The best excursion tips for Germany

The best excursion tips in Germany

For Germany, the top 10 most popular excursion tips were selected for each federal state. The best excursion destination in each federal state will receive the title of “Excursion Destination of the Year 2024”, and the other 9 best will receive the title of “Top Excursion Destination 2024”.

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Baden-Württemberg

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Baden-Württemberg: Eulenerlebnis Kraus , Abtsgmünd
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Baden-Württemberg: Alternative Wolf and Bear Park , Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Baden-Württemberg: Wilhelma - Zoological-Botanical Garden Stuttgart , Stuttgart
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Baden-Württemberg: Museum in the Old Castle , Altensteig
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Baden-Württemberg: Tatzmania Löffingen , Löffingen
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Baden-Württemberg: Affenberg Salem , Salem
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Baden-Württemberg: Tripsdrill Adventure Park , Cleebronn
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Baden-Württemberg: Waldfreibad Öschingen , Mössingen
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Baden-Württemberg: Freizeitpark Traumland GmbH , Sonnenbühl
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Baden-Württemberg: Schlühüwanapark , Grafenhausen

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Bavaria

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Bavaria: JOE'S PASSION ON THE HORSE RANCH Horse-drawn carriages and sleigh rides , Windischeschenbach
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Bavaria: House of History Dinkelsbühl , Dinkelsbühl
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Bavaria: Wild Freizeitpark Oberreith , Unterreit
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Bavaria: Bayern-Park , Reisbach
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Bavaria: Forest adventure world skywalk allgäu , Scheidegg
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Bavaria: Art collections of Veste Coburg , Coburg
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Bavaria: Wildpark Poing , Poing
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Bavaria: Museum Schloss Ratibor , Roth
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Bavaria: Jexhof Farm Museum , Schöngeising
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Bavaria: KunstLANDing , Aschaffenburg

The TOP excursion destinations in Berlin in 2024

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Berlin: Scavenger hunt at the Maranja Adventure Club , Berlin
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Berlin: House of Nature and Environment , Berlin
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Berlin: Your game show event in Berlin , Berlin-City
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Berlin: WINDOBONA Indoor Skydiving Berlin , Berlin
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Berlin: Theater Morgenstern , Berlin
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Berlin: Pinke Panke children's farm , Berlin
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Berlin: Children's farm Knirpsenfarm , Berlin
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Berlin: Museumsdorf Düppel , Berlin
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Berlin: Karls Eiswelt - Elstal near Berlin , Berlin-City
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Berlin: Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem , Berlin

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Brandenburg

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Brandenburg: The Dinosaur Park - Holiday Park Germendorf , Oranienburg
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Brandenburg: Falkenhof Potsdam , Potsdam
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Brandenburg: Elk and reindeer farm , Schenkenberg
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Brandenburg: Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal , Elstal
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Brandenburg: Kanu Verleih Oderberg , Oderberg
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Brandenburg: Archery in the Spreewald -Trend sports area , Burg
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Brandenburg: Boat rental and boat trips in the Spreewald , Lübben
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Brandenburg: Draisine ride , Zossen
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Brandenburg: Easter trip to the MQ Ranch , Löwenberger Land
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Brandenburg: The Barefoot Park Beelitz-Heilstätten , Beelitz

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Bremen

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Bremen: Museum Schloss Schönebeck , Bremen
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Bremen: Bremen Story House , Bremen
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Bremen: Bremen Town Musicians , Bremen
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Bremen: HafenRummel , Bremen
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Bremen: St. Petri Dom , Bremen
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Bremen: Bremen Town Hall , Bremen
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Bremen: Bremer Roland , Bremen
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Bremen: botanika - Bremen's Great World of Discovery , Bremen
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Bremen: bremer shakespeare company , Bremen
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Bremen: Klimahaus Bremerhaven , Bremerhaven

The TOP excursion destinations in Hamburg in 2024

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Hamburg: Hamburg Dungeon , Hamburg
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Hamburg: Miniatur Wunderland , Hamburg
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Hamburg: Museumshafen Oevelgönne , Hamburg
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Hamburg: Dialoghaus Hamburg , Hamburg
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Hamburg: Main Church of St. Michaelis , Hamburg
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Hamburg: Water playground Planten un Blomen , Hamburg
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Hamburg: urban apes Hamburg Ost - Boulderhalle , Hamburg
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Hamburg: jumicar Hamburg , Hamburg
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Hamburg: Binnenalster , Hamburg
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Hamburg: Bunkermuseum Hamburg , Hamburg

