Even if you find it hard to tear your children away from the holiday farm, it's still a good idea to plan some excursions. The surroundings of Franzenhof offer too many highlights to miss.

For those who can't decide between the sea and the mountains, Lake Constance, with its Mediterranean lightness and the massive Alps behind it, is the ideal holiday destination. Strolling along the lakeside promenade, tasting the best ice cream at Kibele in Hagnau, and paddling on the waves with a paddleboat are just as possible as lacing up your hiking boots the next day, floating up to airy heights within an hour on the cable car, and experiencing the lake from above in a completely different perspective.

And between the holiday farm and Lake Constance, everything is possible: