With some terrific day trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to enjoy all that Ploen, 18 miles away, has to offer. Among your first few stops here should be Natural Park Holstein Switzerland, Kurpark Malente and Langenrader Windmuehle. The locals are also likely to point you toward Eutin, 20 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, make sure it’s Schloss Eutin. (But we’d also highly recommend Eutiner Festival and Großer Eutiner See.)