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© Schwarzwald Tourismus © Schwarzwald Tourismus Breathtaking Black Forest Tour information Start: Ortenau Wine Region Tour date: 02.09. – 16.09.2017 (Calais pick-up 01.09.2017) End: Tübingen Tour days: 15 Tour price: £1,260 (Motorhome with 2 people) Non-Driving days: 2 Earlybird discount: £70 (for bookings made by 31.12.2016) Max. daily mileage: 59 miles Total mileage: 403 miles Calais-Ortenau: 411 miles Optional Extra Calais pick-up service incl. flexible return ferry crossing, Pets allowed 1 night at campsite and pick-up by a motorhome guide in Calais: £260 The Tour Travel services The Black Forest is more than the home of the cuckoo clock and Black Forest Gateau. It is a Welcome Dinner region of stunning natural beauty of wooded hills, rolling meadows and charming towns and villages as well as relaxing spas. Wine and fruit schnapps Our Tour will take us from the north of the Black Forest to the Alpine foothills in tasting with a guided Switzerland. On the way you can visit the German Clock museum, and see the world largest tour of a wine cellar cuckoo clock. Enjoy the scenery of Germany's largest waterfall in Triberg and lakes like Steam engine ride Titisee or Schluchsee. A highlight of the Tour is the waterfalls of the Rhine in Schaffhausen, through the wild just across the border in Switzerland. We will stay at lake Constance, giving you a chance to romantic Wutach valley visit the flower island of Mainau and the beautiful cities of Konstanz and Lindau with the charming port connecting Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On our way back we will visit Tour of the Hymer the Hymer motorhome factory and stop in Tübingen, a beautiful middle-aged city. motorhome factory All campsites / Highlights: motorhome parks with electricity (where Wine and fruit schnapps tasting with available) a guided tour of a wine cellar Assistance of a multi- Steam engine ride through the wild lingual motorhome guide romantic Wutach valley with viaducts during the whole tour and the unique spiral tunnel Travel pack containing maps, a detailed road Waterfalls at Triberg and the Rhine book with directions to Falls in Schaffhausen (Switzerland) the campsites, the largest plain waterfall in Europe suggestions for sightseeing and general advice on motorhoming Tour of the Hymer Motorhome plant in Europe Secured Payment Certificate Pick-up service Flexible return ferry crossing from Dover Pick-up by motorhome guide in Calais One additional night at a campsite in Luxembourg © Schwarzwald Tourismus © Schwarzwald Tourismus MandA Tours - Michael und A. Hirschhäuser GbR Lönsstr. 2, D-61250 Usingen Tel.: +49 6081 9191212 Fax: +49 6081 9191213 E-Mail: info@manda-tours.com www.manda-tours.com Breathtaking Black Forest Day 1: Ortenau Wine Region Day 9: Bad Dürrheim – Tengen We will start our tour in the beautiful Ortenau Wine Today we will travel towards the Swiss border and we will region. In the evening we will have a wine tasting and a experience a steam engine ride through the wild romantic guided tour of the wine cellar, followed by a group dinner Wutach valley. See stunning viaducts, idyllic villages, in a nearby restaurant in order to get to know each other bridges and Germany's unique spiral tunnel. Day 2: Ortenau Wine Region – Dornstetten Day 10: Tengen – Konstanz at lake Constance On the way to Dornstetten you can take the scenic Black We will now leave the Black forest region and move on to Forest Ridgeway (Schwarzwaldhochstrasse) and visit on lake Constance. Here you should cross the border to route the city of Baden-Baden, a swish spa town. Pass Switzerland to visit the Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen, the lakes and waterfalls on the way. Close to our campsite largest plain waterfall in Europe. On the way to Konstanz you can experience the “barefoot trail”. take an hour to see the historic town of Stein am Rhein in Switzerland. Day 3: Dornstetten – Kinzig Valley On route stop at a monastery beer brewery. Within a Day 11: Konstanz at lake Constance short driving distance from the campsite you can visit the As we have two nights in the Konstanz region visit the Black Forest Open Air Museum or a glass blowers city of Konstanz, where you can take a boat to visit workshop. Switzerland or Austria. It is also worthwhile to visit the flower island of Mainau where besides the many flowers, Day 4: Kinzig Valley – St. Peter palms and citrus plants give a Mediterranean flair to the We will continue our journey via Furtwangen the centre island. The baroque Mainau castle and the castle church of the clock making industry in the Black Forest. Visit the are architectural highlights. German Clock Museum or buy yourself a cuckoo clock in one of the many stores. On route do not miss the famous Day 12: Konstanz – Lindau at lake Constance Triberg waterfalls. To get to Lindau, our last stop at lake Constance, you can drive around the lake, or cut out the western part by Day 5: St. Peter – Freiburg taking the ferry to Meersburg. Stop in Friedrichshafen Our destination today is Freiburg, also known as the and explore the Zeppelin Museum, or linger in the old sunny city. On the route through the scenic valley there is town of Lindau with its beautiful port. lots to see right and left. But reserve some time to enjoy Freiburg’s beautiful minster, small streams, delicacies Day 13: Lindau – Bad Schussenried and wine. The historic town centre is in cycling/walking Today is motorhomers “heaven”. We will have a guided distance from our campsite. tour of the Hymer motorhome factory and have a chance to visit the Hymer Museum. We will spend the night at a Day 6: Freiburg – Titisee brewery with a typical brewery restaurant and the Now we are leaving the Rhine valley and drive close to the German Beer Stein Museum. highest elevation of the Black Forest, the Feldberg. This route leads us through different valleys. On route you can Day 14: Bad Schussenried – Tübingen stop to visit a distillery where the famous Kirsch for the The last stop of our tour is the lovely middle-aged city of Black Forest Gateau and other Fruit Schnapps are Tübingen on the river Neckar. On your way you have a produced. Alternatively visit a monastery or mines. We multitude of sightseeing opportunities, for example the will be staying at the lake Titisee for 2 nights castle of Hohenzollern, the ancestral home of the Prussian kings or visit the “Federseemuseum” a world Day 7: Titisee heritage site. Take a trip to the Feldberg using the cable car to the mountain top. Drive to lake Schluchsee, relax at the Day 15: Departure and end of tour campsite or rent a boat on the river. See the Cathedral of Sankt Blasien, or visit the most famous brewery of the Black Forest “Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus”. Day 8: Titisee – Bad Dürrheim We will leave the high mountain region and drive to the spa resort Bad Dürrheim, where you can enjoy the spa beside our overnight stop. On the way, stop in Donau- Eschingen and throw a coin over your shoulder into the source of the river Danube to make a wish come true. MandA Tours - Michael und A. Hirschhäuser GbR Lönsstr. 2, D-61250 Usingen Tel.: +49 6081 9191212 Fax: +49 6081 9191213 E-Mail: info@manda-tours.com www.manda-tours.com .