Füssen-Weißensee, a Family-Friendly Village with the Best, nature has to offer

Categories: Family and Kids, Sightseeing, Cultural and History

Boat Tour on Forggensee

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In Weißensee, which is only 5 km away from Füssen (Füssen vacation rentals | Füssen travel guide) and located in the most beautiful area of the Allgäu, Bavaria, tourism and agriculture are the main sources of income for the locals. Guests are always welcome to join the many of their throughout the year organized events like guided hiking tours, folklore evenings, sightseeing and kids programs.

Lake Weißensee covers an area of 1,35 square kilometers, with a length of 2,4 kilometers, a width of nearly 600 meters and a depth of up to 25 meters. On the west lake front you will see the Ecological Swimming Pool with a wide sunbathing area, a Children’s Playground, a Basketball Field, Ping-Pong, 3 Tennis Courts nearby and a Terrace Café/Restaurant. You can learn how to surf or rent a boot on your own. Follow the shady trail around the lake which will take up to 2 hours, or explore the surrounding mountains hiking or with a mountain bike.

You should not miss the opportunity to visit the castle ruins of Hohenfreyberg and Eisenberg, which you can reach within a 1 hour ascending hike from Weißensee. Hohenfreyberg is one of the biggest and most beautiful Castels in Bavaria and one of the newest in the history of the glorious knighthood era. Together with Eisenberg this is an outstanding castle ensemble in the whole of Europe. They were burned down by their own inhabitants in order to avoid the invading Swedes using them for their own purposes. Before you walk back take a rest at the Schloßbergalm, a mountain pasture and enjoy the local food and a magnificent view from their terrace.

Near Füssen-Weißensee, in the likely most beautiful part of the Allgäu, lies the Forggensee, an artificial lake with a length of 12 km and a width up to 3 km. Here you can rent an electric-, rowing- and pedal boat. The Städtische Forggenseeschifffahrt offers regular boat tours on board the MS Allgaeu and MS Füssen. The roundtrip starts in Füssen and stops include the Festival Theater Neuschwanstein, Waltenhofen (Waltenhofen vacation rentals | Waltenhofen travel guide), Brunnen, Osterreinen, Dietringen, Roßhaupten and the Dam. You can adjourn your tour at every stop if you wish to. Moving further away from the south lake front you will enjoy the marvelous mountain views of the Ammergau, Lechtal and Tannheim (Tannheim vacation rentals | Tannheim travel guide) Alps.

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This travel guide has been written by Monika Petra.

In her own words: When children are born they receive certain gifts to put them to good use or not. In my cradle there must have been at least music and the curiosity for the world we live in. Luckily I could combine those gifts eventually. My live as a jazz vocalist guided me to see and experience many places in Germany and far beyond. As in my music I like to dive in the historical background of given facts, simply to understand the present. During my travel, my circles got wider and wider and since many years I am now living in Thailand, very interesting to say the least. I grew up in Paderborn, lived and studied Jazz in Cologne's Musikhochschule and worked a while in Bayreuth and Kulmbach. My travels throughout Germany took me to all major cities and small towns. It was the people and local differences, be it language, food, traditions and customs, which made it a lot of fun. When finally the wall came down, I was one of those in Berlin posing on the rests of it for the camera. Off course I took the first opportunity to rediscover the new but old states of Germany and finally understood the impact the wall had on all Germans and in regards to the worst part in German history. Being a German living abroad, I discovered in years what I value most about Germany. Rest assured it is a country of rich cultural background still alive today. I visit my home country regularly and stay in touch with my friends, even those back from school. Another thing I always felt passionate about is writing and sharing my experience and thoughts. The internet provides us all with a great opportunity to connect, tell stories, read and learn from others and grow as a global community.

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