Holidays with the guest card in Oberhof
at the Hotel Thüringenschanze
When you check in at the hotel in Oberhof, you will automatically receive your Oberhof guest card. With this guest card, you can take part in the guest programme of the Oberhof information centre free of charge and you will also receive lots of additional benefits throughout Thuringia.
Added value for your holiday in Oberhof
The Oberhof guest card is also linked to the Thuringian Forest Card. With this tandem guest card, you can save on your travel budget and get lots of ideas for excursions during your holiday in Oberhof.
Guest card in Oberhof – many benefits at no extra cost
The Oberhof guest card doesn’t cost you a cent extra. As a holidaymaker in Oberhof, you are bound by the visitor’s tax regulations. You pay the visitor’s tax with your hotel bill on departure. As part of the visitor’s tax, you will receive your personal Oberhof guest card and can use it to enjoy all services. This includes the cultural programme, guided hikes and outdoor events.
You can also take advantage of various offers from the Oberhof Information Centre. For example, free hire of Nordic walking poles or a hiking rucksack with scavenger hunt. Or you can borrow a games box with board games.
You can find all the latest offers from the Oberhof Guest Card at any time at www.oberhof.de.
Your advantage with the Oberhof guest card
Oberhof city line 423
Travel free of charge
You can travel free of charge between the bus stops with a valid guest card: Bus station – Crawinkler Straße – Friedhof – Wadeberg – Th. Neubauer-Straße – Breitscheid Str. – Stadtplatz – Tambacher Str. – Alpinhang – Grenzadler – Bus station – Rondell
You can find journey times here: Route planner bus & train Thuringia.
Guided hikes with the guest card in Oberhof
With your Oberhof guest card, you can take part in the guest programme on offer at no extra cost. For some programmes you have to register at the Oberhof Information. For other hikes, you can simply come to the start at the Haus des Gastes and it is not necessary to register. Detailed information can be found in your personalised adventure guide to the guest card, which you can also obtain from us at the hotel. Extract from the offer:
Guided sports centre hike
Oberhof is known far beyond the borders of Thuringia for its top-class sports facilities. You will certainly have seen the sports facilities for competitive athletes in the winter sports of luge, skeleton and bobsleigh, ski jumping, cross-country skiing and biathlon on television during one of the World Cup broadcasts.
Now you have the opportunity to take a closer look at Oberhof’s sports facilities in peace and quiet. Perhaps the top athletes or, no less interesting, the young talents are training and you will gain an insight into their everyday training. During the sports facility hike, you will walk with an experienced guide and hike along the luge and bobsleigh track, continue along the LOTTO Thüringen Skisport-HALLE Oberhof to the LOTTO Thüringen ARENA am Rennsteig (the famous biathlon stadium) and on to the ski jumps at Kanzlersgrund. Along the way, the hiking guide can tell you one or two anecdotes from the sport and you will learn more about how the sports facilities work.
Facts about the sports centre hike
Guided city tour
A stroll through Oberhof in the Thuringian ForestGet to know the winter sports resort of Oberhof and its eventful history on this walk with a hiking guide . Not only will you enjoy an easy and entertaining hike through the town, you will also hear one or two incredible stories along the way.
Oberhof has an exciting history. Since the founding years in the imperial era, there have been brilliant upswings and ground-breaking events. The citizens of the small town on the Rennsteig and their guests have also experienced dark times. Thuringian winter sports began in Oberhof. The major sports clubs were founded on the Oberhofer Höh in the early years of the 20th century.
Construction and dismantling, new beginnings and continuity epitomise Oberhof, its sport and its tourism. You can look forward to a fascinating walk. You might even come across a top athlete or two.
Facts about the city tour
Guided ski jump hike
This hike leads with an experienced hiking guide directly through the forest to the LOTTO Thüringen ski jumping facility in Kanzlersgrund.
The first large ski jump was built here back in 1961. As early as 1979, the ski jumps were covered with plastic mattings for summer use – an invention from Thuringia, by the way.
During the hike, you will learn insider details about this ever-impressive sport. Ski jumping has always been a fascinating sport. There is also a lot to tell about the history of the ski jumps in Oberhof.
Perhaps you will catch a glimpse of the training of the junior ski jumpers or the top jumpers. International ski jumping stars use the Oberhof ski jumps for training, as do the local matadors. But watching the children jumping is more than impressive.
Make sure you take a souvenir photo. A wonderful motif for your holiday album.
Facts about the ski jump hike
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Hikes
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Mountain biking
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For families
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