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like rooms with pine trappings. The restaurant serving home-grown food and wine has a
tree-shaded patio. It's 1km north of the old town.
GERMAN
Winzerstube zum Becher €€€
( 9009; Höllgasse 4; mains €10.50-25.80; closed Mon)
Vines drape the facade of
this wood-panelled bolt-hole, run by the same family since 1884. Home-grown Pinot noirs
accompany Lake Constance classics such as whitefish in almond-butter sauce. The terrace
affords Altes Schloss views.
Weinhaus Hanser €
( 9128; Unterstadtstrasse 28; Flammkuchen €7-8)
Exposed red-brick and barrel tables
create a cosy vibe at this 500-year-old
Torkel
(wine press), where you can taste local
wines and chomp pizza-like
Flammkuchen
.
GERMAN
Gutsschänke €€
( 807 630; Seminarstrassse 6; mains €10-15; daily)
On a perch above the lake and
vineyards, this restaurant's terrace is a beautiful spot to sip a glass of Meersburg Pinot noir
or blanc or dig into hearty mains like
Zwiebelrostbraten
(beef and onions in gravy).
GERMAN
Information
Tourist office
( 440 400;
www.meersburg.de
;
Kirchstrasse 4; 9am-12.30pm &
2-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat, 10am-1pm Sun, shorter hours in winter)
Housed in a one-
time Dominican monastery. Internet access costs €3 per hour.
Getting There & Away
Meersburg, which lacks a train station, is 18km west of Friedrichshafen.
From Monday to Friday, eight times a day, express bus 7394 makes the trip to Konstanz
(€3.25, 40 minutes) and Friedrichshafen (€3.10, 26 minutes). Bus 7373 connects Meers-
burg with Ravensburg (€5, 40 minutes, four daily Monday to Friday, two Saturday).
Meersburg's main bus stop is next to the church.
