The approx. The tour, which is also very suitable for families with children and seniors, impresses with many beautiful views of the Allgäu mountains and the royal castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.
If you fancy a leisurely bike tour through the beautiful foothills of the Alps during your Allgäu holiday in Füssen-Weißensee, you will get your money's worth on the approximately 12 kilometer long Schwangau tour. Without having to overcome strenuous inclines, you cycle through the municipality of Schwangau and can enjoy great views over green meadows of the mountains, Lake Forggensee and the royal castles. The start and finish point of this bike tour, which only lasts about an hour, is the Schwanseepark in Schwangau, where parking spaces are available. From Füssen-Weißensee you can get there in a few minutes by car.
The idyllic Schwanseepark was in 19. In the 19th century the royal palace park Hohenschwangau was created by the Prussian garden artist Peter Joseph Lenné. Today the park, like the Swan Lake from which it is named, is part of a landscape protection area that is home to a variety of flora and fauna. Get on your bike here in Schwanseepark and follow the signs to Horn and Waltenhofen. There is a pier for Forggensee shipping on the banks of the beautiful Forggensee in Schwangau-Waltenhofen. Between June and October, two passenger ships travel several times a day on small and large tours on the largest lake in the Allgäu, which also make stops here in Waltenhofen. During this time you can easily combine the bike tour with a boat trip on Lake Forggensee, which offers unique holiday impressions. The bike tour takes you from Waltenhofen along the Langerbergweg to Brunnen.
Through the wonderful foothills of the Alps, which delights the senses with its views of the majestic mountains and the fresh mountain air, you continue along the Brunner Ach and the Pöllat to the Schwangauer Gipsmühle. This mill, which was previously powered by the water from the Pöllat, was partially destroyed in a fire and is a listed building. From here you cycle on to Hohenschwangau and can enjoy fantastic views of the royal castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, which are directly opposite each other. Two million people from all over the world come to Hohenschwangau every year to see the two famous castles and be amazed by their beauty. From Hohenschwangau it's not far to Schwanseepark, where this small but nice bike tour is over again.
After the bike tour, you can do a lot more in Schwangau. Of course, you have the opportunity to visit the two royal castles, each of which can be viewed on a half-hour guided tour. You can get tickets for this at the ticket center Hohenschwangau. You can get exciting background information about the castles and the Bavarian rulers in the Museum of the Bavarian Kings on the banks of Lake Alpsee, which is one of the most beautiful and modern museums in Germany. The Schwangau Tegelberg guarantees varied family fun: there are attractive hiking trails and there is a summer toboggan run and other entertainment attractions.
On the Schwangau tour you can expect a leisurely holiday trip by bike through the picturesque foothills of the Alps. This tour really puts you in the mood and can be wonderfully combined with other activities in Schwangau.
