{"id":19368,"date":"2019-09-27T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-03-10T11:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:54:35","slug":"hotel-sand-timmendorfer-beach-searching-for-the-smiling-whale","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/en\/story\/hotel-sand-timmendorfer-beach-searching-for-the-smiling-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"SAND, Timmendorfer Strand, Deutschland: Searching for the smiling whale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong>The SAND is just a few steps away from Timmendorfer Beach and stands for  individuality, the very highest quality, sustainability and closeness to  nature.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are very lucky you might get a glimpse of him from the <strong>rooftop outdoor sauna<\/strong> of the Boutique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelsand.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hotel  <\/a>SAND on Timmendorfer beach. <strong>As elegant as a dolphin the porpoise jumps  to the surface <\/strong>to catch its breath. And he seems to be smiling  good-naturedly. This is probably due to the slightly raised corners of  his mouth. Harbor porpoises are the only whales that are native to the  North Sea and the Baltic Sea.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default\"><p> There are hardly any whale or dolphin species that are so inconspicuous. You have to be really lucky to see them.  <\/p><cite>Marion Muller, hotel manager at Hotel SAND<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_-Whale-Watching-edited.jpg\" alt=\"SAND - Whale Watching\" class=\"wp-image-83090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_-Whale-Watching-edited.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_-Whale-Watching-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_-Whale-Watching-edited-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The porpoise does not have an easy life these days. Fishery, noise,  pollution, climate change and the destruction of his habitat are causing  him problems. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/en\/hotel\/sand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hotel SAND<\/a> has been committed to whale protection for many years and is proud to be a <strong>pioneer in sustainability<\/strong> at the Baltic Sea. &#8220;We are certified according to the German Sustainability Code and <strong>live up to this aspiration wherever we can<\/strong>&#8220;,  says Muller. Furniture made of recycled teak, beds with purely natural  materials, accessories made from stranded goods, environmentally  friendly solar energy and geothermal heat, avoidance of plastic waste \u2013  the hotel deliberately goes one step further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>We want our guests to feel comfortable and to enjoy the holiday to the  fullest. At the same time, we also want to do something good for the  environment. <\/p><cite>Marion Muller, manager at the Hotel SAND<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"83160\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/en\/story\/hotel-sand-timmendorfer-beach-searching-for-the-smiling-whale\/sand_beach-2-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-83160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-2-360x540.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"83162\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/en\/story\/hotel-sand-timmendorfer-beach-searching-for-the-smiling-whale\/sand_beach-1-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-83162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifestylehotels.masterbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SAND_beach-1-360x540.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The culinary choices are no exception to the aspiration of being sustainable. Recently the <strong>gastronomy concept of the hotel has been redesigned<\/strong> and now concentrates on <strong>breakfast for late risers<\/strong>.  &#8220;We noticed that our guests like to have a long and comfortable  breakfast. Now we have three cooks working every day until 12 o&#8217;clock at  the Front Cooking counter trying to satisfy all imaginable wishes&#8221;,  says Marion Muller proudly. The <strong>organic eggs<\/strong> come from friends nearby, the <strong>bread his home-baked<\/strong>,  the homemade jams, such as marzipan strawberry or mango mint, are a  favourite among guests to take home as a souvenir. In the afternoon you  can enjoy <strong>regional delicacies and extraordinary cocktails<\/strong> in the brasserie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the hotel manager still has many plans. Soon <strong>fitness bikes<\/strong> will be set up <strong>on the roof terrace overlooking the Baltic Sea<\/strong>. Of course they will be no ordinary fitness bikes. The hotel cooperates with the <strong>bamboo bicycle brand myBoo<\/strong> from Kiel. The bike frames are <strong>handmade in Ghana<\/strong> \u2013 thus creating jobs in the African country and funding a school. Soon you will be able to pedal on a bamboo bike on the rooftop of the Hotel SAND <strong>doing something good for yourself and society<\/strong> \u2013 and if you are extremely lucky you just might see a smiling porpoise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/en\/hotel\/sand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAND <\/a>is a Member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifestylehotels.net\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lifestylehotels<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are very lucky, you can see whales and dolphins from the roof terrace of the boutique hotel SAND on Timmendorfer Strand &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66943,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2341],"tags":[2598,2597,3139,3141,2600,3144,2599],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SAND: Searching for the smiling whale - 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