For a luxury spa experience, many hotels in the region provide private professional pampering. At the shore of the Lake Titisee, for example, Seehotel Wiesler attracts many visitors, not only for its roasted venison, but also the San Vino Spa.
If you stay for two nights or more in the Black Forest, as most individual tourists do, you can get a Black Forest Card from any one of the more than 280 holiday accommodation properties.
When my friend Bob Halliday thinks about durians, the tropical fruit that some say smells like garbage, he not only salivates with delighted anticipation, but he also "foams like a geyser".
When the apple market collapsed about 15 years ago in the region around Lake Chelan in central Washington state, a handful of farmers decided to make the transition from apples to grapes. Though the apple market has recovered, there has been no turning back for these erstwhile orchardists. Along the shores of Lake Chelan, wineries have been popping up as quickly as bubbles in a newly uncorked bottle of Champagne.
In Beijing's growing gastronomic scene, there never seems to be a shortage of fine dining options for Mediterranean cuisines. But if you are looking for a posh dining spot highlighting Sichuan cuisine, Transit is the place to go.
Joy Bryant, an actress and former fashion model, said, "I kind of do high-low style a lot."
Global soccer executives will fly into Qatar this week to conclude discussions on when the 2022 World Cup should be played. The outcome already seems clear: soccer's biggest event will be played in November and December for the first time unless FIFA unexpectedly gives in to European opposition.
A title wave hit Wenshan, Yunnan province, on Sunday night as five of China's flash-iest fighters won World Boxing Council regional or international championships.
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