Different ways of spending the day.
If you don’t just want to spend your time walking in the beautiful forest or relaxing, you can also follow in the footsteps of the noble knights.
Within a periphery of 20 km you have the possibility of visiting 12 castle ruins and a fully restored castle, the castle Berwartstein. By the way, if you are interested in climbing, there are some excellent opportunities for rock climbing in the Dahner Felsenland.
You can find further information about the castles and climbing at www.dahner-felsenland.net.
Trips into the surroundings of Schoenau-Gebueg.If you would like to become acquainted with Palatinate cuisine, you will find plenty of good food and fine wines in the many local restaurants.
Within a periphery of only 50 km you can explore German and French history, as well as other outstanding objects of interest.
For example:
• The Bitche Citadel, a mountain fortress with museum (approx. 35 km away)
• The Maginot line with the artillery work Four à Chaux near Lembach
(approx. 9 km)
• The Kristallerie Meisenthal near Bitche (approx. 40 km)
• Burg Trifels, the most formal of the forts from the Staufer period
(approx. 35 km)
• The Deutsche Weintor (German Wine Gate), beginning of the Weinstraße near
Schweigen (approx. 35 km)
• Wissembourg (Weißenburg), a wonderfully picturesque small town
(approx. 27 km)
• and much more ...
More information about local attractions can be found on the website of "Fremdenverkehrsverein e.V. Schönau im Pfälzer Wasgau" under www.gemeinde-schoenau-pfalz.de .