Strandnest Holiday Home · Heringsdorf, Usedom
The piers, the spa, the promenade and the tables we like to sit at ourselves – collected in one place so you don't have to search.
In the Kaiserbäder
Ahlbeck, Heringsdorf and Bansin form the Kaiserbäder – practically on your doorstep.
Pier
Seebad Ahlbeck
Germany's oldest pier: completed in 1898, now a listed monument and the landmark of the resort. In front of it stands the Art Nouveau clock, given to the town by a spa guest in 1911 – the comedian Loriot filmed scenes for “Pappa ante Portas” here in 1990.
Pier
Seebad Heringsdorf
508 m long, making it the longest pier in Germany – opened on 3 June 1995, with around 300 m of it covered over the water. At its head is the restaurant with the pyramid-shaped roof, excursion boats dock below, and the building complex on land houses a shell museum, cinema, shops and restaurants.
Promenade
Bansin – Heringsdorf – Ahlbeck – Świnoujście
At 12 km, the longest beach promenade in Europe: it links the three Kaiserbäder Bansin, Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck and continues along the former border strip into Świnoujście in Poland. Fine sand and the Baltic Sea on one side, historic spa architecture and dune forest on the other – with plenty of cafés and restaurants along the way.
Pool & sauna
Lindenstraße 60, Seebad Ahlbeck
The rainy-day escape: six pools, three of them with Heringsdorf iodine brine from 408 m below ground, plus an outdoor pool at around 33 °C and a water grotto with two six-metre slides. The sauna area offers a bio sauna, an 80 °C sauna, infrared cabins and two log-cabin saunas up to 110 °C – with brine infusions several times a day. Next door is the observation tower: platform 20 m above sea level, by lift or 171 steps.
Day trips
Both of these trips are worth a whole day – and both work well in rainy weather too.
Day trip
On the beach promenade, Zinnowitz
Under the Baltic Sea without getting wet: the visitor deck of the diving gondola descends to 4 m below the surface and hovers one metre above the seabed. During the dive the crew explains what you can see through the windows – fish, jellyfish, crabs and mussels. About 25 km along the coast.
Across the border
Świnoujście, Poland
A different country within the hour: Świnoujście borders directly on Ahlbeck and can be reached from the house on foot or by bike. The Polish port and spa town has wide promenades, a long sandy beach, a spa quarter, historic fortifications and the year-round Polish market along the road into the centre.
Eating out
Fish, a panoramic terrace or a long breakfast: we can recommend these four places with a clear conscience.
Restaurant
Kulmstr. 33 / corner of the beach promenade, Heringsdorf
Regional cuisine, reinterpreted: in the first MARC O’POLO concept store – inspired by the historic beach casino of 1897 – O’NE cooks with ingredients from local hunters, fishermen and farmers. From tartare to fish soup to the signature burger, daily from 11 am. In the same building, Claudio Mazzucato serves Italian soul food at The O’Room da Claudio.
Breakfast & dinner
Rathenaustraße 3, Ahlbeck
The name is a fish: “la braca” is Italian for the bream from the Achterwasser lagoon. At BRACA in the hotel the breeze, Baltic cuisine meets Mediterranean influences – in the show kitchen, on the gallery overlooking the sea and on the terrace. Breakfast is served 7–11 am, lunch 1–4:30 pm and dinner 5:30–10 pm.
Fish restaurant
Friedenstr. 12 / Brunnenstr., Heringsdorf
Freshly caught Baltic fish, smoked fish and Pomeranian cuisine – at Domke you choose at the counter and watch it being prepared. Alongside the fish pavilion in Heringsdorf, the family also runs the Fischhus with beer garden in Ahlbeck and Domke am Meer in Bansin.
Panorama restaurant
Dünenstraße 19-21, Strandhotel Ahlbeck
At thirty metres, the highest restaurant on Usedom: the view sweeps over the sea and the three Kaiserbäder, especially at sunset. Honest cooking on the lava grill – fish, regional specialities and meat from local farmers, served in the restaurant, on the terrace or at the bar.
Booking and the availability calendar are handled by UsedomTravel (website in German). If you'd like to know the best way to get to any of these places, just ask us.
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