Spacious parks, a landscape luxuriant in flowers and gently sloping vineyards: Baden-Baden is simply enchanting. A town for people in love, a town to fall in love with.
“The summer capital of Europe”, was how the kings and queens raved about this jewel located at the foot of the Black Forest. Everything here revolves around health, joie de vivre and life’s pleasures. Here you can fill your lungs with fresh air, give your body the rest it deserves, the time to recover from the stress of everyday life and to forget the bustle of the world. Famous hot springs feed luxurious temples of wellness and thermal baths. Legendary hotel palaces, the fashionable casino, trendy street cafés and a lively inner city combine tradition and modern life.
A day goes by at Caracalla Spa – and relaxation stays
With more than 3,000 m² the Caracalla Spa offers lots of scope for you to unwind in relaxation and bathe at leisure in the healing thermal water. The bathing area with its large variety of bathing pools and the Roman saunascape with an outdoor area in the picturesque castle gardens invite you to relax and enjoy.
The most beautiful way to oneself
Experience the ultimate in Roman bathing culture combined with Irish hot-air baths here at the Friedrichsbad. Luxuriate in this exclusive bathing pleasure as you visit each of the 17 different stages. The changing temperatures and the healing thermal water in the various baths have a regenerative effect on body and soul.
The well-being that you take home with you after a visit to the Friedrichsbad and the healing benefit of its thermal water will be unforgettable, as it has been for many others for over 130 years.
Need a new challenge? Fed up with playing the same old 18?
That certainly won’t be the case in the Golf Region Baden-Alsace!
Here, you are guaranteed boundless hours of golfing pleasure on eight courses in and around Baden-Baden. Whether you play on the left of the Rhine or on the right, behind the backdrop of the Black Forest or on the soft slopes of the Kraichgau, a relaxing and pleasurable time will be had by all. And if you would like to finish on a nostalgic note, than where better than the Baden-Baden Golf Club. Founded in 1901, it is one of Germany’s oldest clubs.
Merkur is German for Mercury.
A planet, a Roman God, a metal and also Baden-Baden’s landmark mountain!
Climbing the highest point in Baden-Baden sounds rather strenuous. It need not be, however. The summit of the 2,191 foot Merkur Mountain can be easily reached with Europe’s steepest, and most technically advanced, funicular railway. In little over 5 minutes, and after negotiating inclines of between 23% and 54%, and a difference in altitude of 1,214 feet, you will have reached your target.
Foto: Martin DürrschnabelA region for all tastes!
The Rebland, the home of Baden-Baden’s vineyards, is synonymous for fine wines and culinary delights: a picturesque, sun blessed vineyard landscape, southwest of Baden-Baden, with splendid views of the Rhine Valley and the Black Forest. It only happens to be a stone’s throw from the casino and the Kurhaus, yet it seems like an excursion to another world. Experience the region for yourself.
“The most beautiful casino in the world”, was how Marlene Dietrich described Germany’s oldest casino. See for yourself, it’s true what she said!
What could be better than to round off the day, in style, in the magnificent surroundings of the Baden-Baden Casino. You will be amazed at its extravagant interior and gripped by the thrilling suspense as you tempt fortune.
With a history dating back over 250 years and fashioned on the lines of French royal palaces, the Baden-Baden Casino is, and always has been, a temple to the alluring game of chance. What was in the last century a social rendezvous for nobles and the elite, nowadays opens its doors to all of Baden-Baden’s guests.
The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden Festival Theatre) is Germany’s largest opera house and concert hall with 2,500 seats.
Opened on April 18, 1998, the new building’s architecture incorporates the former central train station of Baden-Baden which, today, is the ticket sales hall and the Festspielhaus restaurant “Aida”. The architect was Professor Wilhelm Holzbauer (Vienna).
Planned from the outset as a privately financed cultural undertaking, the conversion to Europe’s first opera and concert enterprise to operate without public subsidy succeeded following the initial public start-up financing. Since March 2000, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s private cultural foundation has held the responsibility for the house’s business operations. Ticket sales, donations and sponsoring have enabled it to operate privately without public subsidies since early 2002.
Copley
18th of February – 10th June 2012
The extensive Copley retrospective presents more than eighty works by the American artist. A major share of the works on display stems from his estate, and many of them are being shown publicly for the first time. The comprehensive body of Copley’s work in the Frieder Burda Collection will also be shown for the first time in its entirety in the exhibition.
More information under
www.museum-frieder-burda.de
That’s what awaits you the next time you visit the international racecourse in Iffezheim. Each year, you have three chances to join other race-goers in experiencing the heart beating thrill of international horse racing. Three times a year, all eyes in the horse racing world are focused on Baden-Baden. The racing calendar starts with the Spring Meeting (May), followed by the Grand Festival Week (end of August/start of September) and rounded off by the Sales & Racing Festival (October).
Race Days:
16 May 2012
17 May 2012
19 May 2012
20 May 2012
More information under
www.baden-racing.com
Take Anne-Sophie Mutter’s early recordings of Mozart and place them beside her newer recordings and it becomes abundantly clear just how markedly this musician has developed over time. The freshness of the Karajan recordings ensures they are always a joy to hear, but one decisive aspect has changed – Anne-Sophie Mutter’s use of colour has become bolder. It is, so to say, the “fault” of the contemporary modernity. The music of Rihm, Lutoslawski and Gubaidulina has opened doors and paved paths which can now also be walked with classical music in tow. The experience Anne-Sophie Mutter has gained flows through her playing of Mozart which, in the common sense of the word, can no longer be called “classical”. However it is most definitely stirring, new and exciting.
May 25th 2012, 8:00 pm at the Festspielhaus
Finishing time approx. 10:00 pm
Informations and tickets under
www.festspielhaus.de
Germany’s most beautiful classic car show, a real open-air museum of the car history in a gorgeous coulisse.
During the International Vintage Car Meeting, the whole spectrum of automobile history is presented, from charmingly tiny cars to magnificent limousines. Every year a guest brand of honour will present itself with a comprehensive program.
More information under
www.oldtimer-meeting.de
