At the Saale river’s light beach…

Not only poets dream about the old city of Jena with its university picturesquely surrounded by rocks of chalk in the beautiful Saale valley. Goethe never gave up his beloved Dornburg castles on the high river banks. The most beautiful about the river are the magnificent castles situated along its course. From Saalfeld to Naumburg they seam both sides of the river as closely as seen nowhere else in Germany. Cities like Jena, Naumburg and Halle reflect their glorious history highlights as the northernmost vineyards or the longest salina in Europe long to be discovered.