Berghotel & Panoramarestaurant Bastei
- Rooms
- Meals
- Restaurant
- Café
Hotel and panorama restaurant at the Bastei, a few steps from the Bastei Bridge on stage 2. Breakfast buffet, restaurant and pastry shop.
Malerweg · Stage 2 of 8
Stadt Wehlen to Hohnstein
Stage 2 of the Malerweg covers 10.9 km from Stadt Wehlen to Hohnstein, with 479 m of ascent and 353 m of descent. The highest point is 328 m. Allow about 4.5 hours of walking, plus breaks.
10.9 kmdistance
479 mascent
353 mdescent
~4.5 hwalking time
moderatedifficulty
328 mhighest point
≈ 2 L
≈ 1,130 kcal
Distance, climb and elevation come from the Outest route data. Difficulty and time are estimates from distance and climb; your pace will vary with heat, pack weight and photo stops.
Where to sleep and eat on this stage
Bastei
Hohnstein
Burg Hohnstein
- Rooms
- Meals
- Café
Rooms in the old castle of Hohnstein above the Polenz valley, at the end of stage 2. The castle café is open daily from 11:00 to 20:00; check the website for closures on event days.
Hotel & Restaurant Zur Aussicht
- Rooms
- Meals
- Restaurant
Hotel with a restaurant serving regional home cooking at Am Bergborn 7 in Hohnstein, about 0.4 km from the trail. Double rooms with or without a balcony and a junior suite.
Polenztal
Pension & Gasthaus Polenztal
- Rooms
- Meals
- Restaurant
Guesthouse and inn on the trail in the Polenz valley below Hohnstein, about 0.5 km before the end of stage 2. Half board is possible; from April to October the inn opens from 16:00 on weekdays and earlier at weekends.
Checked online in October 2026. Places marked "listed by the tourist board" are on the official Sächsische Schweiz tourism listing but could not be confirmed on their own website. Rooms for a single night are hard to find from May to October and on holidays: book ahead. Many hosts give you the free Gästekarte mobil for buses, trains and Elbe ferries.
Help and services on this stage
Emergency: call 112 (ambulance, fire, mountain rescue). Doctor out of hours: 116 117. Emergency & health guide
Nearest hospital
- Helios Klinikum Pirna (emergency department) · Pirna · 24/7 emergency
+49350171180 · Map - University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden (emergency centre) · Dresden · 24/7 emergency
+493514580 · Map
Health centres
- Facharztpraxis Junghannß, Hohnstein (GP) · Hohnstein · opening hours only
+4935975842238 · Map
On or near the trail
Pharmacies, ATMs, shops and stops: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Hospitals and health centres checked online.
Walk Stadt Wehlen to Hohnstein with Outest
The full stage works offline in Outest, with the route, elevation, water and village points, and a trail guide you can ask about conditions and the next place to sleep.