Adler trifft Zander cycling tour - Discovery Tour

Cycling, experiencing nature and culinary delights - the day tour “Adler trifft Zander” combines relaxed cycling along lakes with delicious fish specialties and regional delicacies. Idyllic landscapes, cozy restaurants and impressive nature observations await explorers between Storkower and Scharmützelsee. Whether it's fish from the smokehouse, a rustic country inn or a restaurant with a view of the lake - there's something to suit every taste here.

Start / Finish: Bad Saarow railroad station
Length / Duration: 46 kilometers / approx. 3 hours
Logo / route sign: Comic eagle and pikeperch on a green background
Nature of the route / route development: mainly paved paths
Course: Bad Saarow, Reichenwalde, Storkow (Mark), Groß Schauen, Storkow (Mark), Dahmsdorf, Wendisch Rietz, Diensdorf-Radlow, Pieskow, Bad Saarow
Arrival / Departure:

• Public transport: From Berlin main station with RE1 (Cottbus) to Fürstenwalde (Spree), continue with RB35 to Bad Saarow (approx. 1 h)
• By car: From Berlin via A113, A10 and A12 (approx. 1 h)

Route description
The tour starts at Bad Saarow station and leads through a varied landscape along Lake Scharmützel to Wendisch Rietz. Along the way, numerous restaurants and snack bars invite you to take a culinary break, especially with freshly caught zander, eel, pike or carp.

In Storkow (Mark), the historic old town awaits with its impressive castle, which houses a visitor center of the Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park and changing exhibitions. A walk to the lock or through the church square is also worthwhile. Nature lovers should definitely visit the nearby inland dune or the Irrlandia hands-on park.

The route continues to Groß Schauen, where the Naturgut Köllnitz is a special destination for fish lovers. In addition to the fishing museum and regional fish cuisine, there are also observation towers for birdwatching - with a bit of luck, you can watch ospreys hunting here.

Back in Bad Saarow, the spa gardens, the Saarow thermal baths or the beer garden on Lake Scharmützelsee invite you to enjoy a relaxing end to the tour. The route is particularly pleasant on an e-bike, which can be hired at various points along the tour.

Worth seeing:

• Storkow (Mark): Castle with exhibitions, visitor center of the Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park, historic old town with lock, church and steam engine, Irrlandia hands-on park, inland dune
• Bad Saarow: Kurpark and SaarowTherme, Teamimpuls climbing forest, historic train station, SaarowCentrum
• Wendisch Rietz: Scharmuntzelland family and adventure park with petting zoo, SATAMA sauna park, Haus des Gastes
• Groß Schauen: Köllnitz Nature Estate with interactive exhibition in the Sielmann Forum, observation tower on the salt trail, birdwatching tower

Refreshment tips:

• Groß Schauen: Restaurant Köllnitzer Hofküche
• Bad Saarow: Beer garden at Scharmützelsee 
• Storkow (Mark): Restaurant Alter Weinberg, Restaurant Storchenklause
• Wendisch Rietz: Fischhaus Wendisch Rietz on Lake Glubigsee

Information on site:

• Tourist information at Bad Saarow railroad station
• Tourist information in the “Haus des Gastes” in Wendisch Rietz
• Tourist information at Storkow Castle (Mark)

Possible combinations:

• Oder-Spree-Tour
• Devil's Tour