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Learning about rural life in Oberstaufen in the local history museum
In 1788 the Strumpfarhaus was built as a family home. After being inherited by the last member of this family nowadays this building houses the local history museum, in the heart of Oberstaufen. Volunteers have collected hundreds of pieces that demonstrate how the rural life in the past 200 years looked like. From the outside, […]
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Lindner Parkhotel & Spa Oberstaufen – First Class Maisonette Single Room
Lindner Parkhotel & Spa in Oberstaufen is a Hotel with individual character. Whilst most Hotels associate modernism with sterile chic, the Hotel went a slightly different way here. A renovation is important, sure, but incorporating local traditions and crafts even more. Stitchings and materials you know from Allgäuer Trachten, hundreds of paintings all over the […]
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The Bavarian Allgäu is already existing for 1200 Years, and this village is the origin
When I find out a House or structure is already more than 300, or even 500, years old, I’m astonished. But after finding out the ‘first village’ of the Bavarian Allgäu is already 1200 Years old, I was baffled. Not far from Oberstaufen, where I spent a weekend at Lindner Parkhotel & Spa, you can […]
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First time at a Spa – What to expect and what you need to bring
What do I need to bring to a Spa, especially if its your first time at a Spa? Are you fully naked at a Spa, or are you still allowed to wear a Bikini (or Shorts for males)? Are there private rooms for everyone and everything, or are you sharing a Room with some stranger […]