Mountains, lakes and vineyards as far as the eye can see: Lake Constance is full of contrasts. We take a small journey along the west side of the lake and visit Mainau island along the way to ...

I went because: I visited my pen pal, who lives in the city of Konstanz. It is one of the largest cities on Lake Constance, population 80,000, and is on the Swiss border. Don't miss: Climbing up to ...

For many, visiting a Christmas market is simply part of the Advent season. The selection in Germany is vast, and those who ...

Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany's largest lake, is bordered by Switzerland and Austria. It's an old-fashioned resort area, with one of the warmest summer microclimates in the country. It's als ...

Europe is blessed with beautiful gardens. It has gardens big and small, gardens that explode with a million tulip bulbs in springtime, vast formal French gardens and wanton little English ones. But ...

Lake Constance is one of the prettiest parts of Germany. Its 200-mile long shoreline is ringed by the Alps and the Black Forest, yet in spring and summer it has a near-Mediterranean climate. The lake ...

One of the most beautiful lakes in Europe isn't located where you might expect. Lake Garda and Lake Como are perhaps the most famous lakes in Europe, and attract huge numbers of tourists every year.

Swiss on the shores of the Lake of Constance have a good barometer of German affairs. They look at the Germans living on the German parts of the lake, in and around the old bishop’s city of Konstanz ...