Jasmund is Germany's smallest national park, but it packs in the country's most-painted landscape: a wall of white chalk cliffs above the Baltic, the so-called Stubbenkammer, with the famous Königsstuhl as its highest point. Behind the cliffs is a primeval beech forest, gnarled and silent and listed by UNESCO as part of its ancient beech-forest World Heritage Site.
The Hochuferweg, the high-cliff path, runs for about 12 kilometres from Sassnitz to the Königsstuhl visitor centre — one of the great coastal walks of northern Europe. Allow three to four hours one-way. The cliffs change colour through the day; early morning and late afternoon, when the chalk catches a warm light, are best. The path is well-marked but unfenced in places, and erosion has eaten away sections.
The park's information centre at Königsstuhl is the obvious entry point. From there, shuttle buses and trails radiate.