Our bucket list for your vacation
Don't miss out on these experiences
© Kenny ScholzEnjoy the View
of the Bastei Bridge
© Sebastian ThielHiking a section
of the Malerweg Trail
© Sächsische Dampfschifffahrt/Jan GutzeitA Steamboat Ride
on the Elbe River
![[Translate to Englisch:] Tour auf dem Elberadweg](https://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_Elberadweg_Saechsische_Schweiz_Kurort_Rathen_QF1_TVSSW_Felix_Meyer_caa_CC_BY_NC_4_0_4f217bf42d.jpg "A Leisurely Cycling Tour")
© Felix MeyerA Leisurely Cycling Tour
along the Elbe cycling path
Feeling the Magic
of the Felsenbühne Open Air Theatre
![[Translate to Englisch:] Auf die Festung Königstein kraxeln](https://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/fileadmin/_processed_/d/7/csm_Festung_Koenigstein1_Quelle_Festung_Koenigstein_Fotofestival_Sandstein_ce3da2065f.jpg "Conquering by foot")
© Festung Königstein/Fotofestival ElbsandsteinConquering by foot
Königstein Fortress
![[Translate to Englisch:] Fahrt mit der Kirnitzschtalbahn](https://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/fileadmin/_processed_/9/d/csm_Kirnitzschtalbahn_TVSSW_Marko_Foerster_S2_CCBY_3128e91c37.jpg "A Tram Ride")
© Marko FörsterA Tram Ride
into the National Park
![[Translate to Englisch:] Mehr über den Nationalpark erfahren](https://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/fileadmin/_processed_/0/a/csm_Nationalparkzentrum_Achim_Meurer_DSC_3241_36f0bb5c88.jpg "Learn more")
© Achim MeurerLearn more
about the National Park
© Jacqueline GüntherAn unhurried Punt Cruise
on Obere Schleuse Dam Lake
![[Translate to Englisch:] Durch die Pirnaer Innenstadt](https://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/fileadmin/_processed_/e/8/csm_AdobeStock_Pirna-Frank_Krautschick-90395733-WEB_fde02b19b9.jpg "Stroling through")
© Frank Krautschick | #90395733 | stock.adobe.comStroling through
Pirna’s town centre
© Achim Meurer
#1 Bastei Bridge
The Bastei Bridge is the landmark of Saxon Switzerland. Doesn't it look a bit like a "small Chinese wall"? Enjoy the view and conquer different lookout points.
# Malerweg Hiking Path
The Malerweg Trail: 116 wonderful kilometers in the footsteps of artists like Caspar David Friedrich. There are eight stages. You should try at least one. Maybe you get a taste.
© Sebastian Thiel
© Weiße Flotte, Jan Gutzeit
#3 Historic Steam Boats
One should change the perspective more often. The rocky landscape looks completely different from the water. Treat yourself to a new perspective on a steamboat ride.
#4 Elbe Cycle Path
The Elbe Cycling Path is over 1,200 kilometers long and the section in Saxon Switzerland is certainly one of the most scenic. In addition, it is not very hilly and nicely paved. Our tip: Roll comfortably from Schmilka to Pirna.
© Felix Meyer
© Landesbühne Sachsen, Mario Pauls
#5 Felsenbühne Rathen
An open-air theater right in the middle of a national park, where else will you find something similar. Musicals, fairy tales or grand opera - there is something for every taste.
#6 Königstein Fortress
Of course, an elevator leads to the fortress plateau. However, if you want to experience the fortress in its original form, you should conquer it on foot through the dark Appareille.
© Britta Hirschburger
© VVO, Martin Schmidt
#7 Historic tram: Kirnitzschtalbahn
Even Kate Winslet has been traveling with our Kirnitzschtalbahn. Our tip: Combine a leisurely ride to the Lichtenhainer waterfall with a hike to the Kuhstalll and later chug by tram back to Bad Schandau.
#8 National Park Centre
Why should somebody leave fallen trees just where they fell? How did this rocks form? Find the answers in the National Park Center in Bad Schandau. If you want to know more about the region in which you are staying it is definitely worth stopping by.
© Achim Meurer
© Bernd Grundmann
#9 Boat Tour Obere Schleuse
In Venice you go by gondola through canyons of houses, on the Obere Schleuse dam lake you are leisurely pushed along moss-covered rock faces and through a wonderfully green environment. That is pure deceleration.
#10 Pirna's Old Town
Walk in Canaletto's footsteps? Going out for a delicious meal or a cozy coffee break? All this is possible in the lovingly restored historic city of Pirna. And what would a vacation be without a little shopping tour?
© Achim Meurer