Long weekend in sight! 10 ideas for traveling

Leipzig? historical passages, young scene

The capital could become jealous: cultural scene, nightlife, architecture? It is said that the Saxon metropolis is more exciting than Berlin. In addition, charming and relaxed. There's something in it, especially when you visit the historic "Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei" in Plagwitz. The 125-year-old former brick factory town is a lively artists 'village with around a hundred artists' satellites, eleven galleries, workshops, jewelry and fashion makers - and its own outdoor gastronomy in the beautiful garden (Spinnereistrasse 7, www.spinnerei.de).

When the sun is out, the people of Leipzig queue for a (shopping) walk through the beautiful passages (Specks Hof, Mädler Passage, Hansa House) at "Pfeifer". Since 1953, the ice cream cones have gone over the counter of the ice cream parlor with chairs and tables in the GDR design (Kochstraße 20).

Art Deco Bistro in the Südvorstadt: Breakfast is served in the "Maître" on the Etagère, French cuisine in the evening. Reservations! And next door from the patisserie Brioches and fine Leipzig chocolate take (Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 62, Tel 03 41/30 32 89 24, www.cafe-maitre.de).

Bedtime: Hotel "Arcona Living Bach 14" with the restaurant "Weinwirtschaft" and a living room intended for all guests salon with library. DZ / F from 123 euros (Thomaskirchhof 13/14, Tel. 03 41/49 61 40, www.bach14.arcona.de).

More tips at www.leipzig.travel

Jersey? Sun island with long beaches

The lifestyle is relaxing English, the cuisine is French, the vegetation is full: the channel island of Jersey, which is lapped by the Gulf Stream, is the most attractive in spring. "A piece of France that fell into the sea and was picked up by England"? this is how the French writer Victor Hugo described the islands in the English Channel. For all explorers who do not want to miss any corner of the island, there is a good network of cycle paths. Especially the traffic-calmed "Green Lanes", those narrow roads inland, are ideal for driving. On the 80 kilometer long paths you can experience the beauty of Jersey in the most impressive way: on the way you will find many impressive properties such as the white mansion "Samarès Manor" at St Clement. From March to October, the magnificent gardens with unusual herbs, exotic plants and cafés are open to visitors (www.samaresmanor.com).

Rental of wheels: For example, at "Zebra Hire" in St Helier, from about 19 euros / day. There are also guided tours available. Ask for Hugh Gill, a charming and expert on the island (Tel. 0044 (0) 15 34/73 65 56, www.zebrahire.com).

Dining under chandeliers: In the "banjo", either in the restaurant or something casual in the brasserie. Light, international cuisine near the market in a former Victorian club (8 Beresford Street, St Helier JE2 4WN, Jersey, Tel. 0044 (0) 15 34/85 08 90, www.banjojersey.com).

Stay stylish: The "La Place Hotel" is a renovated country house. Next door spacious cottages to rent as holiday homes (from 800 € / week). The beautiful complex is located in the countryside near St. Aubin, in the west of the island. DZ / F from 120 Euro (Route du Coin, La Haule, St Brelade, Jersey JE3 8BT, Tel. 0044 (0) 15 34/74 42 61, www.hotellaplacejersey.com).

More tips at www.jersey.com

Bussloo at Apeldoorn? Relax under the Buddha's eyes

The design spa resort "Thermen Bussloo" on the lake is as big as a small village. An Ottoman bathhouse, a hammam, a large swimming pool and a handful of Finnish and Siberian kelo log houses are grouped around a small park with a sunbathing lawn. This fits the first geyser sauna in the Netherlands. Guests can spend relaxing days in a bathrobe or choose between yoga, meditation, detox weekends and burnout programs. Every bet: Here the exit from the hamster wheel succeeds.

Sleep well: The resort "Thermen Bussloo" with its own restaurant is located in Apeldoorn amidst a flat forest, beach and meadow landscape - ideal for cycling. The spacious 64 rooms and eight suites are decorated in warm shades of brown and turquoise and exude Thai flair. The hosts sent Buddha figures and pictures of their voyages home by ship. DZ / F from 169 euros. Arrangement: three wellness days with two nights, breakfast, sauna, hammam and a relaxation massage or a facial from 294 Euro / person (Bloemenksweg 38, NL-7383 RN Voorst, Tel. 0031/55/368 26 40, www. thermenbussloo.com).

Short journey: From the Rhineland one is there by car in less than three hours.

