Published on Nov, 2023
This is a great day trip, but you need to be prepared for a fairly long ride (about 5 hours in the van) with short stops. We had a cloudy rainey day which took away from the experience but even then it was still worth it. Heidelberg Castel and Frauenalb Monastery are impressive. We suspect Mummelsee Lake would have been as well but by the time we got there it was pouring rain, after sunset, and foggy. We had the option to choose our start time and got lazy and chose 11:00am, but for a long day trip we should have scheduled for 9:00, no later than 10:00. Baden-Baden itself is not what we expected - it is a nice village but more commercial for shopping (we liked downtown Mainz shopping better)- we did have a great lunch on the plaza at Amadeus. Driving through the hills of the Black Forest is a treat, with many views to hills, valleys, streams, vineyards, and farms (weather took away from this for us but would have been awesome we are sure on a sunny day). Our driver was friendly and capable, but you should be aware that at the stops you are self guided - which was fine with us but I think that part of the experience may vary from driver to driver (our driver was quiet which was fine but I am sure there are others that will provide play by play as you drive).