Location: Franconia in Germany
Nearest Airport:
Nuremberg at 30
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Nearest Train:
Kronach at 25
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Nearest Motorway:
Hof/Naila at 30
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Car: necessary
Köstenberg belongs to the Presseck district and lies at a height of 600 m with a marvelous view of the densely-wooded uplands. Presseck, hugely popular among tourists, in the Franconian Forest Nature Park offers more than 80 km of marked hiking trails, even the largely popular Franconia Walk passes through here, Bicycle trails in the valley of the wild Rodach towards Flößerstadt Wallenfels, towards Kronach and so forth. Indoor swimming pools and open-air pools as well as the new thermal bath in Bad Steben or the Aqua Riese adventure pool in the Adam Ries City Pool in Staffelstein can be reached in no time. Centrally located for day trips: Kronach, Feste Rosenberg, Wallenfels, Flößerstadt, Kulmbach, Plassenburg and the Beer metropolis, Bayreuth, R. Wagner festival Bamberg, 1000-year cathedral, Fichtelgebirge and Franconian Switzerland. In winter the place is extremely snow safe and offers 60 km of cross-country ski tracks and chairlift. The inns in the town are famous for their food.