{"id":20540,"date":"2022-02-07T18:46:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?page_id=20540"},"modified":"2022-02-07T18:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:46:55","slug":"holiday-in-the-elbe-sandstone-mountains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/holiday-in-the-elbe-sandstone-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Elbe Sandstone Mountains stretch along the Elbe between Pirna in Saxony and D\u0115\u010d\u00edn in the Czech Republic. For most holidaymakers, a holiday in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains is associated with hiking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The low mountain range is built almost exclusively of sandstone and reaches a maximum height of 723 metres (located in the Czech Republic). The German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains is generally referred to as Saxon Switzerland and the Czech part as Bohemian Switzerland. Large parts of the region are designated as protected landscape areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In beautiful weather, we set off from Bad Schandau to tackle our planned hike to the Bastei. First we take the train to Rathen.<\/p>\n <\/div >\n \n \n Hiking to the Bastei →<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> Bad Schandau in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains is easily accessible by train. It is easy to discover many different hiking routes from here. We did two half-day tours, which were very varied and left lots of wonderful and atmospheric impressions.<\/p>\n <\/div >\n \n \n 2 easy hiking routes →<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> Three days in Bad Schandau and one firm goal: We are going to go hiking despite the temperature being 30 degrees!<\/p>\n <\/div >\n \n \n Hiking around Bad Schandau →<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> During a short trip to Saxon Switzerland, I was drawn to the fortress K\u00f6nigstein. My last visit was more than 10 years ago and the weather was awful \u2013 this time it was sunny and I enjoyed my visit to the fullest.<\/p>\n <\/div >\n \n \n K\u00f6nigstein fortress →<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> Indoor bouldering is a great alternative for Berliners. Still, there is something about the idea to do \u201cthe real thing\u201d in the outside world. We made rock climbing in the Elbe Sandstone Highlands our first outdoor climbing experience.<\/p>\n <\/div >\n \n \n Rock climbing →<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>