Picturesque half-timbered towns, Heidelberg-Casle, proud fortresses and natural monuments shrouded in legend, such as the Sea of Rocks near Reichenbach: the Odenwald Forest and the Bergstraße offer a multitude of scenic and cultural sights. Spring on the Bergstraße is almost Meditarranean with its glorious show of fruit and almond blessom. The ivory workshops in Erbach in the heart of the Odenwald and the Art Nouveau buildings in Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt are unique.