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apartments with kitchen and bath, each sleeping 4-6 people (apartment-€60-90, breakfast-
€2.50, free Wi-Fi, free parking, 6-minute walk back along tracks from station to von Frey-
bergstrasse26;contactinfoforboth:tel.[phone],mobile[phone],fax08362/
925-1909, www.housela.de , [e-mail] ). Both branches rent bikes (€8/day) and have
laundry facilities (€9/load).
$ Füssen Youth Hostel occupies a pleasant modern building in a grassy setting an easy
walk from the center. There are ping-pong tables and a basketball net out front (bed in 2-
to 6-bed dorm rooms-€22, D-€50, €3 more for nonmembers, includes breakfast and sheets,
laundry-€4/load, dinner-€5, office open 8:00-12:00 & 17:00-22:00, free Wi-Fi, free parking,
from station backtrack 10 minutes along tracks, Mariahilfer Strasse 5, tel. [phone], fax
08362/2770, www.fuessen.jugendherberge.de , [e-mail] ) .
Eating in Füssen
Restaurant Aquila serves modern international dishes in a simple, traditional Gasthaus
setting with great seating outside on the delightful little Brotmarkt square (€10-16 main
courses, serious €9-10 salads, Wed-Mon 11:30-14:30 & 17:30-22:00, closed Tue, Brotmarkt
9, tel. [phone]).
Restaurant Ritterstub'n offers delicious, reasonably priced fish, salads, veggie plates,
gluten-free options, and a fun kids' menu. They have three eating zones: modern decor in
front, traditional Bavarian in back, and a courtyard. Demure Gabi serves while her husband
cooks standard Bavarian fare (€8-15 main courses, €5.50 lunch specials, €19 three-course
fixed-price dinners, Tue-Sun 11:30-14:30 & 17:30-23:00, closed Mon, Ritterstrasse 4, tel.
08362/7759).
Schenke & Wirtshaus (inside the recommended Altstadthotel zum Hechten) dishes up
hearty,traditionalBavarianfare.Theyspecializeinpike (Hecht) pulledfromtheLechRiver,
servedwithatastyfresh-herbsauce(€8-14maincourses,saladbar,cafeteriaambience,daily
10:00-22:00, Ritterstrasse 6, tel. [phone]).
The Himmelsstube (“heaven's lounge,” inside Hotel Schlosskrone, right on Füssen's
main traffic circle) boasts good weekly specials and live Bavarian zither music most Fridays
and Saturdays during dinner. Choose between a traditional dining room and a pastel winter
garden. If your pension doesn't offer breakfast, consider their €13 “American-style” break-
fast or huge €15 Sunday spread (open daily 7:30-10:30 & 11:30-14:30 & 18:00-22:00, Prin-
zregentenplatz 2-4, tel. [phone]). The hotel's second restaurant, Chili, serves Medi-
terranean dishes.
Ristorante La Perla is the place to sate your Italian-food cravings, with friendly staff
and fair prices. Sit either in the classic interior, or in one of two delightful outside areas:
streetside seating, or the more peaceful back courtyard (€5-12 pizzas and pastas, €10-23