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The Harz Mountains

The highest mountains in northern Germany, the Harz Mountains offer the holiday maker not only countryside ranging from high summits and ancient forests to limestone valleys and caves, but also include some of the most interesting and beautiful small towns in Europe.

The whole centre of Goslar is a UNESCO Heritage Site and Wernigerode, a beautiful old town full of brightly painted buildings deserves to be one too. The Brocken is not only the highest peak for many miles around, it is also a mountain with extraordinary emotional resonance for all Germans. Visited by many German writers including Goethe and Heinrich Heine, in more recent times the summit, rising directly above the former iron curtain, was of great importance to both the Soviet and East German authorities as a centre for spying upon the west, as well as on each other.

The Harz also has spas, including Bad Harzburg in the west and Alexisbad, popular with Hans Christian Andersen, in the east. There are also many fine lakes.
The following holidays are currently available:-

The Harz Witches Trail

Drei Annen Hohne - Single Centre

A Walk across the Harz

Wernigerode - Single Centre

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The Harz Witches Trail

A 60 mile premium walking tour

This walk (Harzer-Hexen-Stieg in German) opened in late 2003 and is now officially recognised as one of "Top Trails of Germany" and has also been acredited as a "Quality Long Distance Path" by the German equivalent of the Ramblers Association.

A long distance path running from west to east across the Harz Mountains, at just under 60 miles and with very little uphill walking in the later stages it is a fairly undemanding route and in the years since its creation has become one of the most popular routes with walkers from all over Europe. You can do the walk in as few as four or five days, or relax and spend seven days over the route.

Each stretch of the route has been designed with a particular theme in mind, so that the walker comes away with a variety of experiences and a full picture of the different cultures and histories that combine in this area of Europe.

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Drei Annen Hohne & The Brocken

A six night single centre holiday

Drei Annen Hohne in the central Harz is an ideal base for a walking holiday. The hotel is an oasis in the heart of the forest, situated on the edge of the Harz Mountains National Park. Nevertheless, you are also close to the beautiful town of Wernigerode and very conveniently for the unique narrow guage steam railway.

This is a six night holiday. Contact us if you want a longer or a shorter stay, or to add time elswhere in the Harz.

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A Walk across the Harz

A five day walking tour

This fine walk starts in the lower, eastern, Harz, a country of limestone valleys, cliffs and caves. Then you cross the central Harz and the summit of the highest mountain in northern Germany, the Brocken, before passing the former iron curtain to reach the UNESCO World heritage town of Goslar. The final stage is classic western, upper Harz, a country of fine lakes and forests.

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Wernigerode & The Brocken

A 6 night single centre holiday

We offer this is an alternative to the holidays at Drei Annen described above. It is for those who prefer to stay in a town rather than out in the country. The suggested walks are the same as for the holiday at Drei Annen.

This is a six night holiday. Contact us if you want a longer or a shorter stay, or to add time elswhere in the Harz.

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