![]() ![]() Reachable by a romantically old-fashioned steam train, this makes a memorable day out for the whole family. The top is at a height of 145m above sea level and offers excellent views across the entire island. ![]() Situated on the top of the 107m high Tempelberg, near the resort of Binz, the palace offers attractive if unusual architecture built around a central courtyard, and a 38m high tower climbable via a 154-step cast-iron spiral staircase. Granitz is a historic hunting lodge built in somewhat idiosyncratic style in 1723, before a major renovation and extension in 1837. Highlights include: Granitz Hunting Lodge (Jagdschloss Granitz) On a summer’s day the weather can make lounging on the endless white-sand beaches an enticing prospect, but there’s plenty to see and do if you’re feeling a little more energetic. Rügen has its own small airport in Bergen which offers charter flights to and from relatively nearby cities, particularly Hamburg and Berlin, while those with further to travel can use the Baltic Sea Airport at Stralsund or the Rostock-Laage airport for international flights. It is served by both regional and intercity railway lines, by road via two crossings from Stralsund on the mainland, and also by regular car and foot-passenger ferries. ![]() Rügen is very well connected and easy to get to. The highest point of the island is the aptly named Piekberg, which at a mere 161m, shows how suitable this low-lying island is for easy, relaxed exploration. Some areas such as Cape Arkona are car-free for conservation reasons, which also makes for a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere. © Steffen Eichner / FotoliaĪs well as the highly popular bathing beaches drawing the tourists, the natural surroundings are excellent for hiking and cycling. This variety of destinations within one locality makes Rügen an ideal tourism and vacation centre, offering everything a visitor could look for, from more than 60km of unspoiled fine, sandy beaches, to the Jasmund National Park with its heritage forests and sheer white cliffs. Lying in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, it contains the towns Bergen, Sassnitz, Putbus and Garz, alongside the seaside resorts of Binz, Baabe, Göhren, Selling and Thiessow. Rügen is an island just off the Pomeranian coast of the Baltic Sea, and is the largest island in Germany covering over 900 square km. Despite their high latitude, on a summer’s day the Baltic beaches appear almost tropical, with fine white sands arcing gently around crystal-blue seas, bordered by lush greenery.Īlthough the entire Baltic coastline is well worth exploring, possibly the jewel in the Ostsee crown is the island of Rügen, towards the eastern edge of the coastal stretch and approaching the border with Poland. You couldn’t imagine a landscape further away from the German stereotypes of the Alpine south or the industrial north-west. If anyone ever doubted the sheer variety of holiday and tourism destinations that Germany offers, they only need to look at the Baltic beaches in the far north. ![]()
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