4 nights with a pampering breakfast, pay for only 3

In spring and summer the Hotel Oswald opens into what is probably its best form: the 5 × 15 m rooftop pool with a view of the Bavarian Forest mountains is heated to 32 °C, the adjoining wellness garden has lounging islands and parasols set up, and the hikes around Kaikenried range from a stroll across the fields to a day tour into the Bavarian Forest National Park. For four nights with breakfast the house charges the price of three — a gifted night that shifts the stay from “short trip” to “real holiday”.

The hotel is a family-run four-star-superior house, a member of Relais & Châteaux, in Kaikenried on the Bavarian Forest Nature Park. This package deliberately gives the cuisine room: four breakfasts from the gourmet buffet (étagère, sparkling wine, daily recommendations) set the rhythm, and the evenings stay open — from the regional choice menu in the restaurant Galerie to the multi-course menu in the house's own starred restaurant “Oswald's Gourmetstube” (two Michelin stars), every night can be composed differently. The gifted fourth night creates the time buffer a stay in the Bavarian Forest deserves: a day tour into the national park, a second spa day, an evening without a fixed programme.