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Right Idyllic pastures along the way to
Füssen Below left Lüftlmalerei, traditional
Bavarian wall paintings, Oberammergau
Below right Gilded statues and pool in
the gardens in front of Schloss Linderhof

WHERE TO STAY
NESSELWANG
Brauerei-Gasthof Hotel Post
moderate
This family-run hotel opposite
Nesselwang’s parish church has 23
rooms with en-suite baths or showers.
It also has an attractive wood-panelled 4 Nesselwang 5 Füssen
restaurant and its own brewery.
Hauptstrasse 25, 87484; 08361 309 10; Bavaria; 87484 Bavaria; 87629
www.hotel-post-nesselwang.de Set amid meadows at the foot of The main urban centre for south-
the 1,575-m (5,167-ft) Alpspitze, the eastern Allgäu, Füssen is a charming
FÜSSEN village of Nesselwang is a centre for town with an enchanting setting of
Hotel Schlosskrone activity holidays, such as mountain lakes and mountains. The old town,
moderate–expensive
This established hotel in the centre of biking and canyon ing in summer or Altstadt, is dominated by the
Füssen offers well-equipped doubles and skiing in winter (tourist office; Hohes Schloss, a former summer
and deluxe rooms with marble bath- Hauptstrasse 20, 08361 92 30 40). In 2003, palace of Augsburg’s bishops, which
rooms and air conditioning. There is Nesselwang opened Bavaria’s first houses two art galleries (Apr–Oct:
also a café and restaurant.
Prinzregentenplatz, 87629; 08362 Nordic Walking Park, which is part of a closed Mon; Nov–Mar: open Fri–Sun).
930 180; www.schlosskrone.de 420-km (261-mile) network stretching Also worth visiting are the former
into neigh bouring districts. In winter, Benedictine monastery of Kloster St
OBERAMMERGAU the Alpspitzbahn gondola serves the Mang and the Heilig Geist Spitalkirche,
Alte Post moderate Alpspitze’s mostly blue ski runs, which or the Church of the Holy Ghost.
A lovely old inn dating back to the early are generally for beginners. There’s ª Continue along Sebastianstrasse,
17th century. Rooms have en-suite
baths or showers, LCD TV and Internet. even floodlit even ing skiing on the then take the B17 to Steingaden.
Dorfstrasse 19, 82487; 08822 91 00; lower slopes. The village clusters
www.altepost.com around the impos ing church of Schloss Neuschwanstein
St Andreas, which was rebuilt in a A visit to “Mad” King Ludwig II’s
ETTAL Neo-Baroque style between 1904 (see p207) castle of Neuschwanstein
Klosterhotel Ludwig der Bayer and 1906 after falling into disrepair. (open daily) is worth a detour off the
moderate Alpenstrasse route. Perched on a
Located opposite Ettal’s magnificent ª Continue along the B309/Füssener crag above Hohenschwangau, the
abbey, this hotel is named after the Strasse, which becomes the B310/ castle was inspired by Wagner’s
abbey’s founder. Rooms, suites and Pfrontener Strasse just before Pfronten. operas and only comple ted in 1884.
apartments are tastefully decorated; Continue on the B310 to Füssen. Park
some have balconies. Facilities include To reach Hohenschwangau, look out
an indoor pool and a bowling alley. in one of the signposted underground for the brown “Königsschlösser”
Kaiser Ludwig Platz, 82488; 08822 91 50; car parks close to the tourist office signs along the B17.
www.ludwig-der-bayer.de and the old town.

Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150

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