Franconian Forest: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

An extensive network of marked hiking trails leads through the Franconian Forest region: these include the 242-kilometre FrankenwaldSteig and 32 FrankenwaldSteigla routes. This particularly appeals to travellers who want to spend their days on designated trails.

You can rent a holiday apartment or holiday home in the Franconian Forest.

Nature

The Franconian Forest is a nature park and upland region characterised by forests, water, meadows, wooded ridges and narrow river valleys.

The landscape also includes extensive forests, a diverse cultural landscape on a small scale and species-rich meadows that provide habitats for protected plants and animals.

Culture

Themed circular trails in the Franconian Forest convey the history and traditional occupations of shoemakers, raftsmen and brush makers. This makes it possible to combine hiking with the history of regional work and crafts.

The Green Belt follows the former inner-German border through the Franconian Forest and showcases a landscape connected with the history of the division of Germany.

Orientation

The Franconian Forest is certified as a “Quality Region Wanderbares Deutschland”. The certification covers infrastructure, trail networks, hiking information services and cooperation among tourism partners.

Geographical Classification

From the mapped centre of the Franconian Forest, the named mapped reference points Old Castle Lobenstein are approximately 16.2 kilometres as the crow flies to the north, New Castle Lobenstein approximately 16.5 kilometres to the north, Guttenberg Castle approximately 17.1 kilometres to the south and Ebersdorf Castle approximately 20.8 kilometres to the north. Geuserberg is approximately 10.2 kilometres as the crow flies to the southwest, Sieglitzberg approximately 13.7 kilometres to the north, Wolfstein approximately 13.9 kilometres to the northeast and Hohelaß approximately 15.3 kilometres to the south.

Regional Character

The Frankenwald Weidewelt initiative combines visitor experiences with cattle farming and beef from pasture farming in Upper Franconia. The products are available from participating farmers and butchers.

Activities

Cycling and trail running are part of the Franconian Forest visitor offering. These include varied cycling routes and trails along the FrankenwaldSteigla paths.

For a further travel comparison, the portal also features destination pages for Kronach, Würzburg, Lake Chiemsee, Bavarian Swabia, Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains, Ansbach, Franconian Lake District and Berchtesgadener Land.

For the overarching travel overview: Bavaria.