Countryside and nature
Forest and Thermal Towns
The ridge road, waterfalls you can walk to, and long soaks in Baden-Baden. One guesthouse in the trees, one city hotel in Freiburg, and very little motorway.
- Triberg's waterfalls in the early morning
- An afternoon in the Baden-Baden baths
- Freiburg's old town at dinner time
- Duration
- 7 nights · 8 days
- Destinations
- 2 stops
- Travel style
- Slow countryside, one base at a time, day drives only
- Indicative budget
- £1,260–£1,700
- Ferry crossing
- Dover – Calais
Every detail is editable: change the dates, add a stop, swap a hotel or start again from the ferry.
The route
1,433 km · about 18 hours driving in total
P · ferry port1–2 · overnight stopDashed line · suggested route, illustrative
Night by night
The suggested shape of the trip, in driving order. Take it as it is, or treat it as a starting point and move a night, swap a hotel or drop a stop.
- Outbound · Dover – Calais1h 30m crossing
- Drive from Calais · 8h 40m · 679 kmillustrative estimate
- 1
The Black ForestGermany
4 nights · nights 1–4
Forest roads that fold into one another, thermal towns, and the kind of quiet you only find an hour off the motorway. Bring walking shoes.
Suggested stay
Waldhaus am Bach · guesthouse · from £132 a night
Suggested attractions
- Triberg Waterfalls · £9
- Baden-Baden thermal baths · £39
- Schwarzwaldhochstraße · free
- Drive from The Black Forest · 30m · 40 kmillustrative estimate
- 2
FreiburgGermany
3 nights · nights 5–7
A university town at the edge of the forest where the streets run with water channels and the wine comes from the hills behind. Good base for the southern Schwarzwald.
Suggested stay
Altstadt Rooms · hotel · from £148 a night
Suggested attractions
- Freiburg Münster · £5
- Schlossberg · free
- Drive from Freiburg · 9h 10m · 714 kmillustrative estimate
- Return · Dover – CalaisSailing home