32 HIKE THROUGH GERMANY’S BLACK FOREST
The Black Forest is the Germany of Brothers Grimm fairytales: farmhouses, wildflower pastures, onion-domed churches and dense woods where you can imagine lost children happening upon cannibalistic witches. Its low hills make for easy, witch-free walking, with well-signed trails so no one gets lost. Black Forest Tours offers two-day, self-guided walking itineraries in the region, on part of a pilgrimage trail towards distant Santiago de Compostela. You’re not likely to make it to Galicia after just two days walking; however, you can console yourself with the vineyards along the French border, cuckoo-clock workshops and huge forests (two days, three nights from £530pp, including accommodation; the-black-forest.com).