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Above left Steam train on the narrow-gauge
better view, walk 500 m (547 yards) 4 Kap Arkona Rasender Roland Above right Beautiful
south to the Victoriasicht view point Two lighthouses (open daily), the white-sand beach at Binz Below White
or to the beach via steep steps. smaller by the 19th-century Prussian chalk cliff at Kap Arkona, Rügen
ª Continue down the road to rejoin architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel,
B96, then head towards Altenkirchen. afford a view over the rapefields
Turn right to reach the car park at that cover the cliffs of Kap Arkona,
Putgarten. Tourist trains leave every the wind-blown tip of Rügen. A
10 minutes for Kap Arkona and Vitt; 2-km (1-mile) path around the
otherwise it is a 2-km (1-mile) walk. cape returns to the car park via
the earth works of the Jaromarsburg
Strolling the Stubbenkammer (open daily), a for tified temple of
The Königsstuhl is the most the Slavic tribes who occupied
accessible of the Stubbenkammer Rügen until the 12th century.
cliffs that line Rügen’s east coast. Continue on the path to Vitt, an
Marked by a blue stripe, the idyllic ancient fishing hamlet cupped
Hochuferweg path is a beautiful in a dell behind the beach, where
clifftop trail that leads south to Slavic runes number some houses.
Sassnitz. This 8-km (5-mile) long path, Do not miss the folk mural in the
with beech woods on one side and
a shifting emerald-jade sea on the village’s 19th-cen tury chapel.
other, passes the Kollicker Ort navi- ª Return to Altenkirchen, then go to
gation light before proceed ing Wiek, and take the car ferry, Wittower
through Ernst, Moritz, Arndt, Sicht Fähre. Drive to Gingst, then join the
and the Wissower Klinken view- B96 at Samtens, and past Stralsund,
points. Another hour’s walk leads to join the B105 to Greifswald. Parking
Sassnitz, from where there are taxis is available at the Zentrum, by the
or buses back to Königsstuhl.
harbour and at the Markt.

EAT AND DRINK IN RÜGEN
Zum goldenen Anker inexpensive
Housed in a pretty, historic inn, this
restaurant in Kap Arkona serves
seasonal Baltic fish.
Vitt 2, 18556; 038391 121 34;
www.gasthof-vitt.de
Strandhalle Binz moderate
Well-known for Mecklenburg dishes
as interpreted by gourmet chef Toni
Münsterteicher, this restaurant is
housed in a vintage seaside hall in
Binz and has an eclectic decor.
Strandpromenade 5, 18609; 038393
315 64; www.strandhalle-binz.de;
closed early Jan–late-Mar
Eat and Drink: inexpensive, under €20; moderate, €20–€40; expensive, over €40

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