Travemunde

Leaving the old town of Lübeck, drive to the north for 15 minutes to the popular Baltic resort of Travemünde. It is fun to drive along its river-front road seeing the boats and ferries on one side and the crowded little seaside shops on the other, and then to drive along its wide, sandy beach fringed by modern hotels. As you leave Travemünde, follow road 76, which parallels the coastline going north. If the weather is sunny and warm, you may want to get into the German holiday spirit and join the crowds on the beaches at the coastal resorts of Timmendorfer Strand or Scharbeutz-Haffkrug. In pleasant weather, sun worshipers soak up the sun from the shelter of their canopied beach chairs, while offshore the Baltic waters come alive with the sails of gaily colored sailing boats and wind surfers.