10 Great Day Trips From Berlin

Bad Saarow: Spa, Lakes & Forest Bad Saarow is a spa town at the head of the Scharmützelsee lake, and has long been a favourite weekend retreat for Berliners, developing as a tourist resort during the period of rapid industrialisation following the arrival of the railway. To my mind it is the perfect bolt-hole for anyone who has had their fill of the noise, grime and bustle of the streets and is looking for something completely different, yet within a Friday-night train ride from the ci…