home

Nature Park Travel - Europe off the beaten track

Berlin

Contact A-Z Search

suggest this link to a friend

print - text only

Berlin tourist information

home > Berlin > Wellness, Swimming Pools, Rivers & Lakes

drawing by Heinrich Zille

drawing by Heinrich Zille

City Trips: Berlin, Germany

In Berlin you are never far from water: Take a

boat trip on the rivers and canals,

swim in the lakes and swimming pools,

go to a sauna, a wellness spa or fun pool,

wellness hotels in Berlin & Potsdam.

A special experience are the Turkish Steam Baths Hamam for women in Kreuzberg and - also for men - in Schoeneberg.

The Glashaus-Arena on the Treptow Spree bank offers theater, music, party and a swimming pool on a boat anchored in the Spree river.

>> online city map >>printed travel guides & maps
>>transport >>addresses & links >>accommodation, hotels

Boat trips

Spree river, Havel river and several canals run through Berlin from East to West, from South to North. By boat you float along the Spree river starting off on the Mueggelsee lakes via Koepenick and Treptow, Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, past Nikolai quarter, via Reichstag and Schloss Bellevue to Spandau at the confluence with the Havel river. From here, you continue north on the Havel river to Tegeler See lake or south past Grunewald, via Pfaueninsel and Wannsee to Potsdam.

Central boat piers are at Schlossbruecke, at Zeughaus and at the Pergamon-Museum on Museums Island (S-train station Hackescher Markt, S3, S5, S7 S 75, S9, bus 100, 200), at Potsdamer Platz (S- and U-train station, S1, S2, S25, S26, U2, bus 200) , at Nikolai quarter (S- and U-train station Alexanderplatz S3, S5, S7, S75, S9, U8), at Friedrichsstrasse (S- and U-train station Friedrichstrasse S1, S2, S25, S3, S5, S7, S75, S9, U6) and at Jannowitzbruecke (S-train station S3, S5, S7, S75, S9) , Schloss Charlottenburg (U-train station Mierendorffplatz, U7) and Spandau (U-train station Rathaus Spandau, U7).

You find timetables and a virtual boattrip here in the internet, you can buy maps online.

Municipal Swimming Pools, Lakes

The pool of the Olympia stadion is open to the public (U- and S-train station, U2, S75).

In Volkspark Jungfernheide park at Tegel airport you find an open air swimming pool (U-train stations Jakob-Kaiser-Platz, Halemweg, Siemensdamm, U7).

Near Volkspark Rehberge park in Wedding there is a swimming pool at Ploetzensee lake (Seestrasse 80, tram M13, M50, bus 327 from U-train station Osloer Strasse, U8, U9).

You rent boats and swim in the open air swimming pool at Weissen See lake in Pankow (Berliner Allee 150, tram 12, 27 from S- and U-train station Friedrichstrasse).

You swim in the lake of Volkspark Wuhlheide park (S-train station Wuhlheide, S3).

In Grunewald you swim in Krumme Lanke lake (U-train station, U1) and in Schlachtensee lake (S-train station, S1).

natureparktravel.com partner

Grunewald forest at Lake Schlachtensee
Hotel Landhaus Schlachtensee
Bogotastrasse 9
internet, bicycle rental, sauna
from (ca.) 60.00 Euro onwards
>> book online via hotel.de

>> more hotels in Potsdam

You swim in Tegeler See lake and there is an open air swimming pool nearby (U-train station Alt Tegel, U6).

Strandbad Wannsee lakeside beach is very popular in summer (S-train station Nikolassee, Wannsee, S1, S7, regional train RE1 from Ostbahnhof, Alexanderplatz, Friedrichstrasse or Zoologischer Garten, then bus 118, 218, 318), the same goes for Mueggelsee lake (S-train station Friedrichshagen, S3, then tram 60, 61).

natureparktravel.com partner

beautifully situated at a branch of Lake Wannsee, near Klein-Glienicke and Babelsberg Park
Concorde Hotel Forsthaus am Wannsee
Stoelpchenweg 45
internet, bicycle rental
from (ca.) 45.00 Euro onwards
>> book online via hotel.de
or
>> via booking.com

>> more hotels in Potsdam

Wellness and Fun Pools, Sauna, Municipal Swimming Pools

In winter you heat up in the Thermen am Europa-Center - sauna, steam bath, thermal brine and massage (U-train station Wittenbergplatz, U1, U2, U3). The former blub Badeparadies - now "Saunawelt al Andalus" - in Neukoelln (U-train station Grenzallee, U7) offers sauna and steambath. The indoor swimming pool at Spreewaldplatz in Kreuzberg (U-train station Goerlitzer Bahnhof, U1) owns wave pools and water slides.

You swim and sauna in stylish historic surroundings in the Art Noveau indoor swimming pool of Stadtbad Charlottenburg (U-train station Richard-Wagner-Platz, U7, Deutsche Oper, U2)or in Classicist Roman Style in the Stadtbad Neukoelln (U-train station Rathaus Neukölln, Karl-Marx-Strasse, U7): The two indoor swimming pools were built around 1900.

