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Published: April 21st 2014
Warnemünde & the Warnow River
A beautiful view of Warnemünde. You can clearly see all the harbours, beaches, and sweet town. Rostock Port has a lot of good information and photos. http://www.rostock-port.de/service/galerie.htmlAs the cruise industry grows in Warnemünde and more and more ships are stopping here, some of our cruise guests are unaware that overflow cruise ships don't stop in charming Warnemünde at all. Rather they are forced into the industrial harbour on the other side of the river and a good 20 minute car ride away from our lovely town. This is because Costa and the German line AIDA have regular weekly sailings out of Warnemünde, and they take up the two main cruise docks. Of course, many people do not realize that Warnemünde is a part of Rostock (and has been since the 13th Century) but that doesn't help if you are on one side of the river and all the good stuff is on the other. The seaside vacation resort of Warnemünde is on the West side of the Warnow River and the industrial harbour on the East.
What's difficult for the cruise passengers docked in the Liegeplatz is the lack of public transport. Whereas the Cruise Passenger Terminal in Warnemünde is a short 5 minute walk to the train and heart of town with everything clearly marked, the industrial harbour is truly in the middle
Aerial View of Warnemünde Cruise Passenger Terminal
You can see the ships docker around Warnemünde. Off to the top left is the train station and the beginning of the harbour shops and restaurants.
Learn more: wnmde.de of nowhere with nothing but a large ferry terminal and the electricity plant that many mistake for a nuclear one. In any case, when one gets off the ship there, there is absolutely nothing except a few Duty Free centers for ferry passengers in the distance. Even the S-bahn train station is a good hefty walk and not clearly marked; finding the station isn't that hard, but the schedule of trains and buses will make your frown. The one good thing for cruise pax. is that the two main companies ELS and Conference and Touring who provide the cruise line's tours have complimentary shuttles that take people into Warnemünde and/or Rostock. ELS (NCL, Celebrity, etc. ) definitely took the people to Warnemünde last season, I think C&T does Rostock city center. Don't quote me and I don't know their plans for this year.
With all that in mind, and with the changes to my tours to now include a private coach, Friends of Dave Tours is offering two very special versions of my
Mega Mecklenburg tour for passengers from NCL on June 7th and June 28th for Princess passengers. I have created a very special day that will share
The Warnow and the Harbours
Warnemünde is top left, the Liegeplatz bottom right.
You may find this very interesting: http://www.rostock-business.com/newsletter/2010/02/ the beauty of Wismar and Schwerin and combines my old Complete Hansa and Magical Mecklenburg tours. We will not have time to go into Warnemünde proper, but I hope to offer an option to end in Warnemünde and go back to the ship by taxi (cost for taxi 1 way is approx 15-18€ for 4 in a taxi).
The two dates are already on my website and the first bookings came within an hour. I expect these tours to sell out quickly!
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