Baltic Sea Coast: Stralsund – Usedom

From Stralsund to Usedom

Discover the beauties of Usedom, the ‚Bath tub of Berlin‘ and enjoy the silent cycle stages on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Delight yourself on silent angles and forests, bizarre coastal lines, the romantic reet belt of the Oderhaff, idyllic lakes and biotopes with grey herons colonies. At Usedom attracts the splendid 40 km long phantasmagoric beach and nostalgic coastal resorts. Stroll along the promenade from Bansin, Heringsdorf to Ahlbeck and relax on the wooden sea bridge.

1. day Stralsund arrival

Use the day of arrival to explore the beautiful old town of Stralsund. Marvel at the churches, the monastery or the fascinating marine museum. Taking over of the bikes until 5 p.m. and tour meeting. Accommodation in Stralsund.

2. day Stralsund - Greifswald / surroundings 33 - 50 km

You get along the Strelasund, through alleyways, to Brandenhagen to the sea raven colony. On the other side of the Strelasund is the peninsula of Zudar. Soon the silhouette of the Greiswald cathedral and of the town will be visible. Casphar David Friedrich painted the monastery ruin Eldena. Accommodation in Greifswald.

3. day Greifswald - Northern Usedom approx. 45 - 60 km

Through the silent back-country you will get to Wolgast, the gate to island Usedom. On untroubled bikeways you cycle over the island to the seaside. Over Trassenheide the way goes though dike forests to the seaside resort Zinnowitz. Accommodation in Zinnowitz/neighbourhood or Karlshagen.

4. day Northern Usedom - Bansin / Heringsdorf / Ahlbeck approx. 22 - 34 km

Old hotels preserved the flair of former times in Zinnowitz. From the beach you can see the ample coastline from Peenemünde to Koserow. The way leads along between Baltic Sea and backwater to the three sisters Bansin, Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck. Accommodation in one of the three sisters.

5. day Bansin / Heringsdorf / Ahlbeck - Anklam 45 - 57 km + train to Stralsund

Heringsdorf is the dressiest and oldest seaside resort at Usedom. It is connected over the promenade, where you may take a stroll, with Bansin and Ahlbeck. Pretty soon, you leave the colourful life of the Seaside resorts behind and dive into the silence of the back-country. The land is rich in history of former times. From the coast you will get over the island, where today European otter are still native in lakes and brooks, to Usedom the town of which the island received its name. You will leave Usedom and will enjoy a transfer by train from Anklam to Stralsund. Accommodation in Stralsund.

6. day Stralsund departure

After breakfast individual departure. From Stralsund good train connections to Berlin or Hamburg. On request it is possible to book further nights in Stralsund.

Worth knowing

Below you will find specific information about the Stralsund - Usedom bike trail and surroundings. If you have further questions about this trip, you simply call us: Phone: 06421 – 886890.

Arrival by train

Stralsund is easily accessible from all major cities in Germany by train. We recommend to take a taxi from the station to get to our partner hotels in Stralsund. Current schedule information and price information can be found at: www.bahn.de.

Train schedule information

Parking facilities at the hotel

A limited number are on-site parkingis available. The pitches can not be pre-booked. On the office compound of the Mecklenburg cycling tour a limited number of parking spaces are available (according to availability). A reservation is not possible.

Detailed information on parking at the hotel booked for you, you will receive together with the travel documents two weeks prior to departure.

Condition of cycle paths

ou cycle mostly on cycle paths and rarely traveled side roads, somtimes on hiking trails and very seldom on country lanes. On the first stage, the route leads over a cobblestone alley, but it can be avoided. The route is very well signposted.

Available rental bikes

There are 8-speed gear shift bikes (ladies and gentlemen) with gearhub and 24-speed gear shift freewheel bikes (ladies and gentlemen) available. Wheels with low access and children's bikes are available on request.

Extra costs

A possibly applicable tourism tax is not part of the travel price and therefore has to be paid at the hotel locally. The use of the rental bikes during additional nights is possible for a surcharge. Please state this request when booking.

7 day hotline service

Just in case the bike chain breaks, flooding makes it impossible to continue your tour or any other nasty surprise: You can reach us seven days a week and we will do anything to help you as fast as possible.

Passport and visa requirements, health regulations

For EU citizens, there are no special passport or visa requirements and no health formalities to be considered for this trip.

Corona travel information:
Before booking your trip, please inform yourself about the measures in place to contain the Corona pandemic.

Information on current decisions of the German Federal Government can be found here:
https://www.bundesregierung.de/corona-these-rules-and-restrictions-apply

Current information on entry requirements to Germany can be found here:
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/coronavirus

You can also find more information on our website at:
Corona virus and holiday planning

Travel insurance

The tour price already includes the statutory insolvency insurance. In addition, we recommend that you take out travel cancellation insurance upon receipt of your travel confirmation in order to protect yourself against financial disadvantages in the event of travel cancellation, interruption of travel, illness or accident.

Nikolai church

The oldest of the three Stralsund parish churches is the monumental St. Nikolaikirche at the Alter Markt. It has been in the stage of a comprehensive restoration for years. Even now, with its two imposing organs, Buchholz and Schuke, it is one of the most beautiful sacral buildings in Northern Europe.

Nikolai-Kirche

St. Johannis monastery

The peculiarity of this monastery is the historically evolved side-by-side and interrelatedness of various architectural periods, the individual phases of the dominant Gothic, Baroque and Classicism. The chapter hall with its cross vault and its gothic wall paintings offers a fascinating atmosphere for concerts and lectures.

St. Johannis monastery

Caspar-David-Friedrich

He is the most famous son of the city of Greifswald - the great painter of Romanticism: Caspar David Friedrich. His paintings with the motifs of the monastery ruins of Eldena, the market square or the silhouette of Greifswald are known to people from all over the world and have made the city famous beyond the national borders. A pictorial trail is reminiscent of its traces in the University and Hansestadt.

Caspar-David-Friedrich

Der Streckelberg

The legendary Streckelsberg is with its 60 meters the highest elevation on the island of Usedom. "Witterbarg" (= white mountain) used to be called by the fishermen and peasants the Streckelsberg, when the wind still carried the sand of its peak up to the fields of Koserow and Loddin.

Streckelberg

Atelier Otto Niemeyer-Holstein

The studio Otto Niemeyer-Holstein is one of the special attractions of the island of Usedom:

A refuge in which art and nature meet directly. The property, whose unique architecture, with its gardens and sculptures, already appears in itself as a work of art, is reminiscent of the eminent painter of the German East seas: Otto Niemeyer-Holstein (1896-1984).

Atelier Otto Niemeyer-Holstein

Sea bridge Heringsdorf

About 20 sea bridges rise up along the extensive expanse of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern into the Baltic Sea. They were originally designed not only as promenades extended into the sea, but also as a landing strip for incoming visitors of the seaside: in this way tourists could travel directly to their resort by ship 100 years ago without first having to change into small shaky boats off the coast, Who completed the last meters on the water to the holiday resort.

Sea bridge Heringsdorf

Heringsdorf beach

"The beach is stone-free, its sand grainy white and only a little brownish in autumn and spring. The sea has a sandy and light background, runs flat from the coast to greater depths, is mildly saline and looks blue in the sun Thunderstorm green, white in the storm and black in the night. " (Hans Werner Richter)