English version Compact Tips and favourite places 2020 U2 U3 U4 The most beautiful Information about the Network of cycle paths Ravensburg excursions with one card Bodensee-Vorarlberg Bodensee-Vorarlberg Meersburg Mainau Discover the diversity of the region – in summer, winter, autumn Leisure Card Ill-Rhein Route Gaißau-Dornbirn Route Friedrichshafen and spring! The region of Bodensee-Vorarlberg has so much to Villages-cities Route Leiblachtal Route Stein a. Rhein offer the whole year long. Bregenzerwald Route Lake Constance Cycle Route Validity and price Konstanz 1-day card ............................................................... €16 Signposted cycle tours This card is your easy access to the whole region, from Bregenz to 2-day card ............................................................... €25 Nenzing. The Bodensee-Vorarlberg Leisure Card paves the way for 3-day card ................................................................ €32 the best excursions in the region, is your bus and train ticket, and Hohenweiler Children and young people (6-15 years) each pay half. grants you discounts with bonus partners. You can visit any of the Children aged up to 5 years go free provided they are Lindau attractions several times: however, no more than once per day. accompanied by an adult. 6 Price advantage The Bodensee-Vorarlberg Leisure Card pays off as soon as you Rorschach Bregenz have visited just two attractions. 1 Hard 2 Example: visits to the Karren in Dornbirn and the vorarlberg 1 Kennelbach Gaißau Fußach 3 museum Bregenz together normally cost €20.70 – with the 5 1 Lauterach Bodensee-Vorarlberg Leisure Card, you can visit them from just Wolfurt Bodensee Vorarlberg Bodensee Vorarlberg €16 and also travel comfortably from one to the other by public 2 FreizeitkarteBodensee Freizeitkarte transport. Lustenau 5 FreizeitkarteVorarlberg Dornbirn You can find detailed Bus and Rail cycling information at: 1 2 With the Bodensee-Vorarlberg Leisure Card, you can travel free of radplaner.vmobil.at charge by bus or train throughout the Vorarlberg region; you can Hohenems also travel by train to the border stations in Lindau (Germany), 1 St. Margrethen (Switzerland), Buchs (Switzerland) and St. Anton 2 Götzis am Arlberg. Time table information: Vorarlberg Traffic Company Klaus www.bodensee-vorarlberg.com available T +43 (5522) 83951-0, www.vmobil.at Fraxern www.bodensee-vorarlberg.com Where can I get the Bodensee-Vorarlberg Leisure Card? 1 Röthis www.bodensee-vorarlberg.com all year The card is available directly from our online shop or from Boden- 2 around see-Vorarlberg Tourismus and selected partner hotels and tourist Meiningen centres in the district. 1 Feldkirch 2 Rankweil T +43 (5574) 43443-0, [email protected] www.bodensee-vorarlberg.com/leisurecard 1 2 2 Nenzing All partner companies are indicated in the Compact Folder. 1 All-inclusive partner – free admission Bludenz Bonus partner – reduced admission Compact Tips and favourite places 2020 The region possesses an excellent and extensive network of cycling routes that enthusiasts may use to travel from A to B without harming the environment in any way. Some of the routes will take cyclists past remote nature reserves and places where they can experience nature directly in the beautiful countryside. Most routes do not follow any roads, not even for a metre, and even professional cyclists like Rainer Sebal, who heads the development department at Simplon, the famous manufacturer of high-performance bikes, rave about the high quality of life that passionate cyclists can find here. His portrait and a few insights into the world of extreme sports on two wheels can be found on Page 8. Welcome Getting here. 4 Facts 6 to the Bodensee-Vorarlberg region – that this little brochure presents to you in ever-new facets. We’re really enjoying the preparations for publishing it becau- People and Stories 8 se it’s a job that takes us away from our everyday lives and reminds us of the diversity of the region we live in. Its location alone, situated as it is on the banks of one of the largest lakes in Central Europe where three international borders Cities come together, is a stroke of good fortune that has produced great cultural Bregenz 18 diversity. Our high quality of life is carefully maintained by the residents. The quality of the water in Lake Constance is good enough to drink and the breeding Dornbirn 32 and nesting grounds on its shores are protected and home to numerous insect, Hohenems 50 bird and plant species that have unfortunately become very rare elsewhere. An extensive network of cycle paths leads through these splendid islands of Feldkirch 66 tranquillity, and a similar expanse of hiking trails, taking you into the mountain landscapes, presents ever new