Notes from the host
Holiday Apartment at the Vineyard
In „Haus am Singberg“ you reside directly beneath the wine yards at the southern hillside of Ramsthal. The bright, renovated two-room apartment with its own entrance is furnished in mediterranean ambiente and possesses a spacious kitchen with two seats, a dining area in the living room, a bedroom, an en suite bathroom and a large entrance area. The location on the hillside is the reason why the apartment is particularly build into the mountain and so it stays cool in summer. In winter a wood stove provides additional comfort. On the south-east terrace with four seats, where grape-vine from the street touches the balustrade, you can have an unforgettable breakfast in the middle of rank cropped terracotta flower pots. In the evening while drinking a glass of wine you can watch the moon and listen to nightingales. Every season shows her own beauty, wild roses in front of the bedroom window in summer or red coloured forests in fall- you get really close to nature in Ramsthal.
Wine pleases the humans heart: In Ramsthal’s growing area “St. Klausen” six winegrowers and the association of winegrowers of Franconia cultivate high qualitiy wine. In the past years supraregional-known honours were given to the local winegrowers , some of Ramsthal’s vine-growing estates are mentioned in famous wine guides. Since the year 1122 there’s winegrowing here in Ramsthal. On about 50 hectares the sorts Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Bacchus and Kerner are grown, also red wines as Schwarzriesling or Domina grow on the millions of years old shell limestone. In both of the two inns, in the seasonal wine rooms or at winetastings you will experience the world of tastes of Ramsthal, what includes the tasty Franconian cuisine.The quality of Ramsthal’s food can be seen at the baker’s store, the butcher’s or the grower’s.
Culture means preparing the ground: Vineculture calenders life in Ramsthal for centuries and does not only inspire its inhabitants to organise numerous feasts. Nearly 20 clubs show a vast corporate feeling and they offer to Ramsthal’s guests theatre plays, guided tours through the wine yards, lieder recitals and a well-equipped library. Above the wine yards, following the “poetischen Waldwanderweg” (a path which is featured with German poems), you can let your thoughts and your gaze wander. 17 poems show a wide range of people’s experiences for more than 200 years. In the closer entourage you can find bright cultural offers. Bad Kissingen offers, aside to its wellness programs, the large proposal of a rich in tradition health resort, especially in the fields of classical music. In the wider entourage a vivid theatre scene provides topics of conversation. The regional museums inaugurate modern and historical perspectives. Hammelburg, Schweinfurt, Würzburg, Bamberg, Fulda and Coburg are not far away...
How beautiful nature is: The simplest and nicest way to escape your everyday’s stress is rambling. Ramsthal’s St. Klausen-Weinerlebniswege lead you on three different routes through the wine yards. Presentation boards give information about winegrowing, nature and the history of the village. Mixed forests, meadows with fruit trees, sunny hillsides, old wine yard walls or lanes are the habitat for rare and endangered animals and plants.Different sorts of plants, just as Küchenschellen, Silberdisteln, Weinbergslauch, Färberkamille and Johanniskraut, grow directly next to the paths. Butterflies like Schwalbenschwanz, Kaisermantel or Widderchen flutter through the air. The romantic Saalethal invites to rambling next to the river Saale, well-opened up rambling paths or cycle tracks can be driven as far as Rhön. And up to now we were mostly satisfied by our weather.
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Hosted byCharlotte Wahler