Chill Out

The Glashaus-Arena on the Spree river bank in Treptow is a former bus depot. At the anchoring spa ship you find a swimming pool, there is a club and restaurant ship next door. In the Glashaus-Arena concerts take place, theater performances and parties (U-train station Schlesisches Tor, U 1, S-train station Treptower Park, S9, S42, S41, or station Eichenstrasse, bus 265, N48).

Turkish steam baths - Hamam

Women relax in Kreuzberg in the Turkish Steam Bath Hamam (Mariannenstrasse 6, U-train station Kottbusser Tor, U1) - including massages, face and skin treatment. There are men's days in Sultan Hamam in Buelowstrasse 57 in Schoeneberg (U-train station Buelowstrasse, U2) .

Berlin and Potsdam wellness hotels

natureparktravel.com partner

situated at the Spandau Lake, on Spandau's waterfront, on the site of the former Schultheiss brewery, 3500sqm spa, fitness & wellness area, restaurant and terrace
Centrovital Hotel
gay friendly, sole thermal bath, sauna landscape, the most modern fitness devices, solarium, Turkish steam bath, indoor swimming pool
pets allowed, rooms / facilities for disabled
Neuendorfer Strasse 25/ Brauereihof 6
from (ca.) 79 Euro
>> book online via hotel.de or
>> via booking.com

in a 150 years old former storage building designed by Persius, situated at the Havel bank
1.100 suare meters wellness & fitness area, restaurant, terrace and boat pier
gay friendly
Clarion Collection art'otel Potsdam
Zeppelinstrasse 136
from (ca.) 60 Euro onwards
short breaks & getaways, holidays & New Years Eve specials
>> book online via hotel.de
or
>> via booking.com

in a 150 year old former warehouse at the Havel bank designed by Persius
1.100 sqm wellness & fitness-area
art'otel Potsdam
gay friendly
internet, bicycle rental, design hotel
garden terrace, boat pier
Zeppelinstrasse 136
from (ca.) 77,50 Euro onwards
weekend getaways, holiday specials
>> book online via hotel.de or
>> via booking.com

in the Potsdam wild game park "Wildpark" near Schwielowsee
Hotel Bayerisches Haus
wellness & beauty area, sauna, fitness center, golf course (at 2 mile distance), solarium, spa & wellness center, massage, whirlpool
bicycle rental, internet
Im Wildpark 1
ab (ca.) 82 Euro
>> book via booking.com

at Lake Petzinsee , between forest, meadows and Lake Schwielowsee
Hotel Landhaus Geliti
restaurant, garden terrace, rooms/facilities for handicapped
bicycle rental, rowing boat rental, internet
from autumn 2007 onwards: wellness area, swimming pool, sauna and steam bath, beauty & massage
free shuttle service to Potsdam Main Station
Wentorfstrasse 2
from (ca.) 59 Euro
>> book online via booking.com

lake side houses, yacht haven, marina, wellness area
Resort Schwielowsee
restaurant, bar
sauna, fitness center, golf course (in 2 mile distance), games room, solarium, spa & wellness center, Tao-Life, massage, kids playground, Turkish sauna/steam bath, hammam, indoor and outdoor swimming pool
bicycle rental, internet
Am Schwielowsee 117
from (ca.) 69 Euro
>> book online via booking.com

Albert Einstein owned a summer house in Caputh
Ringhotel Landhaus Haveltreff
restaurant, bar
solarium, spa & wellness center, massage, whirlpool, Finnish sauna, Turkish sauna/steam bath
internet, bicycle rental, golf club at Lake Seddiner See
Weinbergstrasse 4, Caputh
from (ca.) 62 Euro
>> book online via booking.com

in Neubabelsberg's villa colony
1920s and 1930s UFA-Filmstars lived here
Apart Pension Babelsberg
wellness area, indoor swimming pool, whirlpool, Finnish sauna, aroma steam bath, fitness area, solarium
garden, barbecue facilities and outdoor swimming pool
internet, bicycle rental, golf course (in 2 mile distance)
August-Bier-Strasse 9
from (ca.) 59 Euro onwards
>> book online via hotel.de or
>> via booking.com

>> more hotels, apartments in Potsdam

>> more hotels, apartments in Berlin

top of page <<

... add this link to your website

Arrival at Destination

cheap flights
Cheap Carriers

Online City Map

Printed Travel Guides & Maps

Hotels, Guesthouses, Apartments, Accommodation
Accommodation, Hotel

Addresses & Links

Sightseeing

Walks, Shops & Nightlife

Today's City & the Berlin Myth

City Tours

Forests, Gardens & Parks

History & Architecture

Museums

For Children & Parents

Potsdam

Calendar

Berlin Literature

Photo Gallery

Send a Postcard

Wallpaper & Screensaver

Concept

About Us

Contact

Disclaimer