For decent visits you need AT LEAST.
2 days for Munich
1 day for Salzburg
1/2 day for Fuessen
more if you include the surrounding areas.

Hi camileaos,

The plan you just posted sounds reasonable. I know you said a week, but is that 7 total nights in Europe? How do you plan on traveling, by car or train/bus? If it were me deciding between April or August, I might lean towards April. We've done many trips to Bavaria/Austria in the fall (late Sept./Oct.), two trips in winter (Nov./Dec.) and one in late April/early May.

We always (with very few exceptions) stay in B&B's, Pensions, etc.

IF you have 7 nights and have a car, I'd suggest 3 nights Salzburg/Berchtesgaden, 2 nights Fuessen or even Garmisch/Mittenwald and your last 2 nights in Munich. Garmisch is only an hour or so from Fuessen (Neuschwanstein), so it also makes a good alternative to Fuessen.

I wrote "Salzburg/Berchtesgaden" as these 2 are only 30 minutes apart by car. We prefer to stay in the Berchtesgaden area for visits that include Salzburg. The alpine scenery is beautiful in this area. If you're looking for recommendations on places to stay, we can suggest:
In the Berchtesgaden area:

www.mayringerlehen.de
www.friedwiese.de/enska/isl.htm
http://www.grubenlehen.de

Mittenwald:

www.edlhuber-mittenwald.de
www.schwalbennestl.de

Fuessen:
www.hotel-hechten.com

If interested, we have photo's of all these (3 pages) at:
www.worldisround.com/home/pja1/index.html

Hope this helps.

Paul

Thanks, Paul. That's helpful! And you've assumed right: we will have 7 nights total, which means about 8 days, since we should arrive early in the morning on a Friday and leave afternoon of the following Saturday. The idea is to rent a car to make day trips around thre areas. Thanks again, all!