The hotel's historic wine cellar, das Stäpfele, is located in the basement and makes for a cozy Friday or Saturday night.

Granted, the notion of Germany's Romantische Strasse (Romantic Road) was simply a marketing scheme of the 1950s, but it was a good one. Some of the prettiest towns in Germany are scattered along ...

Driving along the "romantic road" between two towns in Baden-Wuerttemberg in southern Germany it's easy to admire the lush rolling hillsides, vineyards and picturesque villages. But peer a bit ...