Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Arrival in Füssen
Fromthetrainstation(lockersavailable,€2-3),exittotheleftandwalkafewblockstoreach
the center of town and the TI. Buses to Neuschwanstein, Reutte, and elsewhere leave from a
parking lot next to the station.
Helpful Hints
Internet Access: CSI Internet Café
has four computers and decent prices (€1.50/hour,
daily 9:00-late, Luitpoldstrasse 8, tel. 08362/883-7073).
Bike Rental: Bike Station,
sitting right where the train tracks end, outfits sightseers with
good bikes and tips on two-wheeled fun in the area (€9-12/24 hours, March-Oct Mon-
Fri 9:00-12:00 & 14:00-18:00, Sat 9:00-13:00, Sun 10:00-12:00, closed Nov-Feb, tel.
08362/983-651, mobile 0176-2205-3080,
www.ski-sport-luggi.de
).
Car Rental: Peter Schlichtling,
in the town center, rents cars for reasonable prices (€62/
day, includes insurance, Mon-Fri 8:00-18:00, Sat 9:00-12:00, closed Sun, Kemptener
Strasse 26, tel. 08362/922-122,
www.schlichtling.de
)
.
Auto Osterried/Europcar
rents
at similar prices, but is an €8 taxi ride away from the train station. Their cheapest car
goes for about €59 per day (daily 8:00-19:00, past waterfall on road to Austria, Tiroler
Strasse 65, tel. 08362/6381).
Local Guide: Silvia Beyer
speaks English, knows the region very well, and can even drive
you to sights that are hard to reach by train (€30/hour, mobile 0160-901-13431,
sil-
liby@web.de
)
.
Welcome to Füssen
For most, Füssen is just a home base for visiting Ludwig's famous castles. But the town has
a rich history and hides some evocative corners, as you'll see when you follow this short
orientation walk. Throughout the town, “City Tour” information plaques explain points of
interest in English (in more detail than I've provided).
• Begin at the square in front of the TI, three blocks from the train station.
Kaiser-Maximilian-Platz:
The entertaining “Seven Stones” fountain on this square,
by sculptor Christian Tobin, was built in 1995 to celebrate Füssen's 700th birthday. The
stones symbolize community, groups of people gathering, conviviality...each is different,
with “heads” nodding and talking. It's granite on granite. The moving heads are not connec-
ted, and nod only with water-power. While frozen in winter, it's a popular and splashy play
zone for kids on hot summer days.
