What is the distance from Fussen to Rothenburg. Does anyone recommend seeing or staying in Augsburg? Would it be better to stay in Fussen or Garmish...which has a nicer town? How far is it from Rothenburg to Munich? Thanks for the help.

What are your plans? What do you want to see? How much time do you have?<BR><BR>Here is the web site of a nice hotel overlooking the castle near Fussen. We got a great rate with one of the best breakfasts we had in Germany.<BR><BR>http://www.neuschwanstein-hotel.com/<BR><BR>Wish I were going back with you. I miss the beer.

I am trying to plan an itinery for 16 ddays. I would like to see some of the cities on the romantic road but only have 2-3 days before going to Munich. I don't like driving too far each day. My kids like staying in cities they can walk around in and explore... and find things to do.

All your route planning questions answered and more at<BR><BR>www.viamichelin.com<BR>www.mappy.com<BR> <BR>or<BR><BR>www.shellgeostar.com<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

As suggested, viamichelin.com is a good site for routes and distances and driving times. But we drove from Hohenschwanstein (at Ludwig's castles) to Rothenburg easily in one day with stops at the Wieskirche and Dinkelsbuhl (for lunch).<BR><BR>We stayed in Hohenschwanstein near Fussen and right at the foot of the castles--we walked from Pension Albrecht (65 euros double as I remember) to the ticket building. It is a very small village so not much night life. But after tromping about in the castles and around the hills, we were tired anyway. Ate at a very nice restaurant away from the village a bit--I'll look up the name if anyone is interested.

Yes I would be interested in the restaurant's name. How long did you stay in Rothenburg and did you find it very touristy and crowded?

Augsburg is worth dropping by - it has a nice centre, but not really fantastic or anything. As a smaller city if you are driving that way then easier to get out of then going in to Munich and then out again. Likely to be a lunch time convenient stop and you can see the centre - Muncih will take a lot more time and you will not &quot;see&quot; it in an hour lunch break. <BR>I prefer F&uuml;ssen to Garmisch and would choose to stay in town - Pakhotel Bad Faulenbach, than at Schwangau village (where Bill stayed, he is getting Hohenschwangau castle and Neuschwanstein castle mixed up in spelling). Garmisch is a bigger place with more night life, with easy bus transport to F&uuml;ssen for castles - so maybe you prefer that.

Connie, do a search on Rothenburg and you will see that most people love it and some don't. It is one of the hot spots for tour buses so it is usually crowded from around 10 AM until 2 or 3 PM when the buses leave. Get off the main streets and explore some of the little side streets or go to the beautiful city park. It's a lovely place.

Connie - Do a text search &lt;Steingaden&gt; - quite a few posts will come up. Read what Wes Fowler has to say. Heed his advice. Over the years this forum has had many excellent qualified members but non finer than Mr Fowler. He has had some health problems lately - I hope and pray he is doing well. Better yet if you really want an education do a text search &lt;Wes Fowler&gt; as I did last night. 2019 posts came up - I read and took notes for hours.

Hi Connie,<BR><BR>I second the testimonial to Wes Fowler.<BR><BR>My wife and I spent two weeks in Bavaria and Northern Austria in April 2001.<BR><BR>We found Rothenburg touristy, but charming - particularly the street entertainment.<BR><BR>Many of the villages between Rotherburg and Augsburg were worth short visits.<BR><BR>Augsburg can fill up a day quickly and was worth allocating a night and day.<BR><BR>For our visit to Ludwigs Castles, we stayed in Schwangau at the foot of (and view of the castle and mountains), primarily to visit the castle ahead of the crowds. We also visited Weiss church and Linderhof castle on the same day. My view is that visiting Neuschwanstein without visiting Linderhof makes for an incomplete visit. To do justice to all three in a day it is best to stay near the castle the night before.<BR><BR>We found the village of Krun, between Mittenwald and Garmisch, to be a super place to stay to explore the local area.<BR><BR>Have a great trip.<BR> <BR><BR>

Nick--the little village in which the ticket office is located is called Hohenschwangau--the same name as the castle. Schwangau is a couple of kms down the road.<BR><BR>The restaurant is Alpenhotel Meier Schwangauer Str. 37<BR>D-87645 Hohenschwangau<BR>Tel.: 0 83 62 / 8 11 52<BR><BR>If you are driving from Hohenschwangau to Schwangau, it's on the left not far out of Hohenschwangau. It is far enough outside the village that you don't have the tour bus folks mobbing the place--there only other couples there when we dined were German (maybe Austrians since my Deutsch isn't good enough to distinguish between the two). You can dine indoors or out. Pop is the chef and Mom the waitress. Their English is very very limited, but she was able to find a photocopy of a menu in English. It did not have all the dishes that were on the German menu--fortunately my German was just good enough that I was able to figure out that a couple of nice dishes that we ended up ordering weren't on the English menu.<BR><BR>NOTE that not everyone in Germany speaks English contrary to what some people will tell you. In those immediate areas with lots of tourist, yes, there'll always be someone who speaks English well enough to help you out. But if you are like us and like to wander off the beaten path a bit, then it helps if you can dust off your high school German and have a good phrase book and dictionary.<BR>