kygirl59

In my heart I know if would be so much more freeing to have a car. How easy is it to navigate from Munich to Salzburg to Garmish to Fussen and back to the Munich ? We will fly in Friday mid afternoon,take the train to the city, settle in our hotel, probably take a walk around Munich, have dinner and drinks at the Hofbrauhaus and then get a good nights sleep. We would rent the car from early Saturday until 7:00 pm on Monday. This would give us almost 3 full days of seeing the area. Your thoughts?

Jake1

If you have a car, visiting Garmisch, Oberammergau, and Neuschwanstein would be easy in one day if you get an early start. We rented a car in Munich and visited Linderhof and Neuschwanstein, plus a couple of stops in small towns along the way (including Oberammergau of which I had vague memories from attending the Passion Play as a 13-year old in 1960). We also had a pleasant lunch along the Plansee in northern Austria on the way to Hohenschwangau (the little village where Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles are located).

We made advance reservations for both Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau on the internet for the morning after we arrived there. But because we got there quicker than we thought we would, we ended up touring Neuschwanstein the same afternoon that we arrived.

AisleSeat

Where are you staying in Munich? If you rent a car at a lot that is NOT at the airport or train atation you will save a 19% surcharge. The main hassel driving will be getting out of Munich. After that you will have no problems.

The loop around Munich has a break in it at about the 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock arc. That means going through traffic in that area. If you are headed for Salzburg you will be headed out from about the 4-5 o'clock position on the loop.

AisleSeat

BTW the Hofbrauhaus has a Bavarian Evening show will music and folk dancing every evening at 7pm on the upper floors. It is €19 per person and includes a buffet dinner. Beer is extra.

Cowboy1968

kygirl..
sorry I did not connect from an US flight at CDG for many many years now. But I know many others did. There must be several threads on this topic here, or you re-post your own.

kygirl59

Aisleseat,
"BTW the Hofbrauhaus has a Bavarian Evening show will music and folk dancing every evening at 7pm on the upper floors. It is €19 per person and includes a buffet dinner. Beer is extra." We will check into this. The one I originally saw was more expensive and did include something about how beer was brewed but this sounds good also.

We don't know where we are staying in Munich at the present moment. I know if we rent a car we will do so from downtown and avoid that 19%. However, I understand you can return to the airport without paying the 19% - that is good.

Explorefamily the only reason for going back and forth to Munich is to avoid having to haul luggage - that would really be a pain.

Jake - It's good to know you can do so much in one day if you have a car. Did you go to Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles first and then onto G-P. I would like to overnight in G-P if we get a car. The next day we would head to Salzburg and the Salt Mines and maybe or maybe not do the Sound of Music tour. With the car we probably could see the sites ourself and spend more time at each. Sorry to be so long winded but I want to make the best use of time so that we really SEE things the best we can with such a small span of time.

Thanks to all of you for your help thusfar.

kygirl

Jake1

Hi, kygirl--we did not stop in GP. On the way from Munich to Hohenschwangau, we stopped in Oberammergau and a couple of other small towns that just looked interesting (one had a very interesting antique store). We then went to Linderhof Palace. From there drove into Northern Austria and had lunch along the Plansee.

We got into Hohenschwangau mid-afternoon and went to check on our castle tickets for the next day. The ticket clerk then said that we had time to visit Neuschwanstein that afternoon if we wanted to. We stayed in Hohenschwangau a couple of nights and then headed up the Romantic Road to the vicinity of Rothenburg.

ira

Hi kyg,

>Will slightly less than 3 hours be enough time to get through whatever we have to go through at CDG and then catch our flight to Munich?

Yes.

>Munich to Salzburg to Garmish to Fussen and back to Munich...... We would rent the car from early Saturday until 7:00 pm on Monday.

You can plot the driving time at www.viamichelin.com or www.mappy.com.

I suggest going from S to G via Sankt Johann in Tirol.

In Salzburg, I highly recommend the B&B www.ammoos.at

Enjoy your visit.

explorefamily

Rent the car - you have too much you want to do in too few days!

kygirl59

We've rented a car $147.00 with Avis (3 days) - now suggestions on which way to go first. Go to Salzburg first and then to G-P and then to Neuschwanstein or the reverse or something altogether different?

explorefamily

I would perhaps recommend that you come up with 2-3 different itineraries and then watch the weather... going in May, you might want to arrange your travel based on whether or not it is clear in G-P so you can see the Alps and in Neusch. so you can see the castles. It was very hazy during our visit in July and it was difficult to see anything around G-P. Also, I wonder if the higher mountain roads will still have snow??? We took the mountain roads from G-P to Fussen and it was an easy and enjoyable ride.

Jake1

kygirl: We went the other way. Munich to the vicinity of Oberammergau/GP, then Linderhof, northern Austria along the Plansee, and finally ended up in Hohenschwangau. We stayed in Hohenschwangau within walking distance of the ticket center.

kygirl59

ira,
The B&B Am Moos was booked. We were able to get into Haus Ballwein. In Garmisch we are staying at Gasthaus Fraundorfer. We still need to find a room for the Friday night in Munich. Thanks for answering my other questions.
kygirl