Mary Gostelow's Hotel of the Week: Brenners Park
Welcome to Brenners Park-Hotel and Spa, with a Mercedes at the ready.
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Baden-Baden, Germany, population 55,000, has the highest ratio of millionaires not only in the country, but in all of Europe. The luxury and grandeur shows. The gorgeous parks and narrow streets are immaculate. Within a few minutes’ walk of the town’s friendly center, you have the oldest working casino in Europe, a 2,500-seat first-class opera house formed from an Art Deco rail station, and since 2004, the Burda Museum. Designed by architect Richard Meier, the museum is a white box that glows all night and houses a priceless modern art collection including the ultimate portfolio of Gerhard Richter‘s works. Baden-Baden is all fresh Black Forest National Park air and serene spa. Arrive by TGV train from Paris, or fly into Baden-Baden’s own airport, once a Canadian Air Force base.
Burda Museum by day…
And the glowing white box by night.
Baden-Baden is synonymous with the first Oetker Collection hotel, Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa. Choose one of the 100 rooms with a balcony overlooking the tiny Oos River and beyond to Lichtentaler Allee Park and endless wooded hills. Visit the spa and book an unbelievable back massage with a Tunisian genius. In January 2015, the spa will relocate to the adjacent Villa Stéphanie which will add 15 modern bedrooms, three of which will include private spas. The updated locale will include everything from a full medi-spa, dentistry and gynecology to Germany’s best make-up artist– every service to look and feel your best!
Immaculate grounds of Brenners Park.
A glimpse of what Baden-Baden is known for- a spa room at Brenners Park.
Girlfriends might come for a weekend but with so much to try — the 60 foot indoor pool, the Technogym, well-maintained bikes, and did I mention the spa? — it’s easy to stay two months. And then there’s the Michelin-starred dining, from a copious oh-so-healthy breakfast buffet to year-round terrace dining (try the Brenner Classic cod). As the hotel MD and CEO of Oetker Collection, Frank Marrenbach put it, “I am so happy.” And his guests are too.
Mary and Oetker CEO Frank Marrenbach.
View from the hotel balcony looking over Lichtentaler Park.
