While spas in North America tend to focus on weight loss and relaxation, European spas have long purported to promote good health and cure ailments. That's not to say, however, that a visitor can't ...

2002-06-30 04:00:00 PDT Bad Bertrich, Germany-- I was standing in my underpants and a T-shirt, facing a man in a white suit holding a hose. When he blasted my legs with cold water, I gasped. I pivoted ...

YOU’LL find perfume, chocolate and a super spa in this German gem, says writer Janice Hopper. Enjoy super-walkable Christmas markets, the Farina Fragrance Museum and Schokoladenmuseum for chocolate ...