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Hesse

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Hesse: Mathematikum , Gießen
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Hesse: wortreich in Bad Hersfeld gGmbH , Bad Hersfeld
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Hesse: Sababurg Zoo , Hofgeismar
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Hesse: LOCHBACHKLAMM HÜLSA , Homberg - Hülsa
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Hesse: Vogelburg , Weilrod
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Hesse: Mining and City Museum , Weilburg
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Hesse: Ziegenhagen Adventure Park , Witzenhausen
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Hesse: Hoherodskopf treetop path , Schotten
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Hesse: Fürstenlager State Park , Bensheim-Auerbach
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Hesse: Bad Homburg Castle and Castle Park , Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: FOOTGOLF – A dream mix of golf & football in the Strelasund Golf Park ,
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Greifswald Zoo , Greifswald
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Rechlin Aviation Museum , Rechlin
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: EasyJump Trampoline Park Schwerin , Schwerin (Schwerin)
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Rövershagen , Rövershagen
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: OZEANEUM Stralsund , Stralsund
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Rostock Zoo , Rostock
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: German Amber Museum , Ribnitz-Damgarten
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: BÄRENWALD Müritz , Stuer
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Darß climbing forest , Born a. Darß

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Lower Saxony

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Lower Saxony: Petermoor Zoo , Bassum
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Lower Saxony: Utkiek Bassum , Bassum
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Lower Saxony: Bruchhausen-Vilsen water adventure playground , Bruchhausen-Vilsen
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Lower Saxony: Theater der Nacht , Northeim
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Lower Saxony: Adventure District Bispingen , Bispingen
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Lower Saxony: Soltau Toy Museum , Soltau
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Lower Saxony: Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park , Hanstedt
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Lower Saxony: Rasti-Land , Salzhemmendorf
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Lower Saxony: SprungFrei trampoline park , Lathen/Fresenburg
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Lower Saxony: Ralf Schumacher Kartcenter , Bispingen

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in North Rhine-Westphalia

1. Destination of the Year 2024 , North Rhine-Westphalia: National Natural Monument Kluterthöhle Ennepetal , Ennepetal
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , North Rhine-Westphalia: Hürtgenwald high ropes course , Hürtgenwald
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , North Rhine-Westphalia: Wildpark in Warstein , Warstein
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , North Rhine-Westphalia: De Bütt leisure pool , Willich
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , North Rhine-Westphalia: Schloss Burg , Solingen
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , North Rhine-Westphalia: Your game show event in Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , North Rhine-Westphalia: Escape Room Schlusssache , Recklinghausen
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , North Rhine-Westphalia: Cologne Cathedral , Cologne
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , North Rhine-Westphalia: 7th Space Aachen - Virtual Reality Adventure World , Aachen
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , North Rhine-Westphalia: ARBORETUM Nature Park , Nettersheim

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Rhineland-Palatinate

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Rhineland-Palatinate: Fire Brigade Adventure Museum , Hermeskeil
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Teufelsschlucht Dinosaur Park , Ernzen
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Neuwied Zoo , Neuwied
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Puzzles Landau , Landau in der Pfalz
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Waldschwimmbad Holzhausen , Holzhausen
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Trier Cathedral , Trier
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Bosenbach outdoor pool , Bosenbach
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Ninja Park Limburgerhof , Limburgerhof
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Sprungpark Limburgerhof , Limburgerhof
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Rhineland-Palatinate: Wingertsbergwand , Mendig

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Saarland

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Saarland: B-Werk Besseringen , Merzig
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Saarland: Saar Alpaka Farm , Saarbrücken
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Saarland: Pintaloosa Alpacas , Losheim am See
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Saarland: Bliesgau Alpakas , Mandelbachtal
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Saarland: Gräfinthal natural stage , Mandelbachtal
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Saarland: Merzig climbing port , Merzig
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Saarland: Trampolini , Merzig
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Saarland: Ludwig-Jahn-Bad outdoor pool , Ottweiler
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Saarland: UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte , Völklingen
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Saarland: Das Blau , St. Ingbert

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Saxony

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Saxony: Görlitz-Zgorzelec Nature Conservation Zoo , Görlitz
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Saxony: Meissen Cathedral , Meissen
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Saxony: Wurzelrudis Erlebniswelt , Eibenstock
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Saxony: boulderdrome - bouldering hall in Radebeul , Radebeul
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Saxony: Waldbad Niesky , Niesky
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Saxony: Gornsdorf natural swimming pool , Gornsdorf
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Saxony: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister , Dresden
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Saxony: Hartenfels Castle Torgau ,
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Saxony: Hartenfels Castle , Torgau
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Saxony: Steam train ride with the Fichtelbergbahn , Kurort Oberwiesenthal