vistas far into the region and magnificent natural experiences to both residents and visitors alike. Here is where the mind can Cultural Life. 10 come to rest. Museums 24 It is a privileged place and the people here have been working for generations to turn the region into a strong business location, to establish innovations on Building Culture 38 global markets and to develop continuously. The cultural offers that may be enjoyed here are also able to compete with the international venues in the cities Food and Drink 56 and they attract visitors and interested parties to the region all year round. Art, architecture, literature and the performing arts cast an impressively bright light Shopping 72 over the borders of the region. This pocket-sized brochure you are now holding – which is also available in a digital version by the way – presents a really vibrant Activities and Natural Experiences 86 insight into our region’s abundance. You’ll find a personal online guide at today.guide that will store your preferences and deliver interesting and Day trips 106 valuable information based on your current location – all without the need to download any apps. It will unobtrusively offer the most relevant information based on the weather, time of day and current events on your display – so why Information pertaining to the Bodensee-Vorarlberg Leisure Card, public not give it a go? transport, important addresses and telephone numbers as well as a map of the new network of cycle paths can be found in the jacket. But visiting our website www.bodensee-vorarlberg.com is also always worth- while because that’s where you’ll find a wealth of offers, where stories are told, Bodensee-Vorarlberg Leisure Card where people are introduced and where you become part of all the action – be inspired, we are here for you. All-inclusive partner – free admission Urs Treuthardt Managing director of Bodensee-Vorarlberg Tourismus Bonus partner – reduced admission 2 3 Getting here Getting here Getting here The region of Bodensee-Vorarlberg is easily accessible by all routes, and from from the North all directions, with a very well-developed public transport network. Trains via Stuttgart – Singen – Meersburg – Lindau Ravensburg operate between Bregenz and Feldkirch, as do buses and Lake Constance ships via Ulm – Memmingen – Lindau Meersburg of Vorarlberg Lines. via Augsburg or Munich – Kempten – Lindau or Mainau via Munich – Memmingen – Lindau Friedrichshafen Stein a. Rhein Konstanz Germany from the West via Zurich – St. Gallen – St. Margrethen Hohenweiler Lindau via Zurich – Walensee – Sargans Hörbranz Möggers Eichenberg Lake Constance Lochau from the South Rorschach Langen Bregenz via Como (I/CH) – San Bernardino – Thusis – Chur Fußach Hard via Reschenpass (I/A) – Landeck or Brenner-motorway (I/A) – Innsbruck – Gaißau Buch Lauterach Landeck – Arlberg-Road Tunnel or -Pass Höchst Wolfurt Bildstein Lustenau Dornbirn from the East via Innsbruck – Landeck – Arlberg-Road Tunnel or -Pass Switzerland Hohenems Bregenzerwald Bodensee-Vorarlberg By air Götzis Rhine Klaus The closest airports are Zurich (CH), St. Gallen-Altenrhein (CH, scheduled Fraxern Weiler Kleinwalsertal flights with the People’s Viennaline to and from Vienna, Friedrichshafen (D, Röthis scheduled international flights), Memmingen (D, scheduled international Meiningen Sulz Laterns flights with Ryanair and other airlines), Munich (D) and Stuttgart (D). Rankweil Feldkirch Übersaxen Göfis Röns A shuttle bus operates between Altenrhein and both Bregenz and Dornbirn, Arlberg Frastanz and back again. Places are limited and can be reserved via the People’s hotline: Alpenregion Bludenz Tyrol Austria: +43 (5572) 203610; Switzerland: +41 (71) 8585160 Vaduz Nenzing Single fare: €19 per person. Liechtenstein www.peoples.at Toll sticker The use of all motorways and dual carriageways in Austria (in Vorarlberg, these Montafon are the A14 and the S16) is subject to a fee. You can buy a 10-day, 2-month or a Number of kilometres from Hohenems yearly toll sticker. Airports St. Gallen Altenrhein 20 km Friedrichshafen 53 km Memmingen 95 km Zurich 119 km Innsbruck 167 km Stuttgart 219 km Munich 233 km 4 5 Vorarlberg Vorarlberg Vorarlberg Pfänder Facts Austria Bregenz Lindau Population 394.297 (Status 2019) Bad Schachen Bad Area 2.601 km² (3,1 % of Austria) Wasserburg Location In the centre of Europe, on the north-western foothills Nonnenhorn of the Austrian Alps. On the borders to Germany, Kressbronn Rheineck Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Magrethen St. Langenargen Altitude 395 m above sea level (Lake Constance) Germany to 3,312 m (Piz Buin) Friedrichshafen Altenrhein Staad Walzenhausen 67 % of the population live in the towns and villages of the Rhine Valley, which Heiden Immenstaad