Allgäu Foot-Notes*

www.allgaeu.info *Every discovery

The Allgäu, starts with the first step where you spend most of your time on your feet, is the right environment to discover ...and gets more exciting something new every day… with the next. Alpine climbing Bicycling Paragliding Summer sledging Hiking Unique walking areas: 60 km of mountain paths with panorama views. Swimming Wild park Golf Highest golfing tee in . Sailing Mountain railways Climbing Lake Constance Allgäu-Skyline Park Trekking Bicycle racing Wind surfing Rope climbing Canoeing Ballooning Lake Constance-Königssee cycle track Horse riding Nordic walking Lakes for swimming Fishing Camel trekking Waterskiing Land of adventure Allgäu Family fun for big and small discoverers. Canyoning Rafting Mountain biking Hut treks gorge Eistobel

…wander through the unique landscape in your walking boots. Carefully touch a climbing ladder with your foot. Let your legs hang down during a snack. Explore the well signed trails on your mountain bike, or reach your limits while canyoning. There is always Enjoyable cross-border walks: something to discover... relax in the Kleinwalsertal – broaden your horizons. At the end of the day you will have gained a new experience. And, it doesn’t make any difference whether your kick is a sportive one, or if you find relaxation in nature.

www.allgaeu.info/sommerfrische *Fresh tracks in the snow

are the beginning The Allgäu, where winter is still winter, of a perfect winter day. is the right place to experience breathtaking moments and unforgettable days in the snow… Ice skating Mountain paths Curling Ski jumping Sledging Alpine skiing For the ADAC the Allgäu is one of the top skiing areas. Two-country skiing area Wild parks Snowshoe walking Ski tours Snowtubing Ice hockey Winter walking Half a year winter and snow-secure areas with especially long periods of sunshine. Skating Horse sleigh rides Après-Ski Carving area Ice climbing Dog sleigh races Snow biking Recreational and adventure pools Ski trails Ballooning Nordic skiing With over 1000 km of cross-country ski trails (several 100 km´s skating), the Allgäu is absolutely the best cross-country skiing area. Skijoring Snow golf Mountain railways Building igloos Horned sleigh races Snowboard fun parks

…put one foot in front of the other in the glistening snow. A turn right, a turn left. This is your first attempt at snowboarding and the snow is spraying in your face. Happiness is often the little things in life: the sun that reflects off the white surface, the cup of tea that warms you up. Explore the landscape on your big feet The snow melts – snowshoes provide grip and security when exploring the animal world. Ice crystals and icicles in the most different shapes decorate the way. but the memory remains... High over the mountains, feeling completely weightless and then return with a suntan. Glide across the white landscape. Hear and feel the crunching of the snow with every step you take. www.allgaeu.info/winterzauber *Shed some ballast,

In the Allgäu, get new energy where the air is clearer and the landscape is healthier than elsewhere, ...and relax from top body and mind can switch off and relax… to toe. Spa region Allgäu Health region: home of the Schroth- and the Kneipp cure. Light cuisine Walking Bio hotels Allgäu flower mountains Sauna landscapes Ayurveda Hot and cold baths Medicinal herbs Yoga Beauty and aesthetics Meditation Nordic fitness Massage Hay baths Healthy climate Pollen free mountain air - ideal for allergy sufferers and asthmatics. Gymnastics Rehabilitation clinics Traditional Chinese medicine Pools Wellness in hotels, health farms in nature. Climatic health resorts Energy places Recreational pools with wellness areas Fasting Tai Chi Stimulating climate

…feeling well, getting lots of sleep, relaxing. Breathe in deeply, experience nature with all your senses and finally having the time to do so. In the trail of reverend Kneipp. Being healthy means more than not feeling ill. New energy, wrinkles that are smoothed away, your soul can relax. Not a new person, A loyal companion from morning till night: but a feeling of being reborn... a good mood – smiling is the best medicine. No hectic, no appointments and still active. Getting an unexpected compliment. The landscape and the air are salutary – “I feel healthy and strong.” Where people get exceptionally old, is a good place to feel years younger. The Gunzesrieder Tal, Tannheimer Tal or Hintersteiner Tal: breathing in wellness in the Allgäu valleys. Tensions are being eased. www.allgaeu.info/wohlfuehlwonnen Let yourself go, relax. Looking forward to new experiences. *Put your feet up

and have a good time In the Allgäu, where hospitality comes from the heart, – enjoy genuine hospitality every encounter to the most. is an intense experience… Farm markets Family friendliness Culinary delights Special beers and the unparalleled Allgäu cheese are part of it, just like the Allgäu cheese noodles. Tradition Holiday homes Camping sites Country guesthouses The German Alpine Road Cheese trail Parties Holiday without the car Private rooms Buying from the farm Arrangements Restaurants Hut holidays Set meals Specialities Hotels The majority of 5-star hotels in . Allgäu-Walser-Card Fresh milk Authenticity Camping Guest houses Health farms Holiday program Holiday on a farm Pure diversity: herbal farms 5-star farms, family holidays and so on...

