Dream days 5=4

Five nights from Sunday to Friday, with 15 % off the accommodation price — the longest package in the house and the only one that fills a full weekly rhythm with spa and Bavarian Forest. Arrive on Sunday, leave on Friday: no weekend surcharge, no weekend arrival crush, and with early spa check-in on the arrival day the stay begins before the classic check-in. For guests who want to spend one week a year deliberately without a car, appointments and programme, this is the most attractive option both in arithmetic and in substance.

The hotel is a family-run four-star-superior house, a member of Relais & Châteaux, in Kaikenried on the Bavarian Forest Nature Park. Over five days the season is decisive: in spring and autumn you meet the quietest house, in summer the wellness garden with lounging islands, in winter the heated outdoor pool under the stars. The pampering board changes daily; over five evenings the choice menu has room enough to get to know the kitchen — and whoever likes can add a starred evening at Oswald's Gourmetstube for a surcharge.