2 Best Hotels in Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein and the Baltic Coast

This luxurious resort sits directly on the dunes in a white, thatch-roof country house, and the view from most of the rooms is magnificent—with some luck, you may even spot frolicking harbor porpoises. The property has rooms, suites, and brightly furnished spacious maisonettes that cover two floors and are equipped with a fireplace. The real attraction here, however, is the restaurant, where renowned chef Johannes King creates delicious German-Mediterranean fish dishes. The hotel is in quiet Rantum, at the southeast end of the island.

One of Sylt's loveliest old thatch-roof apartment houses, this is a quiet alternative to the busier main resorts in Kampen and Westerland. The Ulenhof has four buildings 850 yards away from the beach in Wenningstedt. The larger apartments, for up to five people, are a good deal. A separate bathing facility offers a huge wellness area with two saunas, a pool, and a Tecaldarium, a Roman-style bathhouse.