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Saxony-Anhalt

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Saxony-Anhalt: Petersberg Zoo , Petersberg
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Saxony-Anhalt: SunGolf Family & Adventure Park , Eckartsberga
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Saxony-Anhalt: Museum Petersberg , Petersberg
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Saxony-Anhalt: Dessau Zoo - educational park for animal and plant science , Dessau-Roßlau
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Saxony-Anhalt: Burgrestaurant Rudelsburg , Bad Kösen
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Saxony-Anhalt: Lasertag in Stößen (on the A9) , Stößen
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Saxony-Anhalt: Wasserburg Egeln , Egeln
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Saxony-Anhalt: Archery & axe throwing in ACTIONLAND on the A9 , Stößen
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Saxony-Anhalt: Cobbelsdorf swimming pool , Coswig
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Saxony-Anhalt: Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Theater , Bernburg

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Schleswig-Holstein

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Schleswig-Holstein: Altenhof high ropes course , Altenhof
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Schleswig-Holstein: KEY ZONE Live Escape Room and City Games , Lübeck
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Schleswig-Holstein: NABU water bird reserve Wallnau , Fehmarn
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Schleswig-Holstein: Barefoot Park & ​​Corn Maze KIWEBU eV , Todesfelde
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Schleswig-Holstein: Flügge lighthouse on Fehmarn , Fehmarn
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Schleswig-Holstein: Grömitz water sports school , Grömitz
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Schleswig-Holstein: KeramikAhoi - the ceramic painting workshop , Eckernförde
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Schleswig-Holstein: Prehistoric Museum Geotanium Gettorf , Gettorf
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Schleswig-Holstein: Eekholt Wildlife Park , Großenaspe
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Schleswig-Holstein: Braasch ham smokehouse , Harmsdorf

The TOP excursion destinations 2024 in Thuringia

1. Destination of the year 2024 , Thuringia: Children's adventure world Rumpelburg , Bad Langensalza
2. Top excursion destination 2024 - 2nd place , Thuringia: House of Nature Goldisthal , Goldisthal
3. Top excursion destination 2024 - 3rd place , Thuringia: Museum Burg Posterstein , Posterstein
4. Top excursion destination 2024 - 4th place , Thuringia: German Teddy Bear Museum , Sonneberg
5. Top excursion destination 2024 - 5th place , Thuringia: Border Tower Memorial , Katharinenberg
6. Top excursion destination 2024 - 6th place , Thuringia: Saalfelder Feengrotten show mine , Saalfeld
7. Top excursion destination 2024 - 7th place , Thuringia: Alternative Bear Park® Worbis , Worbis
8. Top excursion destination 2024 - 8th place , Thuringia: mini-a-thür leisure and miniature park , Ruhla
9. Top excursion destination 2024 - 9th place , Thuringia: Noah's Sails , Kaltensundheim
10. Top excursion destination 2024 - 10th place , Thuringia: Memleben Adventure Animal Park , Imperial Palace

This is why we love Germany:

Welcome to our guide to the best things to do in Germany! Whether you're a tourist or a local, we've put together the perfect selection of activities for you to make the most of your stay in Germany.

• Let's start with the picturesque region of Bavaria , where you can visit the famous Neuschwanstein Castle . This stunning castle is one of the most famous sights in Germany and will impress you with its majestic beauty.
• There are many great places to visit in Berlin, the capital of Germany . Visit the Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall Memorial to learn more about Germany's history. Or enjoy the natural beauty of Berlin's Tiergarten Park, one of the city's largest parks.
• For all beer lovers, a trip to Munich is a must. However, if you are a nature lover, explore the mountains of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and enjoy the spectacular views there.
• If you are more of a romantic traveller, then Heidelberg is the place for you. This picturesque town offers a picturesque castle, an impressive old town and beautiful views of the Neckar River . This city has everything you could wish for for a romantic getaway.
• For an unforgettable family day out, we recommend the Europa-Park theme park, the largest theme park in Germany. Here you can enjoy a variety of rides, shows and attractions suitable for all ages.

These are just some of the best day trips in Germany. We hope that our recommendations will help you make the most of your stay in Germany. Are you already planning your trip? Then start now!

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