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Come as a tourist, depart as a friend
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Experience the Black Forest like a Local

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Get the inside-scoop and experience the Black Forest like a Local

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Customized Tours you will never forget

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We specialize in tours for small groups and individuals visiting the Black Forest

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When will you visit?

Our offerings

Select from our broad range of tours, ranging from 4 hours to several days. Options include drivers, guides, hikes, culinary tastings and more.

Easy

We listen to your wants and needs, then provide options from which you can choose what to see and at a pace appropriate for you.

No stress

We do it all: transportation, hotel bookings, dinner reservations. All you have to do is get here. We take care of the rest.

Let us take care of the planning

While you experience the Black Forest

My name is Simone and I am a native German (native Black Forest girl that is). After living abroad for more than 15 years I returned home to the Black Forest… LEARN MORE

At Black Forest Tours we cater to English-speaking travelers who want to see the real Black Forest, as only locals can show you. Everyone is unique and your visit to The Black Forest will be unique too. We listen to your wants and needs, then provide options from which you can choose what to see and at a pace appropriate for you.  If you feel a bit overwhelmed planning, or running short on time to plan, have concerns about the German language and German customs, you are in good company. With Black Forest Tours you have the freedom to do your own thing while having us around to guide you when needed.  READ SOME TESTIMONIALS

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Do you want to see the real Black Forest? Or tour like a tourist?

“A tourist goes to places other tourists write about, gathering information provided by other tourists, and only sees the places other tourists have been to.” Such a tour is not the same as an experience. Experience The Black Forest with a local. Experience it like a local.

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Black Forest Tours

Guided Tours

If you do not see yourself buying a cookie-cutter tour or vacation package in which you are on a bus with 49 other tourists, then our Guided Tours are for you!

Hiking

Sightseeing Packages

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Luxury

Self-Guided Tours

Culinary Tours

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Roadtrip with us?

The people from Wizz Magazine toured with us recently and published an article about their experience in their latest magazine. Great read if you want to find out how a private tour with us can look like!

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We are constantly updating our tours, adding new tours, making existing experiences even better. Get the latest news on our tours

What are travellers saying?

Feedback from Guests

Whether you are a solo visitor or a small group, our goal is to provide you with an outstanding experience. Find out what people are saying who have toured with us

 by Susan S on Black Forest Tours
Black Forest Germany - 8 days, 3 towns.

In our research at home in Sydney Australia, (M75, F71) Black Forest Tours became our preferred tour company, as they could personalise a tour to suit our requests. We spent eight days in the Black Forest area and stayed in three towns. At this point, I am not going to identify all the towns, as Simone likes to give each client an experience that matches closely their requests. A change was made close to our departure date from Australia, when accommodation became available in one of Simone's favourite towns, and we loved this small town. We did start, however, in Freiburg.
Our tour was for ourselves only, which meant when something popped up that we liked the look of, it was easy to accommodate our request to "stop and look" .
We had guided walking tours in two of the towns, with exceptionally knowledgeable local guides - clear spoken English (our only language), interesting history / stories and could take us through the smaller back streets to see things that we would have missed. One guide also kindly showed us the outside of her house, (as we walked passed on the tour) and explained many quirky things about the street, and the history of the individual houses.
The travel between each town was by car, with a driver who gave us a very good insight the countryside; took us through small towns; pointed out interesting features and stopped at shops where there were unique things to learn about the Black Forest. For example, we had a stop at a Cuckoo Clock shop, and there are so many things to learn about the history of the wood carvings, decorations, painting, how often clocks need winding and how this works. We stopped at waterfalls for walks; saw squirrels; took in scenery from the top of mountains overlooking a patchwork of green vineyards; saw grape harvesting; old buildings and churches; learned about traditional costumes.
When not travelling, Simone had provided very comprehensive booklets / brochures for things we could do on our own. We made good use of our free Konus card, for the trains. We visited the Open Air Farmhouse Museum, where the train station is adjacent to the site, so easy to access. The outdoor museum was very interesting with original buildings from a number of eras transported to the site; easy walking and a good restaurant for our lunch.
We used the trains and buses to do day trips on our own.
We took the train and bus to Freudenstadt, where the weather worked against us (cold and rain) to be able to see a great deal of the town. We did manage the plaza, which had many flower beds, fountains, an interesting Protestant church, with surrounding shops / cafes.
Having 3 days / 4 nights in each town gave us plenty of time to see things, and also rest a little, knowing that we would not be pushed for time.
A beautiful and unique part of Germany to visit.

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