Both trails pass our front door.
Your accommodation on the Schluchtensteig and Albsteig in St. Blasien. The essentials at a glance:
Right on the trail
- St. Blasien is a stage town on both the Schluchtensteig and the Albsteig
- The villa sits at the edge of the forest, right on the trail
- Free buses and trains with the KONUS guest card
After the stage
- Drying room for clothes and boots
- Breakfast included, packed lunch on request
- Sauna & infrared cabin (for a fee), garden, terrace
- Five rooms, as double or single rooms
Schluchtensteig
- 119 km from Stühlingen to Wehr
- In 6 stages: stage 4 ends with us, stage 5 starts here
- In 5 stages: stage 3 ends with us, stage 4 starts here
Albsteig
- 83 km in 5 stages, from Albbruck via St. Blasien to the Feldberg and back
- Stage 3 ends with us, stage 4 starts here, stage 5 ends here again
One night or base camp
- Stage town: arrive, sleep in, walk on – your luggage can travel ahead
- Base camp: back to the same bed every evening, driven to the start at 8 am, collected in the evening
gretyl’s grand loop
- Both trails back to back: 10 stages, 202 km
- Three nights with us: after stage 3, after stage 8 and at the finish
Quick questions
- Just one night? Yes.
- Breakfast included? Yes.
- Shuttle and luggage transfer? Yes, through gretyl.
All stages and details?
Your accommodation on the Schluchtensteig and Albsteig in St. Blasien
Both trails pass our front door. Stay one night – or all of them.
St. Blasien is a stage town on the Schluchtensteig and the Albsteig, and the Villa Waldeck sits at the edge of the forest, right on the trail. You arrive on foot, put your boots in the drying room and, after breakfast the next morning, simply walk on.
What hikers find here
No palace. No spa. But everything that matters after twenty kilometres.
Drying room
For clothes and boots. After a rainy day in the gorge, nothing beats warm, dry boots.
Breakfast included
Hearty and regional – enough to carry you to your lunch break. On request we’ll pack you a lunch for the trail.
Sauna & infrared
Warmth that goes deep into your muscles (for a fee). Then out into the garden, onto the terrace – or straight to bed.
Five rooms full of character
As double or single rooms. Quiet, at the edge of the forest, two minutes by car from the centre and the cathedral.
Do you already know when you’re coming?
See straight away which rooms are free on your stage day.
Right in the middle of the Schluchtensteig
The Schluchtensteig runs for 119 kilometres from Stühlingen to Wehr. You reach St. Blasien a little under two thirds of the way along – where your legs know the trail and your mind slowly grows quiet.
- In six stages: stage 4 ends in St. Blasien (from Schluchsee-Fischbach, 20 km), stage 5 starts here (to Todtmoos, 20 km).
- In five stages: stage 3 ends in St. Blasien (from Lenzkirch, 25 km), stage 4 starts here (to Todtmoos, 20 km).
- With the KONUS guest card, buses and trains are free.
One night on the trail – or your base camp
As a stage town
Arrive, sleep in, walk on.
You hike from place to place and need a bed in St. Blasien. Enquire about a room for your stage day – we’ll get back to you with everything you need to know.
Want your luggage to travel ahead? On the stage to us and the first stage away from us, we’ll drive it for you – you put that together with gretyl.
Enquire about a roomAs a base camp
Back to the same bed every evening.
You walk the whole Schluchtensteig and sleep with us every night. At 8 am we drive you to the start of your stage, and in the evening we pick you up at the finish. Your luggage stays in your room.
How many days, which section, what else: you put it together yourself with gretyl.
Put the Schluchtensteig together (DE)The Albsteig passes our door twice
83 kilometres in five stages: from Albbruck up the Alb valley to St. Blasien and then in a loop over the Feldberg pass and back again. Three of the five stages start or end with us.
- Stage 3 ends in St. Blasien (from Wittenschwand, 16.4 km)
- Stage 4 starts here (to the Feldberg pass, 19.6 km)
- Stage 5 ends here again (from the Feldberg pass, 20.5 km)
After stage 3 you sleep with us, after stage 5 you can do so again – or you stay every night, with the villa as your base camp.
gretyl’s grand loop: three stays with us
The Schluchtensteig meets the Albsteig.
If you walk both trails back to back, you’re on the move for ten stages and 202 kilometres – and you knock on our door three times: coming out of the gorges after stage 3, up from the Alb valley after stage 8 and down from the Feldberg after stage 10. Then the Villa Waldeck is your finish.
Stay one night each time – or make us your base camp for the whole loop, and we’ll drive you to the start every morning. The loop is put together with gretyl.
Staying overnight on the Schluchtensteig
Is the Villa Waldeck on the Schluchtensteig?
Yes. St. Blasien is a stage town, and the trail passes our door. On stages that end or start in St. Blasien, you walk right up to us and set off from here.
Is the Villa Waldeck on the Albsteig too?
Yes, twice in fact. Stage 3 of the Albsteig ends in St. Blasien, stage 4 starts here, and stage 5 leads from the Feldberg pass back to us.
Can I walk the Schluchtensteig and Albsteig back to back?
Yes. At gretyl this is called “gretyl’s grand loop”: ten stages from Stühlingen to St. Blasien, arriving with us three times – after stage 3, after stage 8 and at the finish. You can stay one night each time or use the villa as your base camp for the whole loop.
Can I stay for just one night?
Yes. You arrive in the evening and walk on after breakfast the next morning. Check the calendar to see whether a room is free on your stage day, and send us an enquiry.
Can I dry wet clothes and boots?
Yes, we have a drying room for that. And for your legs there’s a sauna and an infrared cabin (for a fee).
Is there a luggage transfer and a shuttle?
Yes, through gretyl. If you stay every night with us as a base-camp guest, we drive you to the start in the morning and pick you up in the evening – your luggage stays in your room. If you hike from place to place, we drive your luggage on the stage to us and on the first stage away from us. You put both together at gretyl.net/fernwandern (DE).
Is breakfast included in the price?
Yes – our room prices include breakfast. You’ll find the prices for double and single rooms under Rooms & prices.
Where exactly is the Villa Waldeck in St. Blasien?
On the Albtalstraße at the edge of the forest, two minutes by car from the centre and the cathedral. You’ll find the way to us under Getting here. During your stay, buses and trains are free with the KONUS guest card.
Stages, shuttle, luggage – explained in one place
The Villa Waldeck is gretyl’s base camp. You’ll find everything about long-distance hiking there.