Rewal is the seat of a seaside district in Gryfice county, West Pomerania, on the Trzebiatów Coast between Pobierowo and Pogorzelica. Small in area, the district packs in seven holiday villages — Rewal, Niechorze, Pobierowo, Pogorzelica, Trzęsacz, Śliwin and Pustkowo — each with its own way down to the beach. It is one of the areas with the highest density of holiday beds in Poland during the summer.
The best-known landmark is the Niechorze lighthouse — a slender brick tower 45 metres high, raised in 1866, whose gallery opens a wide view over the Baltic and the villages around. The second emblem is the church ruins at Trzęsacz — a fragment of a 15th-century Gothic church which as late as the 19th century stood well back from the shore and today hangs over the very edge of a cliff steadily undercut by the sea.
In summer the Seaside Narrow-Gauge Railway runs the length of the district parallel to the shore, with stops in every village. The line has been working since the end of the 19th century and is today one of the greatest attractions of the region, linking Pogorzelica, Niechorze, Rewal and Trzęsacz. The district's beaches are wide and sandy, and the cliffs so typical of this coast give it a raw, picturesque character.
Rewal and its neighbours are a classic base for a family summer — with lifeguarded bathing areas, promenades, playgrounds and plenty of places to eat. Away from the beach the district is ringed by pine forest and a bird reserve on the coastal lake Liwia Łuża near Niechorze. With Trzebiatów, Gryfice and the other coastal resorts close by, the area makes a convenient base for the whole of West Pomerania.
