Not cheap, but one of my favourite places in Bad Saarow. The spa is extremely spaceous, and…read moreattracts a lot of visitors, both from Berlin but also neighbouring cities. Would not recommend for children, more for Adults and pairs.

The Spreewald Therme is in the forest south of Berlin; there are salt-water pools, fitness…read moretraining, treatments, massages; a sauna, restaurant, juice bar, lounge and fireplace. A day pass is € 23 but they have other options (e.g., a couple hours for € 14). The price structure, location, modern facility, and therapeutic water make the place popular. It's big and was crowded on my visit. How bizarre to travel to the countryside for that. Getting there: arrival at Vetschau train station, from Berlin; the ride took about an hour. It had been recommended to travel by train (€ 21 for a VBB all-day pass/roundtrip ticket from Alexanderplatz) to Vetschau, and then take a bus to the Spreewald Therme, but on holidays (and perhaps weekends, too) buses don't run regularly from Vetschau to the Therme...The timetable showed that the next bus stopping near Spreewald Therme wouldn't arrive for hours...Called for a taxi, which took half an hour to arrive; the ride cost € 16. Going by car, and choosing a quieter day, perhaps a weekday outside of school holidays, may allow for a better experience.

This is a really nice swim bad and sauna. Unlike other Therme Bads this place requires swim wear…read morein the main pools. The Sauna area is still no swim wear. Indoor/outdoor pools 2 large pools and two smaller hot pools. Indoor and outdoor Saunas and pools.

Two very large lap pools, one with a highdive and trampoline. But we were with a toddler so we…read morestuck to the wading pool which was warm and clean but lacked activities. There is small wave pool which was fun and a whirlpool that was a hit with the older children. There are nice areas for lounging in the water as well as a hot (warm) tub. There are also pool outside but we did not venture. You can get food and sit at a table in a boat, I thought it was funny. Locker rooms were reasonably clean. Nice and affordable way to spend a few hours.

This place is THE COOLEST and now I want every city with a body of water to create a similar venue…read more (Local friends in Reno, I'm dreaming of a badeschiff in the Truckee River, maybe just outside of the entrance to USA Parkway near the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center so it can attract all the Tesla employees after work. And since it's Storey County, maybe it can be topless like the Badeschiff Berlin!) My husband and I arrived early on a weekday morning, but the Badeschiff was already packed. There were still folding chairs in a stack that could be set up, but all the chairs that were already set up were claimed. That was no problem for us, though, because we only planned to stay for a few minutes. My husband, as a ginger, is a bit of a vampire, and he had no desire to go in the water or to be in the sun. Nevertheless, he was able to find a bench under a shady spot, so he didn't even have to get his shoes sandy as he waited as I enjoyed swimming and taking in the most ridiculous, delightful atmosphere. A beach in downtown Berlin! Swimming in a beautiful pool located in the Spree! We drove here and parked for free along Eichenstraße and walked in. I changed into my suit in the car, so I cannot comment on the changing rooms available there. We paid our entrance fees (11 euros for the two of us) and scoped out the territory. Ladies can sunbathe topless, but tops and bottoms are required in the pool. I'm pretty sure that German swimming etiquette involves taking a brief rinse in the outdoor shower immediately before the pool entrance both before and after enjoying the pool. My non-German speaking and reading husband thought that a sign that actually read "no bicycles" said "no photographing," so he was loathe to take all the photos that I wanted him to take of our/my experience there. (Maybe the topless ladies also in the frame of the camera threw him off? He says that he did not want to seem pervy.) But rest assured, folks who are #doingitfortheinsta that you can, indeed, get that snap that you want. 10/10 I would make my sun, sand, and alcohol-adverse husband come here again because this place is SO COOL.

View is amazing. Pool in the middle of the river and pretty sunset views. People do jumps, flips in…read morethe pool. We go at sunset time on weekdays and it is not crowded. Pool is heated! There are changing room, lockers, bathroom, nice sun deck with lounge chairs. They rent you standup paddle board also to paddle at the river. Must visit once! We love it there! We swim and watch others doing stand up paddle board. Super cool! We swim laps, take pictures, and sit on the side at Cody lounge chair, enjoy music there and watch the world goes by! Ah....h. Come and enjoy this unique Berlin experience.

