Parkhotel Bad Schandau

: resting place with look out

Hiking

Saxon Switzerland with its 400 kilometres of marked hiking trails differing in various degrees of difficulty and length is therefore well accessible.
For your tours we recommend the following equipment: ankle-high boots, weatherproofed clothing, a map, a packed lunch and your passport (for crossing the border to the Czech Republic).
For a selection of hiking tours starting nearby the hotel, please get in touch with the reception desk.

Hiking tour 1

Nature trail Flößersteig
duration: approx. 4 hours

starting point: Parkhotel Bad Schandau

tour: Bad Schandau - Kirnitzschtal - tram station - Kurhaus - Waldhäusel - camping site Ostrauer Mühle - waterfall of Lichtenhain - Felsenmühle - technical monument Neumannmühle - back to Bad Schandau by bus

worth seeing: Kirnitzschtalbahn, waterfall of Lichtenhain, Neumannmühle

nature: modest hiking trail along the Kirnitzschtal

Hiking tour 2

Schrammstein outlook
duration: approx. 4.5 hours

starting point: Parkhotel Bad Schandau

tour: elevator in Ostrau - Klüftelweg - Schrammsteinbaude - Lattengrund - Schrammsteinweg - Jägersteig - Schrammstein outlook - Zurückesteig - Reitsteig - Großer Winterberg - Bergsteig - Schmilka - ferry crossing to the train station of Schmilka - back toBad Schandau by train

worth seeing: electrical elevator (vis-à-vis of our hotel), Schrammstein outlook, Kipphorn outlook

nature: hiking tour has many ups and downs

Hiking tour 3

Lower Affensteinweg
duration: approx. 4.5 Stunden

starting point: Parkhotel Bad Schandau

tour: Lutherweg - Ostrau - Zahnsgrund - Backofen - Wenzelweg - Königsplatz - Zeughausweg - lower Affensteinweg - Königsweg - Frienstein (Idagrotte) - upper Affensteinweg - Kleiner Winterberg - Fremdenweg - Neuer Wildenstein (Kuhstall) - waterfall of Lichtenhain - back by bus or Kirnitzschtalbahn

worth seeing: outlook Frienstein, Kleiner Winterberg, Neuer Wildenstein

nature: medium heavy tour, many ups and downs, 'upper Affenstein' is a narrow mountain path

The Malerweg

The most traditional hiking route through Saxon Switzerland is the "Painter's Pathway" (Malerweg). Following the footprints of famous artists such as Caspar David Friedrich or Ludwig Richter, poets like Hans Christian Andersen and writers like C. H. Nicolai, hikers see places which, 200 years ago, already inspired to works of art now known all over the world.

If you are interested in an individual guided hiking tour, the hotel reception will be pleased to inform you about the numerous possibilities.

On the following homepage you can find detailed information about the Malerweg http://www.malerweg.de.