake "Schluchsee" in the Black Forest. Such a…read moreromantic setting with the dining patio overlooking the lake where you enjoy a meal or "coffee time" without being rushed. One can sit on the patio as long as one wishes and read or just gaze off at the beauty of it all and pinch yourself every now and then, that you are truly in this setting=very few like it. When you arrive you are greeted as though you are famile. There's even a handwritten note in your room to welcome you. The cook serves up "high style" dishes...maybe some better than others. A few steps down and you are in the water of the lake. When sitting on the deck you can watch and enjoy the boats floating by filled with partygoers dancing and laughing it up with an oompapa band encouraging merriment...quite a lovely scene (like out of a movie). Other small boats drift along with peoples on holiday. A few swimmers as well in the distance. After all the peaceful relaxation maybe in the gardens or on the lake's edge , it will be time to visit the spa. The spa has a pull-chain milk bucket that spills all over you all in one big splash....now where have you experienced that! There is also a sauna, dry-heat cabinet, foot baths, whirling Jacuzzis and showers with spray nozzles galore. What more can one ask for..... This is a destination where you need not leave...it's all there...