Bavarian Forest is the f.re.e partner region 2025

A feel-good atmosphere and personal service, which the large foreign wellness palaces of the international chains often cannot offer, win over wellness vacationers in the Bavarian Forest. Many traditional establishments here have specialized in offering their guests comfort far away from mass tourism. The clock may well go a little slower, because a wellness vacation is all about having time for yourself, enjoying treatments and being pampered with culinary delights. No hectic pace - that is one of the secret recipes of the Bavarian Forest premium partners, who specialize in exclusive vacations in the soothing green nature of the low mountain range. This includes five-star comfort as well as shopping worlds, overnight stays in chalets as well as wellness landscapes that leave nothing to be desired.

Perlesreut is located in the Ilz Valley, where the impressive white water of the Ilz gushes, splashes and roars through mighty rocks in the Dießensteiner Leite. A hike is well worthwhile. For culinary delights, we recommend an Ilz trout and a "Bärwurz" to finish. This herbal distillate is only produced in the Bavarian Forest, as bear's bane is endemic to the region. However, bloodroot and fruity spirits made from blackberry, blueberry, rowanberry and raspberry are also well-known. Every distillery has its own secret recipe.

But cheese also belongs to the Waldgebirge. Over 2300 dairy farmers deliver their milk to the Goldsteig Käsereien Bayerwald cheese dairies based in Cham. One of the cheese dairy's specialties is the soft white mozzarella. "Goldsteig" is also the name of the region's popular long-distance hiking trail. Its name goes back to the Goldener Steig, the former salt mule route through the Bavarian Forest, and to the Golden Road, the trade route between Nuremberg and Prague. The versatile long-distance hiking trail runs on two route variants and over 660 kilometers from Marktredwitz to Passau through the Upper Palatinate Forest and Bavarian Forest. There is also a trail variant through the Bohemian Forest on the Czech side.

Dumplings are part of the Sunday roast in the Bavarian Forest, as potato dumplings, bread dumplings or Bohemian dumplings. The Deggendorf dumplings go back to a legend from the 13th century. The mayor's wife saved the town from siege with her courageous efforts. She threw hot dumplings at the attackers. Today, Deggendorf dumplings are available in sweet and savory varieties and even as chocolates.

Regional cuisine can also be combined with haute cuisine in the Bavarian Forest. Eight starred kitchens serve food and drink of the highest standard. In Bad Kötzting, Waldkirchen, Teisnach, Perasdorf, Welchendorf, Bernried and twice in Deggendorf, the restaurants of the starred kitchens invite you to indulge your senses.

The fauna includes, for example, lynx, otter, capercaillie and Ural owl. An essential basis for the preservation of the national park is the respectful treatment of nature by all those involved. This also applies to the two nature parks Bavarian Forest and Upper Bavarian Forest, which cover almost the entire area of the Bavarian Forest. In contrast to the national park, the aim here is to preserve the diversity of the cultural landscape, which is a living, agricultural and recreational space for people.