Baden-Baden is one of Europe’s most stylish and beautiful small towns, a fashionable spa for almost 200 years, and setting for the prestigious Easter Festival. The town is surrounded by the Black Forest and has magnificent parks, gardens and open spaces. The Lichtenaler Allee cuts through the town, a verdant and arcadian oasis of trees and shrubs along the River Oos, a tributary of the Rhine. With its elegant and beautifully appointed Festspielhaus, opened in 1998 in the town’s former ducal railway station, Baden-Baden is now firmly at the centre of musical Europe with performances of the highest international standard given throughout the year.