Must Do’s around the castle
1. Go hiking around the castles
2. Jump from a rock in ice cold water in front of a waterfall
3. Swim in one of the lakes close to the castles
4. Visit the beautiful town Füssen and accomodation
1. Go hiking around the castles
Don’t take the cable railway up to the Tegelberg. It’s more beautiful if you go hiking around the castle. There is a very nice roundtrip up to the Tegelberg and then up to the Branderschrofen top. It’s called “Tegelberg Runde”. The start point is directly at the Tegelberg cable railway station. Walk to the left side and follow the signs: Tegelbergtalstation - Bergsportzentrum - Schutzengelweg - Rohrkopfhütte - Tegelbergbergstation - Ahornreitweg - Bleckenau - Brunnenstubenweg/Wasserleitungsweg - Jugend - Marienbrücke - Neuschwanstein - Pöllatschlucht - Tegelbergtalstation.
2. Jump from a rock in ice cold water in front of a waterfall
In the Pöllat canyon(called Pöllatschlucht) is a beautiful waterfall with ice cold water. You can jump from a rock, but be careful there are rocks in the water and it´s slippery.
3. Swim in one of the lakes close to the castles
There are beautiful lakes around the area Neuschwandstein, Füssen and Hohenschwangau. There is a lake called “Schwangausee”. It’s an half hour hike to this lake from the parking lot at the lake Alpsee by Hohenschwangau castle. The lake is incredible with crystal clear water and perfect for swimming.
4. Visit the beautiful town Füssen and accomodation
Go for dinner and ice cream to the beautiful town Füssen with the famous historic center. There are beautiful restaurants and you can even find cheap places to eat. That surprised me a lot.
It’s not very hard to find some accomodation in Füssen. A more upscale place is the highly recommended place Hotel Sonne. If you want to go in a good hostal place, go to the Old Kings Hostal.
Bucket List
- Stand full of joy on top of a 6088m mountain (accomplished)
- Swam in the Amazon (accomplished)
- Surfed in Hawaii (accomplished)
- Was completely inspired by Machu Picchu (accomplished)
- Survifed a Sailing Trip from Panama to Colombia (accomplished)
- Hiked the Annapurna Circuit (accomplished)
- Gambled in Las Vegas (accomplished)
- Jumped from a 10 meter bridge in unknown water (accomplished)
- Danced in Barranquilla at Carnival (accomplished)
- Went into a silver mine (accomplished)
- Slept on an isolated island on the Philippines (accomplished)
- Stand on top of Mount Etna (accomplished)
- Hitchhiked through Canada (accomplished)
- Got invited by Canadian rockers and went with them on a trycicle tour (accomplished)
- Went to a Canadian Festival with Rammstein and sung German songs with Canadians (accomplished)
- Couchsurfed with amazing people around the world. Love you all. (accomplished)
- Traveled to Bhutan (not yet)
- Meditated in Bodhgaya (accomplished)
- Almost died in an Indian Hospital at Varanasi (accomplished)
- Drunk wine & ate cheese at the Eifel Tower in Paris (accomplished)
- Totally impressed by the Amazonian Jungle. Unbelievable. Really. (accomplished)
- Got a cleaning from a Shaman in the Amazonas (accomplished)
- Helped at a rainforest animal rescue center in Bolivia (accomplished)
- Felt in love with Rio de Janeiro (accomplished)
- Went to the stunning Ciudad Perdida in Colombia (accomplished)
- Swum under the tallest waterfall on earth in Venezuela (accomplished)
- Did a 56h bus drive (accomplished)
- Had an incredible experience in Tikal, Guatemala (accomplished)
- Did a diving course in Utila, Honduras (accomplished)
- Jumped from an airplane (not yet)
- Hiked around the spiritual place of Meteora (accomplished)
- Danced on floating boats of Beograd (accomplished)
- Hiked the Manaslu Trek (not yet)
- Ate plenty of spanish tacos and went to Alhambra, Granada (accomplished)
- Hiked around Cinque Terre, Italy (accomplished)
- Hiked on the salcantay trail to Machu Picchu (accomplished)
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