...gormandise to your heart’s content and allow yourself something good. Spoil yourself and let your feelings go. Being comfortable – a feeling like being at home. Being welcomed with the whole family and letting the kids jump around without having a bad conscience. The start of a friendship? People and the landscape Friendly people with a warm smile on their faces. – what remains is a feeling of alliance... Coming with a good feeling and wanting to come back. A way of life, delicious and different, peculiar but still with a feeling of belonging to it. One thing is certain: the guest is at the centre of attention and everyday life is quickly forgotten… www.allgaeu.info/sinnesfreuden *So much to experience

The Allgäu, - be amazed, where the past is alive and history was written, discover and is the right place to be curious… explore wherever you are. Fortresses and castles World famous: the Neuschwanstein castle in the Königswinkel. Museums Carnival “Alemannische Fasnet“ Jazz Bonfires “Funkenfeuer“ Dividing the cattle “Viehscheid“ Important music festivals Theatre Romantic towns Historical towns with extensive cultural and musical programmes. Baroque Churches, chapels and monasteries Natural history Tradition Stories Local dialect Traditional costumes Shopping experiences Cultural trails Romantic and baroque streets that invite you for a relaxing drive. Farm museums Events Christmas markets Festivities Open-air events Open-air theatres Knight games Concerts Pilgrim roads, Pilgrimages Historical celebrations

…stories of kings, artists and hedonists. Famous buildings make you freeze in amazement. Small pieces of art at the side of the road. Tradition that is being lived, enchanting. Explore the landscape wide-eyed. Enjoy music, accept what is different – join the parties and dance. Defined by impressions Collect impressions. Dialect. The way of life. Customs and rituals. that keep haunting you... It is more different than you think. Experience a special culture. Original but still modern. Open-air atmosphere in a clear mountain air, classic melodies under mountain tops. Schubert, Mozart, Rachmaninoff. Alp-horn players in the early morning. Without any doubt: enchantment, inspiration and art at the highest level. www.allgaeu.info/lebenslust Your guest information, 87538 87616 87672 Roßhaupten tourist office Telephone 00 49/83 26/36 46-0 Telephone 00 49/83 42/40 08-45 Telephone 00 49/83 67/364 Impressum and health resort administration www.fischen.de www.marktoberdorf.de www.rosshaupten.de in the Allgäu Publisher 87629 Füssen 86865 Markt 87494 Rückholz Allgäu Marketing GmbH Telephone 00 49/83 62/93 85-0 Telephone 00 49/8262/9 6925-0 Telephone 00 49/83 69/227 Allgäuer Str. 1 www.fuessen.de www.marktwald.de www.rueckholz.de D-87435 Kempten 87527 Altstädten 87657 Görisried 87700 Memmingen 88175 Scheidegg Design Telephone 00 49/83 21/21 70 Telephone 00 49/83 02/9723 Telephone 00 49/83 31/850-172 Telephone 00 49/83 81/895-55 DACHCOM www.altstaedten.de www.goerisried.de www.memmingen.de www.scheidegg.de Agentur für Werbung und Kommunikation 87452 87642 87719 Mindelheim 87645 Ankergässele 2 Telephone 00 49/8373/70 51 Telephone 00 49/83 68/285 Telephone 00 49/8261/737-300 Telephone 00 49/83 62 /81 98-0 D-87435 Kempten www.altusried.de www.halblech.de www.mindelheim.de www.schwangau.de

88260 Argenbühl 88178 Heimenkirch 87547 Missen-Wilhams 87637 Pictures Telephone 00 49/75 66/940-210 Telephone 00 49/83 81/805-11 Telephone 00 49/83 20/456 Telephone 00 49/83 64/98 30-33 Allgäuer Touristinformationen, Allgäu www.argenbuehl.de www.heimenkirch.de www.missen-wilhams.de www.seeg.de Marketing, Bad Wörishofen, DACHCOM, Michael Kaufmann, Kleinwalsertal 87727 Babenhausen 87629 Hopfen am See 87484 87527 Tourismus, Tourismus, Andreas Telephone 00 49/83 33/923-623 Telephone 00 49/83 62/7458 Telephone 00 49/83 61/92 30-40 Telephone 00 49/83 21/615-291 Riedmiller, Hermann Rupp, Tourismus- www.touristinfo-babenhausen.de www.fuessen-hopfensee.de www.nesselwang.de www.sonthofen.de verband Südliches Allgäu

