Prora is a district of the municipality of Ostseebad Binz on the island of Rügen and lies directly on the Baltic Sea coast in the Prorer Wiek. It combines nature and history like no other coastal resort.
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The once grey «Colossus of Prora», planned in 1939 as a KdF (Power-through-joy Resort), now shines in new splendour over a length of 4.5 km. In addition to a youth hostel, luxury holiday flats and residential property, a museum mile has been created there with the NVA Museum, Oldtimer Museum, Rügen Toy and Doll Museum and a sand sculpture exhibition. The world's best sand artists present gigantic sand sculptures made of more than 9,000 tonnes of sand on an area of 4,000 m².
Not far from the sea and beach, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's first tree-top walk awaits its visitors. 1,250 metres high, the path of the Rügen Natural Heritage Centre winds its way to the gigantic treetops of the beech forest. It leads up a gentle incline to the "Eagle's Nest" at a height of 82 metres. Even prams and wheelchairs can make the ascent effortlessly. At eye level with the beech forest, you can enjoy the impressive view over the Bodden, the hilly country and the forests from the viewing platform.
Seemingly endless, the 40-hectare Flintstone Fields boulder field stretches into the landscape near the Baltic Sea coast at Prora. The natural monument lies on the other side of the road at the "Schmalen Heide" and can only be reached by a narrow footpath. Around 200 metres wide and 2 kilometres long, up to 14 stone ramparts lie there one after the other. Some of them are up to 25 metres wide and one metre high. Presumably, the stones were gradually washed out of Jasmund's chalk coast and then carried here by a series of storm tides or currents.
Since the extension of the beach promenade from Binz to Prora, more and more holidaymakers are discovering the qualities of this holiday offer in the north of the Baltic Sea resort.
By car:
Approach via the A20 and the Rügen approach road to Stralsund, the Rügen Bridge crossing the B96 to Bergen, continue on the B196 via Karow or Serams to Binz (alternatives: via the Ziegelgraben bridge / Rügen Causeway or on the seasonal Stahlbrode-Glewitz ferry)
By train:
There are IC connections to the Binz station from all over Germany
By bus:
Various long-distance bus lines are available.
Medical wellness:
Hotel Meersinn
8 Schillerstreet
✆ 004938393 6630
www.meersinn.de
Ayurveda treatments & therapies:
Grand Hotel Binz - Hotel Arkona
Dr. Hutter e.K.
7 Strandpromenade
✆ 004938393 150
www.grandhotelbinz.com
You can find more hotels and guesthouses at www.gastgeber-binz.de and www.binzer-bucht.de and in the Binz accommodation Directory.
The nearest hospital is located in Bergen auf Rügen, about 15 km away.
Information at www.binzer-bucht.de
Dr. med. Manuela Tomschin
General Medicine
Margaret Street 14
18609 Baltic resort Binz
✆ 004938393 2315
@ dr.tomschin@gmx.de
www.drtomschin.de
| Sportive |
tennis, volleyball, water sports, surfing, kiting, swimming, fishing |
| Attractions |
Guided tours, classicistic spa architecture, museum, pier, special botany, Granitz hunting lodge, natural heritage centre of Rügen, Colossus of Prora (former KdF seaside resort), Schmachter See, Kurplatz |
| Culture |
library, readings, lectures, galleries, exhibitions, concerts, theatre, cabaret, film screenings |
| Excursions |
Boat trips, bicycle tours, historical narrow-gauge railway, bicycle rental, e-bike rental, hiking, treetop path |
| Fun and Games |
minigolf, creative offers, children's animation, indoor playground |
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