This position is a perfect accommodation point for walkabouts, promenade, hiking, bicycle tours and day trips. You can’t find attractive travel destinations not only nearby Freiburg and Basel but also in the whole South Black Forest, the Breisgau, Switzerland and France.
The Black Forest invites to a Black Forest tour by car, bus, train or to vacation with the bicycle or bike.
Today the close-by Arleshiemer Lake, a former quarry pond, is a nature reserve in the Mooswald at the western suburb.
The Schlossberg is crested by an in 2002 finished look-out. The Schlossberg-Cable-Car built in 1968 and which ran to the Schlossberg-Restaurant “Dattler”, was removed in December 2007 because of to high costs for a renovation. Instead an inclined elevator should take over this feature in summer 2008.
After 30 minutes you’re already in the Black Forest. The Schauinsland is the “home-mountain” of the city. Its summit (1284 metres above sea level) is still on the municipal district. The Schauinsland cable car was opened in 1930. The look-out bears the name of the former mayor Dr. Eugen Keidel. The Schauinsland delivers insight into the ore mining, which had been bustled from the middle Ages to the middle of the 20th century...
Freiburg anticipates you with its variety. To mention some examples: The Freiburger Minster is one of the few completed, gothic cathedrals at and at its foot the daily Minster Market takes place. Besides various art collections Freiburg offers with various operas, concerts, and plays the scope for a diversified cultural programme. As a college town Freiburg is a centre of attraction for many young people – In evidence is that also at the varied nightlife. If club, lounge or party location – everyone’s likes will be pleased. In front of the gate of the city you’ll find a beautiful and fertile nature. We can recommend you a tour to the numerous vineyards like, for example a trip with the cable car to the “Schauinsland”. In Freiburg’s old town there are a bunch of shops, boutiques and cafes which invite you for grubbing and abidance. Other cities nearby Freiburg like Straßburg, Colmar or Basel are also worth your visit.
Freiburg the metropolis of Germany’s southwest with about 200.000 inhabitants offers the perfect accommodation spot, if you want to explore the Black Forest, Vogeses or Switzerland.
