Travel Guide Baden-Baden

Baden Baden's prestigious spa town (including Baden in Baden, so «baths in Baden») is one of the most charming steps in Baden. A prosperous bathing town that attracts the jet set on holiday and the world's wealthy pensioners, it is much more than its reputation in Germany, a city for romantic millionnaires. Because, of course, the thermal infrastructure is prestigious and luxurious, as is its famous casino, and certainly it crosses amazing couples dressed by tailors of another century and leading improbable car models, but not only the prices it displays remain accessible to the ordinary, and Baden-Baden is the opposite of a city of new rich. Green, nestled in its valley at the foot of the first foothills of the Black Forest and climbing on its beautiful hills, untouched by any utility town - with a rugged and intimate old town as well as large neo-classical alleys - it counts establishments and quality shops. Everywhere there is elegance, but also the softness of living. Enjoying a rather warm and humid micro-climate, from its hot springs to enable it in certain places to cultivate tropical vegetation, Baden-Baden has little paradise, and the wealth it grows does not seem to be arrogant or indulgent. A truly charming city bordering the Black forest.HistoryIf the region has been inhabited by man for more than 10 000 years, Baden-Baden enters the history only after the arrival of the Romans around 70 BC, under the name Aquae - which comes from the thermal springs already used by them, at the location of the current places of the Market and the Romans.It was in fact at the end of the th century that the city was going to grow and reach the reputation it was known to him today. In 1838, French Edouard Bénazet took over the casino and made Baden-Baden the summer capital of Europe. All of the world's greats stayed there during the th century. A city cherished by Napoleon III, she also welcomed Bismarck, Queen Victoria, Tsar Alexander of Russia and Guillaume de Prussia who narrowly escaped an attack. Many artists like Dostoyevsky, Wagner or Brahms also enjoy the benefits of baths and an exceptionally mild climate. More recently, Baden-Baden made himself known to the French when she received the visit of their President of the Republic, somewhat destabilized by the riots of a month of hectic… Today, this spa station remains the most chic of Germany, combining modernity and nostalgia of the old times where the heads of the people knew it. Baden-Baden still derives most of its economic potential from its reputation and the tourist activity it provides.