Slow Travel and Food and Travel Blog for Trips to Savor
We are on the road in the wine country of Franconia. 125 kilometers in nine days through the Franconian wine-growing region! This is slow travel and pleasure travel, as we imagine it! Perfect for a tour through the wine country of Franconia in a camper van. With plenty of time and leisure.
Elisen Lebkuchen from Nuremberg are part of Advent. With this Elisen gingerbread recipe you can bake it yourself. Or do you prefer to order them? Here we recommend Elisen Lebkuchen from traditional manufacturers and Lebzeltereien from Nuremberg.
At the Schweinfurt Christmas market, the wooden stalls with scents of cardamom, cloves and nutmeg, the two carousels, the children's ferris wheel and the Christmas tree in the middle of the market square create an Advent atmosphere on the square in front of the town hall on the Main.
When autumn arrives and it gets cooler, people devote themselves to culinary delights. Autumn time is pleasure time. Bad Kissingen is known for its healing springs, gardens and parks, its architecture and for its history. But there are also offers for connoisseurs who promise an adventure trip for the palate.
The black and white biscuits were always a highlight on my mum's Advent plate. She tried very hard. At least in our children's eyes. They are very easy to prepare though. You can find out how to bake them yourself in this black and white biscuit recipe.
Bad Kissingen is a spa town in Franconia that offers many beautiful sights. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Great Spa Towns of Europe". Here you will find extensive travel tips, hotels and restaurants for your Bad Kissingen vacation.
You can make sculptures yourself in the small village of Dorfprozelten am Main. The master stonemason and sculptor Alexander Schwarz offers workshops for this. We heard from him on our first visit to Churfranken in spring. That made us curious. That is why we visited him on our journey along the route of delights. Who us [...]
In Karlstadt you can hike and enjoy the wine from the wine region on the Main. Why look into the distance? Such a short vacation can also be a change from everyday life. In the middle of Germany you will find the wine country of Franconia with its hilly landscape. A starting point for active vacationers is Karlstadt am Main.
The route of delights is in the border triangle of Franconia, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg. It is one of the youngest holiday routes in Germany. We were there and discovered something delightful for all the senses.
Directly behind the town of Ipsheim in Franconia, the Ipsheim vineyards rise below Hoheneck Castle, on whose clay soils Franconian wines that taste fine and aromatic grow. A country road winds up the mountain between the plots of the vintners, on which we walk through the vineyards undisturbed by car traffic.
