Rastatt and its surroundings
Hotel Schwert is not only situated in a baroque city centre in one of the most beautiful and warmest regions of Germany, but is also close to the River Rhine and Alsace. If you want to learn more about places worth visiting, we are glad to help you.
The following destinations are within short distance of the hotel:
Schloss Favorite
www.schloss-favorite.de
This small castle was built 300 years ago and was used as a summer residence by Sibylla Augusta, Margravine of Baden-Baden. The rooms are of luxuriant abundance and reflect the materials that were popular at the time: scagliola floors, faience tiles, rich stuccoed and frescoed ceilings, wall hangings with unusual embroidery and exquisite furnishing.
Rotherma
www.rotherma.de
The Rotherma thermal spa in Gaggenau-Bad Rotenfels can be reached in about ten minutes by car. It offers several different bathing pools and sauna facilities.
Caracalla Spa Baden-Baden
www.carasana.de
The Caracalla Spa offers more than 3,000 m2 of bathing pools and sauna facilities. Relax in the healing thermal water and enjoy the Roman sauna with an outdoor area in the castle gardens of Baden-Baden.
Friedrichsbad
www.carasana.de
Experience Roman bathing culture in this exclusive Roman-Irish bath. Since 1877, the Friedrichsbad Baden-Baden combines Roman bathing culture with Irish hot-air baths for a pleasant experience and regenerative effects on body and soul. Enjoy 17 different stages with healing thermal water at changing temperatures.
Casino in Baden-Baden
www.casino-baden-baden.de
The casino in Baden-Baden offers not only gambling activities, but also an extensive culinary and entertaining programme. For more than 200 years, it has been attracting visitors with its elegance and exclusiveness. Famous visitors include Marlene Dietrich.
Festspielhaus
www.festspielhaus.de
Since September 1998, the Festspielhaus concert hall offers excellent cultural events, including opera, theatre and dance. The programme changes constantly and attracts a lot of visitors.
golf courses in Baden-Baden, Plittersdorf, Karlsruhe, Bad Herrenalb and in Soufflenheim in Alsace
www.golf-club-baden-baden.de
www.gcaltrhein.de
www.hofgut-scheibenhardt.de
www.gc-bad-herrenalb.de
www.golfclub-soufflenheim.com
festivals in Rastatt/Ötigheim and Ettlingen
www.volksschauspiele.de
www.ettlingen.de
Rennbahn Iffezheim
www.baden-galopp.com
The race course in Iffezheim is famous for horse-racing and always worth a visit. Many events have taken place here since its opening in 1858.
“Straße der Demokratie”, a touristic route that commemorates the German path to democracy
www.strasse-der-demokratie.eu
- numerous museums, churches, historical and modern buildings
- neighbouring Alsace with Strasbourg and Colmar
- the Black Forest with numerous destinations
- international airport Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (FKB)
www.badenairpark.de