Resort Mark Brandenburg

What it is and who runs it

Resort Mark Brandenburg is a superior four-star hotel in Neuruppin, Theodor Fontane's town, north-west of Berlin. It occupies the end of the promenade beside the Ruppiner See, at An der Seepromenade 20, and is operated by the company Seetor Invest Betriebsgesellschaft Neuruppin Hotel GmbH. As well as rooms and suites, it has meeting rooms, several restaurants and, above all, the Fontane Therme, a thermal spa also open to non-guests. It does not publish the number of rooms or the year it opened.

The thermal baths

The Fontane Therme has indoor and outdoor pools of natural saltwater, a brine that the hotel presents as a state-recognised healing spring, and a sauna area with several themed rooms and a floating sauna on the lake. The offer is completed by a beauty and massage area, a gym with daily classes, a meadow for the summer and the Seeblick bistro.

Day visitors enter every day from 12:00 to 22:00; with the Spa Day Premium ticket, from the morning. The published rates range from €30 (three hours in the morning) and €40 (from 18:00 to 22:00) to €95 for the day with food and drinks, €135 for the Spa Day Premium with breakfast and lunch, and €145 for the package with a massage. Tickets are limited and sold online only; if a type sells out on the website, it is not sold at the ticket office either. The exception is children's tickets, which can be bought there.

Children aged 4 to 14 may enter only with an adult and have their own tickets limited to the ground floor, from 12:00 to 19:00; under-3s do not pay. For under-14s there are specific rules in each area, which are worth reading before going as a family. Bathrobes and towels can be hired (€14 for the full package), and some tickets include them.

Restaurants and stays

The Parzival and Seewirtschaft restaurants and the Seeblick bistro are open to non-guests too; the hotel also has a bar with a fireplace. Room rates vary a great deal depending on the offer: the published ones start at around €136 per person in a double room with a non-refundable rate, and there are multi-night packages with access to the thermal baths. Book on its website, by phone (+49 3391 40 350) or at [email protected]. Cancellation terms depend on each rate and are shown when you book.

Parking, getting there and languages

Parking is in the resort's own garage. It is included with the more complete day tickets, which open it with the QR code on the ticket; with the short tickets you pay separately, on site. The hotel is on the lakeside promenade, and its website has a page with directions by car and by public transport.

The website is in German and English. The hotel warns that fake WhatsApp messages about bookings are circulating: do not reply or open links that do not come from its official channels.