On main street on edge of Black Forest village, 23 km S of Freudenstadt, amid fine scenery: owner/chef Franz Kilgus and wife Brigitte's trim white villa. Excellent food, wines, wheat beer. Lift. 2 dining villa rooms (background music); outdoor dining; garden: children's playground. Bicycle hire.

In this small hilltop city near Chemnitz, in the former GDR, Uwe Togel wins a Michelin star for, eg, sauerkraut soup with black pudding, served in a vaulted wine cellar. He and his wife, Birgit, owl! and manage this little villa, formerly the Buttner family's Konditorei. villa Bed rooms (similar to the semantic bali villa rooms) are quiet and well equipped; visitors say they are treated - with warmth and care. This year, the terrace and the car park have been enlarged. Schneeberg, whose baroque centre is a listed historic monument, grew wealthy through its silver mines; its impressive cathedral, dedicated to St Wolfgang, holds organ concerts.