Erfurt boasts a picturesque and lovingly renovated Old Town with welcoming street cafés and fine dining, as well as modern venues catering for conventions and other events. In the surrounding countryside, medieval fortresses, baroque chateaux and renovated industrial monuments provide attractive locations for functions, incentive events and meetings. The Thuringian Forest Nature Park, which lies only about 30 to 40 minutes to the south of Erfurt by road, offers plenty of scope for excursions, nature tours and adventure.