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The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.
Step into Baden-Baden's 19th-century palace of wellness and surrender to the legendary 17-step Roman-Irish bathing ritual — thermal pools, steam grottos, and a brush massage that leaves skin like silk. This is the definitive European spa experience, unchanged for over 150 years.
Glide into what Marlene Dietrich called 'the most beautiful casino in the world' — a gilded Second Empire marvel where Dostoyevsky lost his fortune and Europe's aristocracy played for centuries. An exclusive evening here, in black tie, is pure old-world grandeur.
Explore the UNESCO-recognised 'Great Spa Town' with your own private local historian — tracing the Kurhaus, Trinkhalle, Lichtentaler Allee, and Roman ruins that made Baden-Baden the summer capital of Europe. Tailored entirely to your pace and passions.
One of Germany's finest private art museums — a luminous Renzo Piano pavilion housing Frieder Burda's world-class collection of Picasso, Richter, Baselitz, and Abstract Expressionism. A profound hour among masterworks in one of Europe's most beautiful museum buildings.
Ride the century-old Merkur Funicular up to 668 metres above Baden-Baden for sweeping Black Forest panoramas stretching to the Rhine plain and the Vosges mountains of France — then walk the forest crown in crystalline alpine air. A thrilling contrast to the spa town below.
Soak in the spectacular open-air thermal pools of Caracalla Spa, where Baden-Baden's ancient mineral waters flow at 68°C from Roman-era springs — surrounded by the wooded ridges of the Black Forest. A refined, modern counterpart to Friedrichsbad, with outdoor bathing year-round.
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