This place is amazing for all ages!…read more Free Transportation from the train station is possible. You must get to the Brand Tropical Island stop. From the main Bahnhof you go to Ostkruez then to Brand Tropical Islands (U5 towards Cottbus). That's where the shuttle will pick you up. Check Tropical Islands website for the schedule. Just note that this train station is not in use (there isn't an attendant, snacks or anything like that). The obvious issue is the language barrier especially at check in. Poor guy that checked us in was not good nor comfortable speaking English. We got through most of it and another employee finished the briefing. Most employees in the other areas spoke English or at least enough for our interactions. Another thing that was a con for us was the rooms did not have face towels. Not a big deal but was annoying. Upon arrival you are able to enjoy everything immediately even if your room isn't available. They will store your bigger pieces of luggage and you can use the lockers in the changing room for smaller bags. Wifi is good everywhere inside the dome. Can't speak for the Amazonia area as I didn't have my phone out there. Walking to rooms can be loud due to hard walkers and the way the platform is made. This can even be heard on the second floor. There are about 3 different gift shops there to purchase things. They have chargers for sure but didn't check for other items that may be forgotten. They definitely have pool items such as goggles and floats. The air pump is right outside the kid shop. When staying over night you receive a wrist band that can unlock your room, lock and unlock lockers as well as purchase food and other things at the stands. (I'm not sure if this applies to those that come out for the day). When leaving you can use the kiosk to total out or you can pay at the exit gate. Adult bands can charge up to about €200 and kids is €35. The water depth is 5ft for all bodies of water in the dome minus the slides. Pools have a metal bottom. Feels weird but we wore water shoes so it was a little slippery for us but once we adapted we were good. There are multiple slides throughout the dome. One section has 4 slides. This area the kids must be certain ages and most do not allow more than one to go down together. The blue slide is the highest. Yellow is next with red slide allowing tubes and green is for mainly for the littles. In the other section where the "beach" is there are a bunch of family friendly slides that does allow for 2 to go down together. There is 2 more slides in another section that typically only one person goes unless a little is with the parents. One slide is dark with a strobe type light and the other has lights all the way to the end. There is a "beach" area that has sand and lots of lawn chairs. I've been in the past and chairs were not used on the sand so it allowed/encouraged sand castle building/play. It's not as easy now to do. Food places are cool but it sucks trying to figure out what is open at what time as that is not listed on the map especially after breakfast is over and lunch has not fully started yet. The food court is cool when you catch them at the right time. Some staff members just didn't seem to care. They messed up our burger. When we returned to get another one we found out a few others were in the same boat. One lady was given cold pasta. Pizza may be best but we didn't try it. Breakfast was included with our rooms. It's from 8:30 to 9:30. It's a typical German breakfast. They do have waffle, pancakes and two types of scrambled eggs. There is an area for kids for games and things such as bumper cars and such. They cost €1,20. There's also table tennis and air hockey tables as well. There is a spa area but I didn't utilize it. There are also tanning beds. One bar area called Bora Bora was cool as that's were most of the smokers hung out since they had 2 big areas enclosed to smoke in. This area is also only for 18 and up. People were also going to the Amazonia area to smoke there as well. All the bars have the same drink list. Bora Bora did have a daiquiri machine. Also they have nachos. Balloon ride is €39 plus €6 for adults and €3 for kids. The Amazonia area has two parts that are open in winter months. One is a fast river that pushes you over the hills and dips pretty fast. Not sure if there is an age requirement but due to how it was pushing us through and unknown hills/dips I wouldn't recommend little kids until you have tried it yourself. The other side had a lazy river feel that allowed you to float around. You also could go sit on the wall and relax. The water is warmer so it was nice with the cool winter breeze. There was also another pool but was closed during the winter month. The TV in the room only offered news channels. That was a little disappointing as I figured with it being a family friendly establishment there would at least have a cartoon type channel.

During our trip to Berlin, we decided to visit the famous Tropical Island. We knew COVID was…read morehappening and were glad that it was open. We did our research and booked oit tickets in advance (about a week before) and had no problems choosing our date even with a shorter notice. Upon arrivial, you can see that there is plenty of parking available. It is a hike to get to the entrance. The line to enter was extremely long, over an hour wait to get in. With with these waits, they should consider putting a bathroom outside. Eventually when we got in, we felt a bit lost trying but after we got our bearing we were on our way. Even with reduced numbers, finding a locker took a while. After getting dressed and heading to the pool, there was no beach chairs available and ended up getting a tight spot in the sand. The pools were pretty nice and warm. People seemed friendly and happy. We had the lunch buffet at the indian place which was 20 euros each adult plus a 10 euro deposit for an arm band and a 2 euro deposit for the cup. We had issues when we left because the restaurant didnt refund us the deposits, but thankfully we kept the receipts. The food was pretty good and the selection of all you can eat Indian was nice. Wish they would include coffee though. We stayed from 12 until almost 8pm. Our big disappointment was that about half the slides were closed. This is a big no go if you are still charging full price for entrance and at 91 euros for two people. While its a nice water park, I have been to much better ones in other places in Germany. Good to visit once but we likely wont come back.