Baden-Baden is famed throughout the world for its large-scale thermal activity, its great parks, gardens and Lichtentaler Allee and its entertainment worthy of kings and emperors! Furthermore, the city has always attracted artists from all over the world. Poets, painters, composers have all left their mark: among them the greatest Russian authors Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Tolstoy and Turgenev, and 18th century musicians such as Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann, as well as those from the present such as Pierre Boulez. The museums carry on this tradition. The Frieder Burda Foundation houses a world-renowned collection of modern and contemporary art with eight Picasso paintings, striking examples of post-war German art and masterpieces by Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke and Arnulf Rainer. Moreover, the city’s museum honours the great stone monuments, from works from Roman times to those of the present day. After only a few minutes’ journey along the world-famous Black Forest High Road (Schwarzwaldhochstrasse), which sets off from Baden-Baden and offers magnificents viewpoints of the Rhine valley and the Vosges, you find yourself in the middle of resplendent nature. The hot springs surface at 68 degrees Celsius and draws spa visitors, as well as people who enjoy relaxation and wellness, in the two most remarkable thermal baths of the town, the historic Friedrichsbad, one of the most beautiful places in the world, and the modern thermal baths of Caracalla.