Five Day King Ludwig Round Tour
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COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com - 1 - #1.2: Five day King Ludwig Round Tour Five days, four nights Our Travelling Carriages: One of the English Road-Coaches 2 coaches, built in 1860 by Barker & Co., London, and in 1875 by Holland & Holland, London. Both coaches are driven four-in-hand, during the crossing of the Alps five-and six-in-hand, too. Each seating 9 passengers COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 2 – - Our Postal Omnibus 4 seats on top, 4 seats inside, built in France, ca. 1890 Travelling Landau Seating 4 passengers, with foldable hood for inclement weather COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 3 - Our Mylord Seating 2 passengers, with foldable hood) For self-drivers: Our German Hunting Carriage (Jagdwagen): Seating 4 inclusive driver COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 4 - Our Beaufort-Phaeton Seating 4 inclusive driver Our Shooting Break Seating 7 passengers, used for day-outings , four-in-hand clinics, Tuscany COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 5 - Itinerary: From Lake Starnberg (near Munich) to the Royal Castles, using a 4* hotel en route. This program is the mainstay of Coaching in Bavaria’s various offerings. Carriages depart every Friday and Saturday at 09.30 am from our farm 30 miles south of Munich, ending every Saturday/Sunday at the castles of Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein at 6.00 pm. Guaranteed departures from mid-May to end-October. Breakfast is included, with lunch and dinner at your own expense. Transfer from, and back to, Munich (hotel, rail-station, airport) on request. Day before deParture of the carriages: Make your own way from Munich (or take advantage of our optional transfer at additional cost) to our first hotel in the vicinity of Lake Starnberg. Relax at the hotel „Kaiserin Elisabeth“ in Feldafing (not included), named after the Austrian Empress Sissi who spent her holidays from the Vienna Imperial Court here for more than 20 years. Dinner on your own in the lovely dining room.(optional) Day 1: You are transferred at 09.30 am to the Coaching in Bavaria farm located between Lake Starnberg and Lake Ammersee where you will meet your coachman and guide or, if your drive yourself, you will get familiar with your horses and carriage. Our little back track is flooded Departure from the farm is 10.00 am. We drive down to the Ammer Valley, later up to the hills along the river. Lunch-break is in the small farm village of Eberfing at a post inn: no mass tourism, just good Bavarian food. After lunch the carriages drive through open farm land and later through endless forests closer and closer to the mountains. Around 06.00 pm we arrive at the hotel “Metzgerwirt” inside the little town of Bayersoien or at the Parkhotel in Bayersoien. Beautiful hotel, a wonderful view of the mountains, surrounded by moorland and fens. Dinner on your own in the hotel. COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 6 - Day 2: 09.30 am departure of the carriages from the hotel; follow the old Roman Road, the „Via Claudia Augusta“ to drive through the small town of Saulgrub. Soon we reach the so-called „King’s Road“, where King Ludwig II. used to hasten from one castle to the other, mostly after midnight. King Ludwig in his postillion driven sleigh along the “King’s Road” This road is nearly in the same condition as 120 years ago. Around noon we arrive at the Wies church, the most beautiful rococo church in Germany. Here we have lunch in the former residence of the church builder, Dominikus Zimmermann. After lunch through lonely mountain forests, across mountain pastures with grazing herds of cattle and horses. We come to the lakes of Forggensee and Bannwaldsee with both the royal castles always within our sight. Finally, both castles are towering high above our mail-coach. Around 06.00 pm we arrive in Hohenschwangau, overnight in the Hotel „Müller“, with view of both castles. Dinner on your own in the hotel dining room with a lovely view of Neuschwanstein castle. Castle of Hohenschwangau COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 7 - Day 3: In the morning there is an opportunity to visit the castle of Neuschwanstein or Hohenschwangau or the new museum of the Bavarian Royalties. Castle of Neuschwanstein The carriages start from Hohenschwangau around noon or later on agreement with the passengers. The route leads through open farm land and along the river Lech. Lunch-break is in a small country inn near Prem (Gasthof „Lechaue“) or, weather permit-ting, a picnic at the bank of the river. COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 8 - Grazing horses in front of the mountains Early afternoon we arrive at the little farmers’ town Urspring, at the country hotel “Drei Mohren”, where we will have dinner and spend the night. COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 9 - Watering the horses during lunch break Day 4: Late morning the carriages drive through moor-lands and along dairy-land, then through the Dosswald (= forest) near the town of Schongau. In this medieval town we stay the night near the market place in a cosy small hotel „Roessle“. Plenty of time to walk around this little market town, where less than 200 years ago the last witch has been burned. COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 10 - Day 5: The next morning the horses clip-clop on the cobble stones leaving Schongau. For the first few hours, dense forest and fens. After leaving the wooded area, we arrive at the former monastery of Wessobrunn, once the center of the craftsmen und artists who created all of the beautiful churches, monasteries, and castles in the area. We stop in front of a former Post relay station for a lunch break. Close to the inn there is a stone with the oldest written document in the German language, dating back to the year 814 A.C. After two hours, we leave Wessobrunn for the very last stage of our journey. We cross the Ammer River valley and climb up a steep road back into the forests around Kerschlach, the home of Coaching in Bavaria. Our arrival there is about 06.00 pm. Return transfer provided for final overnight(optional) in the lovely old- fashioned Hotel „Kaiserin Elisabeth“ in Feldafing, where some 100 years ago the Austrian Empress Sissi spent her holidays away from the Vienna court for more than 20 years. Dinner on your own. a picnic COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 11 - Your coach-man For those arriving by their own vehicle, you can continue on your journey. For all others, an optional transfer can be provided back to Munich to a hotel, the train station or Munich Airport. Prices listed in „General Information“. Included: • Four nights accommodation in hotels as noted • All rooms with private bath/shower and WC • Buffet breakfast daily • Four day transportation via antique horse-drawn mail-coach • Transfers to/from the Hotel „Kaiserin Elisabeth“ to the Coaching in Bavaria farm Not included: • Lunch and dinner • Beverages with lunch and dinner • Transfers to the first hotel from Munich and to Munich from last hotel (see „General Information“ for optional transfers, pricing and availability, as well as approximate prices for meals and beverages NOT included in the tour program.) COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com . - 12 - our route in front to the Alps COACHING IN BAVARIA Andreas Nemitz, Kerschlach 6, D-82396 Pähl if +49 8808 386 Fax: +49 8808 1349 email: info@ coaching-in-bavaria.com www.coaching-in-bavaria.com Our carriage journeys have been rePeatedly awarded: 1988:"Best Cultural Travel Idea" Awarded by the Guild of Finnish Travel Writers during the Travel Fair Matka 1988 Helsinki 1999: US National Trust for Historic Preservation chooses Coaching in Bavaria as one of the „Best Thinking Tours in Europe“ 2003:"1000 Places you have to see before you die“ Recommended in the Travel Guide of the New York Times 2004:„Thuringian Market Award for Tourism“ Awarded by the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs 2013: MyDays: “Quality Partner” 2015: MyDays: “Excellent Partner” 2016: MyDays: “Excellent Partner” 2017: MyDays: «Excellent Partner» 2018: MyDays: «Excellent Partner» 2016: „Excellent“ .