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keeping both hands on your stick. To avoid getting into a bumper-to-bumper traffic jam, let
thepersoninfrontofyougetwayaheadbeforeyoustart.You'llemergefromthecoursewith
awindblownhairdoandasmile-creasedface.Thiscourse'sstainless-steeltrackisheated,so
it's often dry and open even when drizzly weather shuts down the concrete luges.
Cost and Hours:
€3.30/ride, 6-ride shareable card-€11.50, July-Sept daily 10:00-18:00,
otherwise same hours as gondola, in winter sometimes opens late if track is wet, in bad
weather call first to confirm, waits can be long in good weather, no children under 3, ages
3-8 may ride with an adult, tel. 08362/98360,
www.tegelbergbahn.de
.
(€1 = about $1.30, country code: 49, area code: 08362)
Inexpensive farmhouse B&Bs abound in the Bavarian countryside around Neuschwanstein,
offering drivers a decent value. Look for
Zimmer Frei
signs (“room free”/vacancy). The go-
ing rate is about €50-65 for a double, including breakfast. Though a bit inconvenient for
those without a car, my listings here are a quick taxi ride from the Füssen train station and
also close to local bus stops.
$$ Alpenhotel Allgäu
is a small, family-run hotel with 18 rooms in a bucolic setting.
It's a 15-minute walk from the castle ticket office, not far beyond the humongous parking
lot (small Sb without balcony-€48, Sb-€58, perfectly fine older Db-€80, newer Db-€93, Tb-
€120, these prices when you book direct, ask about discount with cash and this topic, all
rooms except one single have porches or balconies—some with castle views, family rooms,
free Wi-Fi, elevator, free parking, just before tennis courts at Schwangauer Strasse 37 in the
town of Schwangau—don't let your GPS take you to Schwangauer Strasse 37 in Füssen, tel.
08362/81152, fax 08362/987-028,
www.alpenhotel-allgaeu.de
,
info@alpenhotel-allgaeu.de
,
Frau Reiss).
$ Beim “Landhannes,”
a 200-year-old working dairy farm run by Conny Schön, rents
three creaky but sunny rooms, and keeps flowers on the balconies, big bells and antlers in
the halls, and cows in the yard (Sb-€30, Db-€60, €5 less per person for 3 or more nights,
also rents apartments with kitchen with a 5-night minimum, cash only, free Wi-Fi, nearby
bike rental, poorly signed in the village of Horn on the Füssen side of Schwangau, look for
the farm down a tiny lane through the grass 100 yards in front of Hotel Kleiner König, Am
Lechrain 22, tel. 08362/8349,
www.landhannes.de
,
info@landhannes.de
)
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