Hotel La Chaumière du Lac

A small beautiful hotel in a quiet location with a very good restaurant. Lady at reception was friendly and welcoming. We got a spacious and elegant double room, which looked freshly renovated. Bed was very comfortable with a high quality bed linen. Big flat TV in the room, but, sadly, no fridge. Bathroom is also renovated, and has everything you may need. Breakfast was nice, continental, with tasty homemade cakes, but nothing special. Dinner was just amazing. They offer a set menu with two choices for a starter, soup, main course and a desert, you can take all the courses, or just some of them, price will differ. All the plates were beautiful, and the food fresh and delicious, very close to a Michelin starred restaurant. Sadly, the restaurant seems to be open only for dinner (7 to 9 pm), and not lunch. There is a nice lounge area next to the restaurant, with some books, games, and a big TV. Behind the hotel is a big lawn with a lake view and some sun loungers. Steep slope is leading down to the lake, but we didn't find a path and couldn't get down to the water. Castle Reinhardstein is in a walking distance from the hotel. To get to the castle, you can follow the right side of the road in the direction of the dam (lake), it will turn into a dirt road, and then into a forest path. Follow the road through the forest (there will be pastures on your right-hand side), and when you reach a small crossroad with a picnic table, take the left path, which will decent to the castle. We found that that's the easiest way and it takes 20 to 25 minutes to reach the castle from the hotel. Do not miss it, as it's definitely worth a visit!