Day Tour 12 to the Historic Town Centres of Templin & Gransee

This day tour takes you through the historic town centres of Templin and Gransee through woods. Lake and river landscape of the Uckermark. You start in the town of Templin whose medieval townscape is better preserved than any other in northern Brandenburg. Templin’s most magnificent structure is its town wall. There are no gaps in the 1735-metre long wall which encircles the town and includes gates, towers and gate towers as well as 47 guard houses. The tour finishes in the historic town centre of Gransee. In addition to the fieldstone walls, the powder tower and the guard houses, the magnificent Waldemar gate and the Ruppiner gate (from the 15th century) are well worth seeing. The three-nave Marienkirche church hosts concerts throughout the summer.Length: 48 kilometresStart: Templin Stadt train station, Finish: Gransee stationLogo/route sign: logo with town silhouetteHow to get there:Train: From Berlin central station, take the RE5 (Rostock) to Oranienburg. From here, take the RB12 to Templin Stadt (about 1.5 hours).Car: If you travel by car, you should start this tour at its usual finish point, because then you have a shorter journey. From Berlin via the A10 and B96 to Gransee (about 1 hour).Return journey:Train: From Gransee, take the RE5 regional train (Wünsdorf-Waldstadt) to Berlin central station (about 1 hour).Car: Take the RB12 (Ostkreuz) from Templin to Löwenberg. From here, continue by taking the RE5 (Stralsund) to Gransee to your car (about 1 hour).Route: Templin, Zehdenick, GranseePossible combinationsBerlin-Copenhagen long-distance cycle routeHavel Cycle PathRuppin Lakes and Culture Cycle PathTrail conditions/surface: not specifiedMaps/Literature: “Radkarte Ruppiner Land”, 1:75.000, Esterbauer Verlag, Auflage: 1. (15. April 2011), ISBN-10: 3850003043, Euro 6.90