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8.50; dawn-dusk)
, a pleasantly green islet with 45 hectares of Mediterranean-style gardens, including rhodo-
dendron groves, a butterfly house and a waterfall-strewn Italian garden.
Stepping across to the lake's northern flank you arrive in the wine-growing town of
Meersburg
(
www.meersburg.de
)
, where cobbled lanes thread past half-timbered houses up to the perkily turreted medieval
castle. Just east of here is
Friedrichshafen
, forever associated with the Zeppelin, the early cigar-shaped craft of the
skies, which made its inaugural flight in 1900. The
Zeppelin Museum
(
www.zeppelin-museum.de
; adult/child
€7.50/3; 9am-5pm Mon-Sun)
traces the history of this bombastic, but ill-fated, means of air transport. Still on
German turf is the postcard-perfect island town of
Lindau
(
www.lindau.de
)
, with its lavishly frescoed houses,
palm-speckled promenade and harbour watched over by a lighthouse and Bavarian lion. For further information,
head to
shop.lonelyplanet.com
to purchase a downloadable PDF of the Germany chapter from Lonely Planet's
Western Europe
guide.
Lindau sits just a few kilometres north of Austria and the town of
Bregenz
(
www.bregenz.ws
)
. Rising dramat-
ically above the town is the Pfänder (1064m). A
cable car
(adult/child return €11/5.50; 8am-7pm Apr-Oct)
glides to the summit, where panoramic views of Lake Constance and the not-so-distant Alps unfold.
Even if you don't have your own car, getting around by bike or boat is a breeze. Well-signposted and largely flat,
lake, weaving through fields of ripening wheat, vineyards, orchards and shady avenues of chestnut and plane. Most
train stations in the region rent out bikes.
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