Lavendel Grimme

The lavender on site is pretty as well as perfumed, of course – but if you’d like to see some different flowers while you’re here head up to the Christiansberg Botanic Garden (40 minutes’ drive). There are several differently themed areas to explore here, and if you like what you see you can pick up plants to take home at the sales area. A different kind of garden can be explored in Ueckermünde (50 minutes), which has a sculpture park to wander around – plus an animal park too. Closer to home, the kids may well enjoy outings to Golz moose and reindeer farm (15 minutes) or the Fire Museum Pasewalk (20 minutes), which has a collection of historic fire engines. If it’s attractive architecture that you like to spot, make an outing to Boitzenburg Castle (45 minutes) or skip over the border into Poland for a day wandering around Szczecin (40 minutes). The city has a pretty Old Town, a castle and a cathedral to explore, plus great museums and places to eat.