Rügen and Hiddensee? on foot

Beautiful views, charming landscapes, fascinating light: on the island of Rügen from the 25th of May, the second "hiking spring" instead. For those who like to spend the whole day outside, there are 90 tours over the island and their little sister Hiddensee. You can choose between Nordic walking, excursions to the Jasmund peninsula, explorations with the Ranger in the Granitz or guided tours on the Cape Arkona. During the hikes with the artist Jens Hübner, you can learn to sketch what you see on the way. To kick off on May 15, a star hike with a picnic from Binz, Lohme and Sassnitz to the National Park Center Königsstuhl is on the program. Time to get the hiking boots out of the cellar!

Rügen culinary: off the beaten track in Poseritz is one of the smallest dairies in the country, the "Rügen island fresh". Sylvia Rahm-Präger has come up with delicious home-made creations for the farm shop and the café, such as fresh cheese balls with horseradish, which you can try in the café. Wild fruit spread or sea buckthorn juice with the nostalgic stickers of the dairy, a radiant dairy girl, there in the farm shop (Poseritz Hof 15, Poseritz, Tel 03 83 07/404 29, www.ruegener-inselfrische.de).

Island overnight: "Roewers Privathotel", an ensemble of classic villas with a beautiful spa. DZ / F from 160 Euro. Arrangement with two nights, breakfast buffet, a three-course and a six-course evening menu, bubble bath, champagne, massage, facial treatment and chalk foot bath as well as use of the bathing and sauna landscape from 410 Euro per person in high season (Wilhelmstraße 34, Ostseebad Sellin, Tel. 03 83 03/12 20, www.roewers.de).

More tips at www.ruegen.de

Dubrovnik? Soak up the sun and shop

Croatia's port beauty now shows its dreamy side. If you take the cable car up to the Srd mountain, you have the best view of Dubrovnik, the Montenegrin mountains and the deep blue Adriatic from the mountain station. Back in town, you can set off to discover some great souvenirs. For example, at "Uje" (Od Pu'a 9): There are wonderful delicacies made in Croatia such as truffle oil, orange marmalade with figs or a mixture of salt and lavender. At "Clara Stones" (Nalje? Kovi? Eva 8, www.clarastones.com) you will find unusual jewelery and in the ancient pharmacy "Male Bra? E" within a Franciscan monastery (Placa 2) handmade ointments.

Enjoy Croatian cuisine: food under a large olive tree in the "Kopun", opposite the Jesuit church St. Ignatius. Traditional cuisine, eg. B. oven chicken with honey, bitter orange, yoghurt, rosemary, thyme and raisins (Poljana Ru? Era Bo? Kovica 7, Tel. 003 85/20/32 39 69, www.restaurantkopun.com).

Sleeping by the sea: This boutique hotel with 36 modern rooms and five suites is located on the waterfront, approximately 3.5 kilometers from the old town and offers a view of one? Rocky island with lighthouse. Nice? cool: the "Cave? Bar"? in a real cave, together with stalactites. DZ / F from? 135 (Kardinala Stepinca? 33, HR-20000 Dubrovnik, Tel.? 003 85/20/49 42 00, www.hotel-more.hr).

More tips at www.tzdubrovnik.hr

The Glan Blies Cycle Route - premier cycle path in the Palatinate

The General Bicycle Club Germany (ADFC) has awarded a new bicycle route? The Glan Blies cycle path now adorns itself with four stars. For orientation: The route runs across borders on 135 kilometers from the Lorraine Saargemünd along the two rivers Glan and Blies through the eastern Saarland to the North Palatinate. On the way we go through the Kuseler Musikantenland. Cyclists can look forward to a largely level and traffic-free route on the route of the former Glantalbahn. Another highlight: The leg between Altenglan and Staudernheim runs parallel to the Draisinenbahn. With reservation you can change with your bike.

Stop off: ordering large salad plates in a wonderful beer garden, that's what you can do with Silvia Florschütz in Rehborn behind the old Bahnwärterhaus. There are also other vegetarian dishes, cakes and a changing menu ("Zum Radler",? Bahnwärterhaus,? Rehborn, Tel. 0 67 53/12 42 05,? Www.zum-radler.de).

Here are cyclists welcome: Typical country inn with comfort in the heart of the Northwest Palatinate. In the restaurant "Veldenzstube" comes on the table, what the region has to offer. Hotel "Pfälzer Hof" with 15 double rooms and separate guest house. DZ / F from 76 euros (Hauptstrasse 12, Lauterecken, Tel. 063 82/73 38, www.pfaelzer-hof.de).

More tips at www.pfalz.de

Seville? Dancing, celebrating, eating tapas

You never know! If the weather in this country is more reminiscent of a rainy April, is still somewhere else summer. For example in Andalusia. In the late afternoon, make a tour of Plaza de España until you feel hungry enough for a small selection of Spanish specialties. Then move from bar to bar in the long, warm evenings, enjoy delicious tapas and cold sherry while standing, and see what's next door? this is Seville.

