Hotels & Resorts in Germany

The stories of the Brothers Grimm seem more fact than fiction in the ethereal Black Forest and countryside of Germany, where villages of half-timbered houses spring up like magical mushrooms, fairy-tale castles spiral through the clouds, and enchantment with the country doesn’t end with a simple kiss. Within its 16 states, there’s lot to love.

There’s Berlin, the country’s largest city and capital, for the arts, philosophy, and history—including the sobering Berlin Wall Memorial. In contrast, visitors are uplifted by the strains of Glockenspiel music in the Bavarian capital of Munich, the original city of Oktoberfest. In between these, red stone caps set medieval Heidelberg quaintly apart, and waterside cities like Dresden and Hamburg bring romance to the forefront. Not to be outdone, Frankfurt offers farmers’ markets and traditional apple wine bars that are somehow not at odds with its status as the “Manhattan of Germany.”