Tiny houses in Bavarian Forest

The Bavarian Forest is Germany's least-crowded national park, and a tiny house stay here reflects that — properties are genuinely quiet, often on the edge of spruce and beech woodland where lynx and wolves have re-established themselves in the past two decades. The Glass Road through Zwiesel and Frauenau connects a string of centuries-old glassblowing villages; the Baumwipfelpfad treetop walk at Neuschönau is a remarkable piece of infrastructure, spiralling over the forest canopy for over a kilometre.

The best hiking runs May to October, when the Lusen and Rachel massifs are snow-free. December to March brings reliable snow for cross-country skiing on hundreds of kilometres of groomed trails. Grafenau is the park's most useful gateway village. The Czech border is minutes away — Šumava National Park continues the wilderness across the frontier, effectively doubling the available terrain.