Many of Germany’s best restaurants and hotels enjoy great rural views, while being within easy reach of urban areas. Prices indicate the average cost of a three course, à-la-carte evening menu, and the cost of a double room.

13 kms from Frankfurt

Hessler: Am Bootshafen 4,

63477 Maintal-Dörnigheim

T: +49 6181/43030

www.hesslers. de

Menu €59, room from €125

Starry dishes, long wine list

12 kms north of Kaiserslautern

Scharff´s Gourmet Restaurant:

Schlossberg 16, 67681 Wartenberg

T: +49 6302/9234-0

Menu €73, room from €79

Dine under historic vaulted ceilings, or on the garden terrace, with its perfect view over the Lohnsbach Valley

19 kms Cologne Klostermühle:

Zum Eulenbroicher Auel 15,

51503 Rösrath

T: +49 2205/4758

www.restaurantklostermuehle. de

Menu €47

Half-timbered restaurant in idyllic location on the edge of a national park

20 kms Gelsenkirchen, 38 kms Dortmund

Hugenpöttchen im Hotel Schloss Hugenpoet:

August-Thyssen-Straße 51,

45219 Essen-Kettwig

T: +49 2054/12040

www.hugenpoet. de

Menu €37, room from €235

Mediterranean cuisine, good wines and a young clientele

23 kms north-west of Hamburg

Jagdhaus Waldfrieden:

Kieler Straße, 25451 Quickborn

T: +49 4106/61020

www. waldfrieden.com

Menu €42, room from €138

Classic hunting lodge

20 kms Hanover

Gasthaus Lege:

Engenser Straße 2,

30938 Burgwedel- Thönse

T: +49 5139/8233

www. gasthaus-lege.de

€39 Moderate prices

20 kms south of Berlin

Carmen’s Restaurant:

Bahnhofstr. 9,

15732 Eichwalde

T: +49 30/6758423

€33 Fresh, honest and innovative.

40 kms Leipzig

Unstruttal:

Markt 11,

06632 Freyburg

T: +49 34464/7070

www. unstruttal.info

€28 In Germany’s most northern wine-producing region