Bad Wildbad between hiking trails and Sommerberg
Accommodation in Bad Wildbad
More than 240 kilometres of signposted trails along the Raute give Bad Wildbad a clear focus on hiking. There are also experiences on Sommerberg and insights into the history of timber rafting and spa culture. The lower station of the Sommerbergbahn is right in the centre of Bad Wildbad, close to the Uhlandplatz S-Bahn stop. If you would like to plan your holiday around the town centre, this location provides a useful point of reference.
Hiking trails in Bad Wildbad and on Sommerberg
The local network includes more than 240 kilometres of signposted trails along the Raute. Bad Wildbad is also right on the Black Forest long-distance hiking trail, the Mittelweg, which runs from Pforzheim to Waldshut. This gives you two different starting points for planning your trip: an extensive local network and a named long-distance trail. If hiking is to be a focus of your stay, you can take these points of reference into account when choosing your destination.
Sommerberg has 235 kilometres of routes for hiking, walking, cycling and spending time in nature. The activities mentioned include both getting around on foot and cycling, as well as enjoying time in nature. You can consider what kind of stay you would like, without having to plan your entire trip around a single activity.
Play, panoramic views and nature on Sommerberg
The Sommerberg Adventure Forest is a forest playground covering more than 8,000 square metres, with over 20 play and learning stations integrated into the woodland. For families looking for a shared outing with opportunities to play and explore, it is a practical place to visit. The stations combine play and learning, with the forest itself forming part of their design.
The WILDLINE suspension bridge offers a different experience: it is 380 metres long and 60 metres above the valley. From the bridge, views plunge 300 metres down into the Enz Valley and across Bad Wildbad. These measurements convey the scale of the views from this height and distinguish the bridge experience from the hiking and walking trails. The Bad Wildbad Naturpark-AugenBlick is on the panoramic terrace, right by the mountain station of the Sommerbergbahn, providing another point of reference.
Timber rafting, the spa gardens and bathing culture
The local history and timber rafting museum in Bad Wildbad-Calmbach brings the cultural past of the Black Forest region and the history of timber rafting vividly to life. Exhibits include detailed models, photographic documents and lifelike figures. Visitors interested in regional history will find a range of ways to explore it here, rather than a solely text-based account.
A Royal City Tour of Bad Wildbad and the spa gardens, which can be booked, explains the town’s history, its historic buildings and the bathing culture of the time. The spa gardens are a natural, unspoilt park. Together, the museum, tour and spa gardens offer different ways to explore the area’s cultural history: timber rafting and Black Forest history in Calmbach, and the town’s history and bathing culture on the tour of Bad Wildbad and the spa gardens.
Choose a holiday apartment to suit your own holiday priorities
A simple question can help with your holiday apartment search: Which location in Bad Wildbad suits the stay you have planned?
More destination pages
More destination pages: Egenhausen, Haiterbach, Wildberg, Nagold, Bad Teinach-Zavelstein, Dobel, Simmozheim, Simmersfeld.
For the broader travel overview: Calw.
