Back Roads Germany (Dk Eyewitness Travel Back Roads)

DRIVE 19: The Southern Romantic Road 203

PLAN YOUR DRIVE

Start/finish: Augsburg to Füssen.

Number of days: 3 days, allowing a

day to explore Augsburg.

Distance: 87 miles (140 km).

Road conditions: Roads are well

surfaced and marked with brown

“Romantische Strasse” signs. Traffic

can be heavy in the urban sections

in and around Augsburg, where drivers

should also watch out for trams.

When to go: This drive is best from

May to October. There are a limited

number of winter sports available in

the Alpine south during winter.

Opening times: Museums often close

on Mondays, while the royal castles at

Hohenschwangau are open daily. Shops

are closed on Sundays.

Major festivals: Augsburg: Plärrer

(folk festival and funfair), Easter and

late summer; Landsberg am Lech:

Ruethenfest (children’s folk festival),

every four years, next 3rd week Jul 2011.

Above Neo-Gothic Schloss Hohenschwangau,

Hohenschwangau, see p207

DAY TRIP OPTIONS

Lovers of historic towns will enjoy

Augsburg and Landsberg am Lech in

the north, while for an unrivaled com-

bination of scenic grandeur and

architectural fantasy, the Romantic

Road is at its prettiest in the south,

between Schöngau and the royal

castles at Hohenschwangau. For full

details, see p207.

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Below Shopping street in the town of Füssen, see p207

Zellsee

Peissenberg

3,241 ft

Hochplatte

6,831 ft

Hohe Bleick

5,374 ft

Gr. Klammspitz

6,312 ft

Fahrenberg

2,723 ft

Lech

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AUGSBURG

FRIEDBERG

LANDSBERG

AM LECH

SCHONGAU

ROTTENBUCH

WIESKIRCHE

Lechbruck

Steingaden

Trauchgau

Saulgrub

Burggen

Bad

Wildsteig Bayersoien

Böbing

Buching

Halblech

Linderhof

Hohen-

peissenberg

Schöffau

Achen

Kohlhofen

Prem

Ilgen

Egling

Rott

Altenstadt

Vilgertshofen

Merching

Klosterlechfeld

Pürgen

Wessobrunn

Weil

Reichling

Apfeldorf

Denklingen

Prittriching

Hohenfurch

Penzing

Geltendorf

Dasing

Eresing

Türkenfeld

Scheuring

Beuerbach

Schwabhausen

Epfenhausen

Unterbergen

Heinrichshofen

Grunertshofen

Moorenweis

Seestall

Dienhausen

Kinsau

Stoffen

Finning

Ludenhausen

Obermühlhausen

Dettenhofen

Forst

Göggingen

Kaufering

Mering

Althegnenberg

Eurasburg

Oberumbach

Kissing Ried

Haunstetten

Peissenberg

Bobingen

Königsbrunn

Neusäss

Peiting

Gersthofen