Bad Saarow on Lake ScharmĂĽtzelsee: Spa Gardens, Thermal Baths and History
Accommodation in Bad Saarow
The shores of Lake ScharmĂĽtzelsee, the spa gardens and the thermal baths offer visitors to Bad Saarow a variety of ways to spend their days. There are also cultural venues and tours focused on local history, activities on the water and relaxation. These places and activities provide specific ideas for your visit.
The spa gardens and lakeshore as a starting point
Bad Saarow Spa Gardens combine mature trees with a lakeside terrace, pavilion, pergola and FĂĽrstengraben. The U-shaped ensemble opens onto the lakeshore, where visitors can watch the sunset. The gardens thus bring together carefully designed grounds and views of the water.
Bad Saarow has 15 kilometres of shoreline on Lake ScharmĂĽtzelsee and a lakeside promenade. In the surrounding area, Lake ScharmĂĽtzelsee is one of the largest natural lakes in the Mark Brandenburg region. Around Bad Saarow, the lake offers opportunities for boat trips and is used for sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing. If you would like to focus your stay more on the water and the lakeshore, you will find different ideas here than you would for a day spent exploring the gardens and local history.
Spa history and cultural venues
The spa town flourished during the Roaring Twenties. In 1923, Saarow was established as the municipality of Bad Saarow; Berlin’s art and film scene met there, and international chess tournaments were also held. You can explore this historical side of the town at various cultural venues.
The exhibition “Metropole & Province” at Bad Saarow’s historic railway station explores more than 100 years of the town’s history. A smaller exhibition focuses on Jewish heritage in Bad Saarow. Access to the exhibitions depends on the Tourist Information’s opening hours. The Scharwenka Cultural Forum houses Brandenburg’s first musicians’ museum, along with the Scharwenka Archive.
The starting point of a tour can also shape how you discover the town: the Bad Saarow History Tour begins and ends at the Tourist Information at Bahnhofsplatz 4, 15526 Bad Saarow. This makes it possible to plan a visit around a specific historical focus.
Thermal baths or tours: different ways to spend the day
SaarowTherme is located on the shore of Lake Scharmützelsee in Bad Saarow. It offers relaxation in natural thermal brine from the Catharinenquelle spring and has a thermal brine pool heated to 36 °C. Facilities also include a sauna area with a panoramic sauna. As individual facilities may change, check the latest information before your visit.
For a tour of discovery around Bad Saarow, try a different kind of outing: “Dream Houses in Bad Saarow” is four kilometres long, runs mostly on paved paths, and begins and ends at Bad Saarow railway station. Audio features bring the local “dream houses” to life. The cycle tour around Lake Scharmützelsee also starts and ends at the station; it mostly follows paved cycle paths and offers opportunities to stop for a swim. Path conditions may change.
The tours offer different focuses: “Dream Houses” centres on audio features and a clearly stated route length, while the cycle tour focuses on riding around the lake and possible swimming stops. The History Tour, in turn, begins and ends at the Tourist Information. If you are travelling together, these differences can help you tailor your day plans to the interests of your fellow travellers. Choosing accommodation thus becomes part of deciding which sides of Bad Saarow you would like to experience.
Discover more destinations
Discover more destinations: FĂĽrstenwalde/Spree, GroĂź Lindow, BerkenbrĂĽck, Rietz-Neuendorf, Briesen, Schlaubetal, Jacobsdorf, Rauen.
For the overview of the wider region: Oder-Spree.
