Villa Bardey in Bad Stuer

Beautiful large houses can be found in the Bad Stuer settlement.

The district of Bad Stuer with a hydrotherapy facility run by the alternative practitioner (“water doctor”) Heinrich Friedrich Francke (pseudonym: J. H. Rausse) was founded in 1845. While the spa guests were initially treated according to the principles of water healing by Vincenz Prießnitz, the methods of healing treatment later followed the views of Sebastian Kneipp. With the outbreak of the First World War, the spa business gradually came to a standstill and finally ended completely when Russian and French prisoners of war were quartered. In 1923 the inventory was auctioned off and some of the buildings were demolished. (from: Wikipedia on June 28, 2023, de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuer).
It's amazing how sloping the terrain is towards the lake. The old villas and buildings are embedded in beautiful, old trees and give an idea of their old splendor.

The route from Malchow to Stuer has it all, it goes up and down. The random decision to ride the tour clockwise was a good idea as we aren't e-bike riding, so no assistance on the climbs. The strenuous part of the tour was definitely the first part.