The Plansee Circuit is an approximately 105 kilometer long racing bike tour that leads from Füssen past attractive sights such as the Wies Church and the Linderhof Castle through the beautiful Bavarian foothills of the Alps. Holidaymakers in Füssen-Weißensee who want to experience sightseeing by bike will be completely thrilled by the tour, which is particularly attractive in the summer months.
On the Plansee circuit you drive on flat to slightly hilly routes through the beautiful foothills of the Alps and pass numerous sights and natural beauties. Therefore, this approximately 105 kilometer long road bike tour perfectly combines enjoyment of the landscape with sightseeing. In the summer months you can even top it off with a boat trip on the magical Plansee. You really can't get more of a holiday feeling during a bike tour! The starting and finishing point of the Plansee circuit, for which around 5 Stunden travel time must be planned, is the Tourist Information in the Füssen city center.
Hop on your racing bike at the Tourist Information in Füssen and first follow the course of the Bodensee-Königssee cycle path via Schwangau, Halblech and Fronreiten to the so-called Bavarian Pfaffenwinkel to the Wieskirche. Near Schwangau you can enjoy fantastic views of the royal castles that stand here in the picturesque mountain landscape, and further on you will pass lush green meadows, which also surround the rococo jewel Wieskirche. The middle of the 18. The church, which was built in the 19th century and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983 , enchants not only church lovers with its remarkably artistic interior design. So it's worth getting off your bike here and visiting the famous church. You then cycle through the Ammertal via Morgenbach, Altenau and Unterammergau to Oberammergau.
The community of Oberammergau is known for its passion plays, in which the villagers reenact the last days of the life of Jesus Christ every ten years. Many houses in the town are decorated with so-called Lüftl painting, an art form common in Upper Bavaria, in which the facades are painted with colorful motifs from religion and the everyday life of the locals. Oberammergau is also famous for its wood carvers, who you can watch at work in the Pilatushaus. With the parish church of St. Peter and Paul, the town also has one of the most beautiful baroque churches in southern Germany. There is a lot to discover here before you continue into the Graswangtal to Linderhof Castle.
Castle Linderhof is the smallest of Fairy Tale King Ludwig II's castles, but is considered his favorite refuge. In addition to the magnificently furnished interiors, the parks laid out in the style of English landscape gardens are also well worth seeing, in which you can admire a number of exotic buildings such as the Moorish Kiosk, the Moroccan House and an artificial Venus grotto. On the Plansee tour there is a small mountain climb before you get to the lake that gives the tour its name, which is really an impressive natural beauty with its turquoise water and the surrounding magnificent mountains. In the summer, include a small boat trip between the Forelle and Seespitze jetties in your excursion, which offers very special impressions.
Finally, you cycle into the Reutten basin, cross the Kniepass and cycle back to Füssen via the village of Pinswang. The last highlight of this great sightseeing tour is the Füssener Lechfall, where roaring masses of water plunge around twelve meters into the depths, creating an impressive natural spectacle.
