Holiday in Stuttgart

About Stuttgart

Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, is beautifully nestled in a basin between vineyards and wooded heights and is the birthplace of the automobile — here, Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler independently invented the automobile in 1886. The Mercedes-Benz Museum and the Porsche Museum are among the most spectacular automobile museums in the world and tell the story of mobility on futuristic architectural floors. The Stuttgart city center offers an elegant core with Schlossplatz, the New and Old Castle, and the bustling Königstraße. The State Gallery, a masterpiece of postmodern architecture by James Stirling, houses an outstanding art collection from the Old Masters to modern times. The Stuttgart Ballet under John Cranko and later Reid Anderson gained worldwide fame and is one of the leading ballet companies in the world. The Wilhelma, Germany's only zoological-botanical garden, combines 11,000 animals and 8,500 plant species in Moorish palace architecture. The vineyards extend into the city center — Stuttgart is the only large German city with viticulture within its city limits. A hike through the wine trails or a visit to the Besen and Straußwirtschaften, where winemakers serve their own wine, is part of the Stuttgart lifestyle. The market hall in Art Nouveau style offers delicacies from around the world. The Stuttgart TV tower, built in 1956 as the world's first television tower in reinforced concrete, offers a panoramic view up to 150 meters high, reaching the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest.