Füssen The Romantic Soul of Bavaria www.fuessen.de Füssen — The highest city in Bavaria The highest city in Bavaria — Füssen The Romantic Soul of Bavaria Contents Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangau ......................... 4–6 Accommodation and Visitor Card ........................................ 7 A Sightseeing Walk Round Füssen ................................ 8–9 Royal Landscapes..............................................................10 –11 Destinations ....................................................................... 12–13 Holiday Routes.................................................................. 14–15 2 3 Füssen Region — Neuschwanstein Castle Hohenschwangau Castle — Füssen Region A Royal Dream Neuschwanstein Castle The castle of Neuschwanstein rises majestically against a panoramic backdrop of snow-capped Alpine Museum der bayerischen könige mountains. It can be particularly rewarding to visit the castle in the Museum of the Bavarian Kings King Ludwig winter season. Then you can ride by Opening hours: horse-drawn carriage through the Daily from 9 am to 5 pm. King Ludwig II. (1845–1886) is winter landscape to the castle and Situated only a few hundred me- the Bavarian royal family and the Closed on 24th, 25th December known as the ‘Fairy-Tale King’ of enjoy the clear views and wonder- tres from Neuschwanstein is the Wittelsbach dynasty that has ex- and 1st January. Bavaria, not least because of the ful winter air. You can also view the castle of Hohenschwangau. It was isted for more than 1000 years at wonderful castles that he built: royal rooms of the castle without built by Ludwig’s father, King Max- the Museum of the Bavarian Kings, Tickets are available during the Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and the usual crowds of tourists who imilian II, on the ruins of a medi- located at the nearby Lake Alpsee. opening hours at the museum. Herrenchiemsee. The circumstances flock here in the summer. eval fortress, and the royal family A wonderful way of rounding off of his tragic death in Lake Starnberg regularly spent their summers here. your castle tour! www.museumderbayerischenkoenige.de in 1886 remain a mystery to this day. Visitors can discover more about 4 5 Füssen Region — Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangau Accommodation & Visitor Card — Füssen Ticket Information The information you need for Tickets for Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenschwan- The time it takes to walk from the Ticket Center to gau Castle can be booked online: • Neuschwanstein: about 40 minutes www.ticket-center-hohenschwangau.de • Hohenschwangau: about 20 minutes a perfect holiday Direct ticket sales: The approach road to Neuschwanstein Castle is closed Ticket-Center to general motor traffic. Your Visitor Card Gallery at the High Castle of Your Tourist Information Alpseestrasse 12 · 87645 Hohenschwangau With the Füssen Card you can Füssen There are two tourist information Telephone +49 8362 93083-0 In the village of Hohenschwangau horsedrawn carriages enjoy a wide variety of discounts • Tickets for a number of regional centres in Füssen – one in the centre Telefax +49 8362 93083-20 are available at Hotel Müller which take you to the and free offers. You will receive cable car services, including the of the town, and one in the town [email protected] castle inn located 984 feet, 300 metres/yards below your Visitor Card from your host on one at Tegelberg district of Hopfen am See. There Neuschwanstein. arrival, when you fill in your visitor • Tickets for boat trips on Lake is also a tourist information point In addition to the single tickets, combined tickets can registration form. Please enquire Forggensee in the village store (Dorfladen) in also be booked. Shuttle buses run between the village of Hohen- when booking your accommodation. • Guided tours and other offers the Weißensee district. The current • Prince‘s Ticket schwangau and the bus stop “Marienbrücke” (Mary‘s included in the Füssen visitors opening times can be found here: Valid for Neuschwanstein and the Museum of the Bridge). From there it is a steep downhill walk of about Here are just a few examples of programme www.fuessen.de/tourist-information Bavarian Kings on the same day. 10 minutes (1312 feet, 400 metres/yards) to Neu- the benefits you can enjoy with • King‘s Ticket schwanstein Castle (not suitable for anyone who has your Füssen Card. Your Hosts What services are available from Valid for Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau on difficulty walking). Free of charge: Füssen offers a wide range of the tourist information centres? the same day. • Public transport journeys on accommodation. From cosy well- • We will be happy to advise and • Wittelsbach Ticket From the bus stop it is a 2-minute walk to the Marien- scheduled bus services in the ness hotels to farmhouse holiday assist you when looking for Valid for Hohenschwangau and the Museum of the brücke (Mary’s Bridge) situated 295 feet (90 metres) regions of Füssen / Pfronten / apartments for families. From pri- accommodation. You can call us Bavarian Kings on the same day. above the Pöllat Gorge with a fine view of the castle Nesselwang / Schwangau / Halb- vate rooms to the awardwinning on: +49 8362 93850. • Swan Ticket and the 147 feet (45 metres) high waterfall. lech / Hopferau / Seeg / Rieden / five-star campsite on Lake Hopfen- Or you can send us an e-mail at: Valid for Neuschwanstein, Hohenschwangau and Roßhaupten / Lechbruck / Oy- see. From short stay hostels to a [email protected] the Museum of the Bavarian Kings on the same day. A guided tour of Neuschwanstein or Hohenschwan- Mittelberg as well as bus services holiday hotel directly alongside one Or if you are already in Füssen you gau lasts about 30 minutes. During the tour in Neu- to Vils and Reutte in the neigh- of the lakes. Many hosts specialise can simply come and visit us. schwanstein Castle there are 173 steps up and 207 bouring area of Austria. For ex- in hiking, cycling or health holidays We can provide you with town down. Taking photographs during the castle tour is ample, you can travel at no cost and offer specific services in these maps, information brochures, hi- strictly prohibited. to the royal castles of Neu- areas. king and cycling maps, and much schwanstein and Hohenschwan- more. gau, the Tegelberg mountain and You can be sure to find the right • We can also help you with any the famous Pilgrimage Church accommodation for your kind of other questions you might have of Wies, using the regular bus holiday in Füssen: about your holiday in our region: services. www.fuessen.de/accommodation How do you get to Schloss Neu- • Train journeys on the lines: Please note that the majority of schwanstein? Füssen – Kaufbeuren and Reutte – holiday apartments are rented by What are the essential sights that Pfronten – Kempten the week. Hotel rooms, hostel ac- you really have to see in and Exception: Members of tour commodation and private rooms around Füssen? Tips for hiking groups comprising ten or more can also be rented for one night. and cycling trips? … persons travelling with their own We recommend that you book • We also organise programmes bus and paying a reduced resort your accommodation in advance, and guide services for travel tax are not eligible to benefit from particularly in the high season be- groups. these free bus and train journeys. tween July and September. • Unlimited use of WiFi at the various hot-spots in and around Füssen: www.fuessen.de/wlan Discounts: • Tickets for the royal castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohen- Please note: schwangau The royal castles of Neuschwanstein • Tickets for the Museum of the and Hohenschwangau are sign- Bavarian Kings posted with the German word • Tickets for the Museum of Füssen “Königsschlösser”! (St. Mang’s Abbey) and the State 6 7 Füssen — Sightseeing Walk Sightseeing Walk — Füssen The Füssen Heritage Museum. town. Today it is here that the Lute- Archaeological finds and art trea- Makers Fountain recalls the histo- sures have provided evidence of rical importance of Füssen as the “Cradle of Lute-Making” in Europe. 1000 years of monastic history. The Mobile phone city guide. splendid Baroque rooms, which in- You can use your mobile phone to clude the Prince’s Hall, give some hear information about the history idea of the former monastery’s of Füssen in German or English at wealth. The museum also boasts eleven points around the old town. one of the finest collections of You will recognise the individual historical lutes and violins in Euro- points and buildings by the infor- pe. mation panels bearing the insigni- In the Anna Chapel, which can be as of our partners tomis and the reached via the museum, is the im- History Channel. pressive Death Dance cycle by Jakob Just call +49 89210833559-1 (Ger- Hiebeler (1602), the oldest of its man) or -2 (English) and then the kind in Bavaria. number of your selected station. Just dial in – don‘t worry, there are no roaming charges. The Reichenstrasse. Historical patricians‘ houses, huddling side by The medieval town centre side, line the main shopping street in the pedestrian zone, which is identical to the route of the earlier Tourist Information at Kaiser- Holy Ghost Hospital-Church of Paintings, where late Gothic and Roman road Via Claudia Augusta. Maximilian-Platz. (Heilig-Geist-Spital-Kirche). Renaissance works of art are on The richly decorated Rococo façade display. The Town Fountain at the upper of the Holy Ghost Hospital Church The Schrannenplatz once ser- end of the Reichenstrasse shows depicts St Florian as a help in pre- ved as the town‘s corn market. The St Magnus, Füssen‘s patron saint. venting fires (the previous Gothic late Gothic Corn House is nowa- At the fountain a narrow metal strip church burnt down in 1733) and days a popular meeting point with The area of the present-day has been set into the street paving St Christopher, who as the patron market stands and small catering Bread Market is thought to have to recall the ancient Roman route of saint of raftsmen has his appropri- outlets.