It's not the nudity that shocks visitors to Europe's largest thermal spa. It's the clientele. On a wintry Friday evening on the outskirts of Munich, post-work pals aren't watching TV or heading out ...

There is a saying about the historic German spa town of Baden Baden - that it’s so good they named it twice. Overlooked by the enigmatic pines of the Black Forest, or Schwarzwald to locals, I most ...

When you go to the spa, all you want is to feel relaxed and rejuvenated. Unfortunately, though, relaxed is the opposite of how British-Arab writer Anbara Salam felt during her trip to a German spa ...

It’s 10 years ago. I’m on a road trip to Germany with my then boyfriend. I’m pretty useless as a travel companion as I can’t drive and I can’t speak German, so my boyfriend is doing both. We cross ...

Wiesbaden Cleo Murphy Baden-Baden Baden-Baden Caracalla Therme Cleo Murphy discovers that Germany has a real spring in its step, with spas galore Forget facials and fish pedicures. In a real spa, the ...

In the 1860s, the Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, spent a good deal of time in Germany, as many Russians did during that period. A compulsive gambler, he lost everything in the opulent spa and ...

S C H L E M A, Germany, Jan. 18 -- As NATO Balkans veterans fret about health risks from exposure to uranium munitions, a generation old enough to remember the last great European war is happily ...