Accommodation in Gersfeld

Gersfeld: Wasserkuppe, Segelflug und Sternenhimmel

Gersfeld lies at the foot of the Wasserkuppe – the mountain where modern gliding was invented in the 1920s. To this day gliders and paragliders launch here, sledges take over in winter, and the gliding museum tells the pioneer story. At night the Rhön Dark Sky Reserve reveals a sky city dwellers no longer know.

Quarters spread between spa park and summit: the Berghof Wasserkuppe lives closest to the top, the Aparthotel Horizont honours its name with long views, the Bio-Gästehaus Rhöndistel steers a strictly organic course, at Café Wahl you sleep above your own cake counter, and the deluxe holiday houses on the village edge bundle families into timber and sauna comfort.

Gersfeld's wildlife park, the baroque palace and the Guckaisee premium trail round off a programme that always tastes of mountain air. Booked directly with the host, the Rhön holiday stays commission-free – and when the thermals above the radome are most exciting to watch, your hosts know first-hand.