Tapas tour: The best way to start the Sevillian into the nightlife is in "Bar Europa" and try the ham "Jamón ibérico de bellota" (Calle Siete Revueltas 35, www.bareuropa.info). A traditional address since 1925. From there we continue to the quaint "El Rinconcillo", because of the "Pimientos de Padron", small peppers with sea salt (Calle Gerona 40, www.elrinconcillo.es). Then head to the "Bodega Santa Cruz-Las Columnas" (Calle Rodrigo Caro 1A) and go into starting position for the nightlife area Mateos Gago. That will be a wonderful evening!

Stay in style: "Petit Palace Santa Cruz". Small palace in the alleyways of the old quarter of Santa Cruz. High, extravagant leather armchairs on the marble floor in the lobby and sofas in front of wrought-iron balconies in the rooms. Beautiful courtyard. Double room from 95 Euro, breakfast per person 16 Euro (Calle Muñoz y Pabón 18, Sevilla, Tel. 00 34/954/22 10 32, www.petitpalacesantacruz.com).

More tips at www.visitasevilla.es

Sóller in Mallorca? Starting point for hikes

Orange groves, historic donkey paths and a magnificent view of the west coast of Mallorca. If you decide to hike in the Tramuntana mountains, Sóller is the ideal starting point. The small town with many old streets, shops and restaurants invites you to go on long walks to Mediterranean evenings. Especially in the pedestrian zone, one bar joins the other. But do not celebrate too long! Because the next morning all course take the GR 221, which leads along the historic dry stone walls of Mallorca.

Hiking: All info Sóller and the small port town of Port de Sóller at www.visitsoller.com.

Do not miss: a ride on the red old tram from Sóller to Port de Sóller.

Staying at the beach: The "Hotel Espléndido" with spectacular views over the bay, fresh Mediterranean cuisine, wellness and fitness area. 69 double rooms and some suites. Double / F from 210 Euro (Es Traves 5, Soller, Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Tel. 00 34/971/63 18 50, www.esplendidohotel.com).

More tips at www.spain.info

Warsaw? in which century do we actually live?

Socialist Classicism of the Stalin era, French town in the 90s, futuristic architecture of the 21st century? Warsaw has something of everything. Those who get their coffee, croissant and a free seat between beauties and hipsters in the bistro "Charlotte" on the Plac Zbawiela (www.bistrocharlotte.com) in the morning, can hardly believe that this is the ugly Polish capital of yesteryear. Warsaw sees? in the university district or on the magnificent boulevard Nowy Swiat? hardly any different than other European cities. However, there are more parks here that are so big that you can best explore them by bike (for example, the Azienki Park, the Park of Baths). Do not miss any of the palaces, such as the imposing Wilanów Palace (www.wilanow-palac.pl), where women sell fresh strawberries from the garden. But after breakfast we go first to the beach on the right bank of the Vistula, in order to make further plans for the day.

The latest meeting place of the Warsaw scene is the "Warszawa Wschodnia", a restaurant with show kitchen and terrace in the old factory "Soho". Polish cuisine with French accents (Ulica Minska 25, tel. 0048/695 53 29 15, //gessler.sohofactory.pl).

Staying in style: Art Deco furniture from all over Europe was compiled for the redesign of the five-star hotel "Rialto" in Warsaw from the 1920s. DZ / F from 115 Euro (Ulica Wilcza 73, Tel. 00 48/225 84 87 00, www.rialto.pl).

More tips at www.polen.travel

Riga? former capital of culture

The Latvian metropolis attracts with its trendy district Miera around the former tobacco factory, in which creatives have settled. Especially in the Miera street are numerous art galleries and workshops, such as the handicraft workshop "Tasa" (Miera iela 19) and the glass workshop "Buteljons" (No. 10). The salon "XX gadsimts" (No. 39) appeals to those interested in design and offers great dishes, furniture and lamps. From downtown, Miera can be reached in 20 minutes on foot or faster on the bike path via Skolas Street. If you want to immerse yourself in the nightlife of Miera in the evening, you can easily take tram 11 back.
Short break in between: The "DAD Cafe" in Miera is ideal for this. Be sure to order the lemon cake. There is always something going on here: live music on Thursdays, often jazz. In the summer also places on the street (Miera iela 17, www.dadcafe.lv).
Staying overnight: The "Albert Hotel" is a socialist block on the outside, but the rooms are simply modern. Because of the low prices and the sensational "Star Lounge Bar" on the 11th floor overlooking Riga popular with young people. DZ / F from 94 Euro (Dzirnavu iela 33, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia, Tel. 00 3 71/67 33 17 17, www.alberthotel.lv).

More tips at www.liveriga.com

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