Trips & Attractions

Experience Thuringia

Here is just a small selection of possible day and half-day trips.

Trips when the weather is nice, in and around Ilmenau

hike,
our recommendation that you walk on Goethe's footsteps along the "Goethe hiking trail", a length of 18.5 km connects with the "g"-marked trail residential and work of Goethe around Ilmenau

over

Amtshaus/Ilmenau - Zechenhaus/Ilmenau - Mittlerer Berggraben - Schwalbenstein - Schöffenhaus - Manebach - Goethehäuschen am Kickelhahn - Jagdhaus Gabelbach - Hirtenwiese - Finsteres Loch - Auerhahn - Stützerbach

hike,
to Kickelhahn, with an extensive view into the Thuringian countryside, ideal for a romantic sunset

Guided city tour,
every Wednesday at 10.00

Cycling tours,
around Ilmenau, the Rennsteig, by the Ilmkreis or along the river "Ilm"

Student recreation center,
Petting zoo and boats on the Great lakes

Outdoor pool Ilmenau,
with four water slides and heated pool (open May to September)

Trips on bad weather

on bad weather weather you might take the following destinations:

• Das Zwergenstübchen in Gräfenroda, the birthplace of the garden gnome
• Goethe memorial in the Amtshaus Ilmenau
• Doll museum Mon-Plaisir in Arnstadt
• Weapons- und bicycle museum in Suhl
• Marine aquarium Zella-Mehlis
• Feengrotten Saalfeld
• The glasblowers city Lauscha
• German toy museum in Sonneberg
• German porcelain road over Rudolstadt, Volkstedt
• Pools in Oberhof
• The Saalemaxx in Rudolstadt