Sure Hotel by Best Western Rhoen Garden

At the foot of the Wasserkuppe in the Rhon, the Sure Hotel by Best Western Rhoen Garden, Poppenhausen, Germany, is a comfortable hotel with an indoor pool, saunas, a bowling alley and billiards, plus warm rooms with free Wi-Fi, a flat-screen TV and a safe, many with a balcony and valley views. Well known beyond the region, the restaurant ranges from hearty country cooking to lighter Mediterranean plates, and three conference rooms suit smaller seminars in green surroundings. Trails for hiking, Nordic walking and mountain biking start close by. Poppenhausen sits in the rolling Rhon, a UNESCO biosphere reserve of open highlands, dark forest and wide skies. The Wasserkuppe, the region's highest peak, rises just above the village as the birthplace of German gliding, where sailplanes still soar from its grassy dome, and winter brings skiing and sledging to the slopes. Footpaths and the lights of distant Fulda spread out below the heights.