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WALD & SCHLOSSHOTEL FRIEDRICHSRUHE
Spa and Golf at the Prince’s Park
By Susan Manlin Katzman
The Wald & Schlosshotel (Forest & Castle Hotel) Friedrichsruhe
covers all the bases – a resort hotel which is at once historic
and contemporary, luxurious and casual, healthful and indulging of
the spirit. Its top-notch facilities provide an ideal venue for both
business and leisure travelers, gourmets and dieters, and active folks
as well as those who just want to relax. No matter what the interest,
Wald & Schlosshotel delivers a multidimensional, mega-pleasurable
getaway that can be structured as the individual desires. Located in
southwest Germany’s Hohenlohe region, about 70 kilometers from
Stuttgart, the resort maintains the ambience of a retreat deep in the
secluded heart of nature---as was its original function. The name of
Friedrichsruhe, basically means Friedrich’s place of relaxation
- the prince’s retreat.
Groundwork
began in 1712 and completed in five years in 1717 when Count Johann
Friedrich
II (later
to become Prince of Hohenlohe) built a Renaissance-style
hunting lodge (Jagdschloss) on family lands ravaged in the Thirty Years
War, and cleared the forest surrounding the lodge to create a majestic
royal park. The prince’s park, graced with ancient trees and songbirds,
serves as a serene location for today’s resort, and his palace
lodge, adorned inside with stag antlers from its hunting legacy, first
converted
to a small castle hotel in the 1950’s. The property was converted
to a luxurious spa hotel destination in 2006. The ultra modern spa
resort facilities are seperate from the historical palace on the site
so the experience offers a range of accomodations for guests in its
sylvan setting.
The
five-star, superior property offers 66 rooms divided among four different
buildings. In
addition to the Hunting Lodge rooms, decorated
with elegant antiques, guests can choose to stay in: the Gatehouse, the
former half-timble stables with rooms dressed in Laura-Ashley fashion;
in the Garden House, an ideal choice for a family as it holds one double
room
and one
suite; and in the Main House, which offers classic rooms with English
country-house charm as well as spa rooms featuring hi-tech sophisticated
minimalist design. Although each building showcases specific style elements,
each room is individually decorated and graced with art from the owner’s
own private collection. All rooms have been designed to maximize guest
comfort
and each includes a flat-screen television, mobile telephone and fragrant
toiletries from the resort’s own SanVino product line.
Guests at the Wald & Schlosshotel of Friedrichsruhe also have a
choice of where to eat on property. Michelin starred Chef de Cuisine,
Boris Benecke, brings refined and creative dishes to the upscale elegance
of the Gourmet Restaurant. Regional delights show up on the menu of the
charming traditional country style Jägerstaub Restaurant. The Spa
Restaurant serves light fare to guests in a casual dining room separated
into two parts, one entered through the spa reception area and open to
all, the other accessed through the spa and available only to spa guests
who are free to eat in their bathrobes. As an extra treat for foodies,
the resort has a dedicated Chef’s Table seating 10 in a one-room
dining area with windows that overlook the active kitchen. But restaurants
don’t account for all of the dining delights. Spend an overnight
at the Wald & Schlosshotel for the breakfast alone, served buffet
style in the Conservatory, a beautiful, graceful room lined with windows
overlooking the woodland park. The Terrace in summer, the Fireplace Lounge
in winter, and the Bar in all seasons provide lovely settings in which
to enjoy afternoon tea or coffee and cake as well as cocktails and drinks.
And last but not least, Cigar aficionados will find a dedicated space
to enjoy in the Laura Chavin Master of Cigars Lounge.
For visiting Germany castles see Favorite Castles of Germany.
As
wonderful as are the setting, the rooms and the restaurants, the jewel
in the crown
of Wald & Schlosshotel
has to be the spa, introduced to the resort in 2008. Covering 4,400
sqm, the spa holds 13 treatment
rooms, large indoor and outdoor pools and a KLAFS-sauna area plus a ladies
only sauna. Although the spa utilizes several different products in health
and beauty treatments, their own line of SanVino products, made from
grape seeds of nearby vineyards, take first place and a must try. Even
Bacchus would glow with a SanVino facial and/or massage. A fully equipped
fitness center with personal trainers as well as cooking classes feature
healthful spa foods, and beauty salon to supplement the spa. Its
adjacent 18-hole golf course, tennis court, indoor and outdoor swimming
pools, and attentive
staff
offering extraordinary service add to the
Wald & Schlosshotel experience, as does the surrounding area full
of castles, idyllic little towns and nature trails – though I can’t
see why anyone would want to leave Wald & Schlosshotel even to explore
the region, as the resort itself, provides a perfect oasis of peace and
pleasure. © Bargain
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