Altes Fährhaus - Apartment "Boven," 220 sqm, sauna included

The listed Alte Fährhaus has been around for 360 years and offers families and friends a wonderful retreat in its 2 apartments "Boven" and "Unnern" - just 30 minutes from Hamburg's city limits. The apartment "Boven" can accommodate up to 19 guests in 8 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. From the south-facing rooms you have a beautiful view over the Stör. Here you can experience the flair of the 17th century under slanted ceilings. The space The 228 sqm apartment "Boven" on the upper floor and top floor of the old ferry house is characterized by slanted walls, bent ancient beams and small cozy bedrooms. In the attic, we have installed an open kitchen in the open gallery, from which you can enjoy the view over the sunburned ancient beams into the living room one floor lower and open to the top. Next to the kitchen is a large dining and living room, from where you can enjoy a beautiful view over the Stör. BEDS AND ROOMS In total, the apartment "Boven" located on the second floor and top floor offers space for 19 guests. 5 bedrooms are designed for 2 guests, but there is also a triple and a quadruple room and on the open gallery of the living and dining area there is room for 2 more guests. In 3 rooms we have installed freestanding bathtubs for our guests, 3 more bathrooms are accessible via the hallway. Most beds can be used as double or single beds as required. We have all newly installed the bathrooms in the course of the loving restoration of our house in 2019. GARDEN AND SAUNA The approx. 3000 sqm common garden offers children a lot of space and there is also our wooden sauna, which can of course be used. Since we rent two other accommodations on the property, we are happy to coordinate the times of use with the groups so that there are no overlaps. If you need even more space, we offer 8 sleeping places in the "Unnern" apartment on the ground floor of the house, a total of 12 more sleeping places in the neighboring baker's house and up to 5 more rooms can be rented in the Landgasthof Lüders, which is only a 5-minute walk away. VILLAGE LIFE In the cute village of Wewelsfleth there is a local shop, a fruit and vegetable stand, a bakery, the Landgasthof Lüders and a Greek bistro within a 10-minute walk. SUPS/CANOES/KAJAKS The accommodation is less than a 5-minute walk from the Störr. On request, we are happy to lend up to 10 stand-up paddle boards, 2 canoes and 4 kayaks. Attention: You have to pay attention to the different currents. ACTIVITIES The Alte Fährhaus is located directly opposite the small harbor of Wewelsfleth. To enjoy nature, you can leave the car behind: upstream you can reach a 50 hectare bird sanctuary located in a Stör loop on the dike crest or the barely traveled small road towards Beidenfleth. Alternatively, you can start south of the shipyard along the Stör towards the Elbe, past the Stör barrage to Krey's Deichladen, which is behind the Elbe dyke. From there, a small road takes you back to Wewelsfleth. The town of Glückstadt, which was invented by the Danish King Christian IV on the drawing board, is only 10 minutes away by car and it is no further to Brokdorf, where in summer a heated outdoor pool at the Elbe beach and in winter an ice rink provide fun for young and old. Here in Glückstadt you can rent bicycles at the tourist information office for 7 EUR per day or EUR 30 per week, with which not only the dikes can be explored excellently. Children's bicycles can also be rented there. If you want to go further afield, you can reach the North Sea near Friedrichskoog in 45 minutes, where you can go mudflat hiking and visit the seal rescue station or the huge indoor playground Willi Wal. In 60-90 minutes you can reach Germany's largest sandpit - Sankt Peter Ording - or the charming towns of Büsum, Husum, Tönning and Friedrichstadt. The Glückstadt-Wischhafen Elbe ferry is 10 minutes away by car and takes you to the other side of the Elbe, where Stade with its picturesque city scenery awaits you and a day trip to Cuxhafen is also possible from there. Other things to note You sleep in an 18th century house. century. It will never be clinically clean and in the countryside, as everywhere in nature, there are insects that can also get into the house. Of course, we will do our best to ensure that you will not notice these things.