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Public transport around Lake Constance

22/04/202307/01/2023 by Travelalone

Bodensee ÖPNV Fähre / Lake Constance public transport Ferry

Lake Constance is large, and the road that goes around it is narrow and there is only one. The speed there is severely limited almost everywhere, and for those who are too fast, not noticing the signs, there are radars. There is almost always a traffic jam from may to september, because of too many people.

Public transport can help, but it is not cheap. This page is about what public transport around Lake Constance is available. Read more about guest and tourist cards – Tourist and guest cards of Lake Constance

Schiltach in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald)

06/10/202303/01/2023 by Travelalone

Schiltach in the Black Forest / Schiltach Schwarzwald

Preparing for the travel I rated for myself Schiltach in the Black Forest as “a particularly picturesque city” from the descriptions and photographs. Reality confirmed it: Schiltach is indeed a very picturesque town, very half-timbered and very floral. Unfortunately, we got into a midday break and could not go to the pharmacy museum, but we had a wonderful walk und visited another museum.

The town is located at the confluence of two rivers. To complete the picture, some kind of castle is missing. The castle was, but it is all over. There is only the castle hill, a covered wooden bridge and ruins remained – the rest was sold for building materials at the end of the 18th century.

Bad Urach Waterfall

15/04/202327/12/2022 by Travelalone

Bad Urach – is a small spa town near the outlet town Metzingen. Suitable for day trips from Stuttgart (train) or in conjunction with something else. In the city itself there is an old center, a small palace, a thermal pool. There is a ruine of fortress on the hill. But most of people walk to the waterfall.

There are quite high hills around, limestone, eaten away by holes. With the stream, 5 kg of lime and God knows what else is carried out per day. So you shouldn’t drink the water, despite all its transparent stream appeal.

The Bad Urach waterfall is the third highest of those German ones that are outside the Alps (the first two are in the Black Forest), only 87 m.

Schwäbisch Hall. 1. What to see in old town

19/11/202325/12/2022 by Travelalone

An old city with its own traditions, Schwäbisch Hall lies a bit off the tourist track. But it is certainly worth to visit. Schwäbisch Hall is a part of Castle Road (Burgenstrasse) – very good tourist road, with various attractions, although not so gut known as Romantic Road.

In addition to the old city centre, you can see the Darmstadt Madonna – the famous painting by Hans Holbein the Younger (and a couple of other famous paintings), the Comburg monastery and the Wackershofen open-air museum.

Rhine Delta Bodensee, Appenzell attractions

08/01/202318/12/2022 by Travelalone

The Alpine Rhine in Switzerland is a wide and deep valley, inhabited and built up with factories for almost its entire length. The Rhine itself is surrounded by high dam so as not to flood the valley. There is a cycling route along the dam for many tens of kilometers. You can climb the dam and take pictures of the views of the Vaduz castle at the Rheintal highway car park.

In this post we look at Alpine Rhine delta (canton St Gallen) and canton Appenzell attractions.

Lake Constance. Meersburg attractions

08/01/202316/12/2022 by Travelalone

Bodensee Urlaub / Lake Constance Meersburg

Meersburg is the most beautiful town on Lake Constance, although some might prefer Lindau. Plan at least half a day for Meersburg Castle and the town’s picturesque streets.

Meersburg is located in the very center of the main attractions on the lake.

Lake Constance. Mainau Island of flowers

08/01/202308/12/2022 by Travelalone

Lake Constance Mainau Island / Insel Mainau Bodensee

Mainau Island of flowers is a must see from late April to May and a good park for the rest of the time.

Photos of the three visits: the beginning of the tulip bloom, towards the end of the tulip bloom and in August.

Places to visit near Stuttgart. Map

19/11/202307/12/2022 by Travelalone

Places to visit near Stuttgart / Rund um Stuttgart Sehenswürdigkeiten Karte

Here we will focus on the places to visit near Stuttgart. In this article, I tell you about sights in the Stuttgart region that can be reached in short drive by car or by train. Excursion destinations in the Black Forest and on towards Lake Constance see other articles.

Lake Constance (Bodensee). 1. Lake Überlingen

08/01/202306/12/2022 by Travelalone

Lake Überlingen is the most interesting part of Lake Constance: picturesque hilly shores, many attractions from natural to cultural, from parks to castles. This part has towns Überlingen, Uhldingen, Bodman, island Mainau and at the end of the lake Überlingen Meersburg.

Lake Constance (Bodensee). 2. Konstanz

08/01/202304/12/2022 by Travelalone

Konstanz is very known, and it is usually included in the tourist program. But in reality, it is just the first candidate for deletion from the program if there is not enough time (and there are so many sights on the lake that there is hardly enough time).