87730 Bad Grönenbach 87659 88149 Nonnenhorn 88167 Stiefenhofen Copyright Telephone 00 49/83 34/605-31 Telephone 00 49/83 64/85 48 Telephone 00 49/83 82/82 50 Telephone 00 49/83 83/72 00 The complete contents of this publica- www.bad-groenenbach.de www.hopferau.de www.nonnenhorn.de www.stiefenhofen.de tion is legally protected, all rights are reserved. No form of reproduction, as 87541 87509 87634 Obergünzburg 87477 Sulzberg well as the reproduction on radio or Telephone 00 49/83 24/892-0 Telephone 00 49/83 23/914-176 Telephone 00 49/8372/72 11 Telephone 00 49/8376/92 01-19 television or presentations, is allowed www.bad-hindelang.info www.immenstadt.de www.oberguenzburg.de www.sulzberg.de without the written authorisation of Allgäu Marketing. All information is 86825 Bad Wörishofen 88316 Isny 87538 A-6675 Tannheimer Tal given to our best knowledge, but with- Telephone 00 49/8247/9933-55 Telephone 00 49/75 62/984-110 Telephone 00 49/83 26/277 Telephone 00 43/5675/6 22 00 out any guarantees. No liability can be www.bad-woerishofen.de www.isny.de www.obermaiselstein.de www.tannheimertal.com taken.

88410 Bad Wurzach 87491 Jungholz 88179 Oberreute 87616 Wald Telephone 00 49/75 64/3021-50 Telephone 00 43/5676/81 20 Telephone 00 49/83 87/12 33 Telephone 00 49/83 02/473 www.bad-wurzach.de www.jungholz.com www.oberreute.de www.wald-allgaeu.de

87538 87600 Kaufbeuren 87534 88289 Waldburg Telephone 00 49/83 28/10 56 Telephone 00 49/83 41/40-405 Telephone 00 49/83 86/93 00-0 Telephone 00 49/75 29/97 17-0 www.balderschwang.de www.kaufbeuren-tourismus.info www.oberstaufen.de www.gemeinde-waldburg.de

87544 87435 Kempten 87561 88239 Wangen Telephone 00 49/83 21/80 08-36 Telephone 00 49/8 31/25 25-237 Telephone 00 49/83 22/700-0 Telephone 00 49/75 22/74-211 www.blaichach.de www.kempten.de www.oberstdorf.de www.wangen.de

87538 88353 Kißlegg 87527 88142 Wasserburg Telephone 00 49/83 26/83 14 Telephone 00 49/75 63/936-142 Telephone 00 49/83 21/890-19 Telephone 00 49/83 82/88 7474 www.bolsterlang.de www.kisslegg.de www.ofterschwang.de www.wasserburg-bodensee.de

87474 87568 Kleinwalsertal 87724 Ottobeuren 88171 Weiler Telephone 00 49/8378/92 02-22 Telephone 00 43/55 17/51 14-0 Telephone 00 49/83 32/92 19-50 Telephone 00 49/83 87/391-50 www.buchenberg.de www.kleinwalsertal.com www.ottobeuren.de www.weiler-tourismus.de

87545 Burgberg 86983 87466 Oy- 87629 Weissensee Telephone 00 49/83 21/78 78-97 Telephone 00 49/88 62/98 78-30 Telephone 00 49/83 66/207 Telephone 00 49/83 62/65 00 www.burgberg.de www.lechbruck.de www.oy-mittelberg.de www.fuessen-weissensee.de

87740 Buxheim 88299 Leutkirch 87459 Pfronten 87480 Telephone 00 49/83 31/97 70-0 Telephone 00 49/75 61/87-154 Telephone 00 49/83 63/698-88 Telephone 00 49/8375/92 02-41 www.buxheim.de www.leutkirch.de www.pfronten.de www.weitnau.de

87463 88161 Lindenberg 87549 87497 Telephone 00 49/8374/58 20-0 Telephone 00 49/83 81/803-28 Telephone 00 49/83 27/93 04-0 Telephone 00 49/83 65/266 www.dietmannsried.de www.lindenberg.de www.rettenberg.de www.wertach.de

87637 Eisenberg 88167 Maierhöfen 87669 Rieden am 88364 Wolfegg Telephone 00 49/83 64/12 37 Telephone 00 49/83 83/980-40 Telephone 00 49/83 62/37025 Telephone 00 49/75 27/96 01-51 www.eisenberg-allgaeu.de www.maierhoefen.de www.rieden.de www.wolfegg.de

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