Long-distance hiking trails around the city of Füssen in the Allgäu

In and around the city of Füssen in the Allgäu, hikers find paradisiacal conditions. Countless well signposted hiking trails for different demands lead through the fascinating landscape with its magnificent peaks, idyllic waters and numerous sights. Whether leisurely hiking around the many lakes, challenging mountain hiking or interesting themed tours - Wanderers do not have to do without anything in Füssen. As a special highlight you will find in and around Füssen very attractive long-distance hiking trails.

Those who like long-distance hiking get their money's worth in Füssen, because there are a variety of attractive long-distance hiking trails to discover here. Füssen is a stage or destination of such well-known long-distance hiking trails as the Maximiliansweg (E4), the King Ludwig Weg, the Lechweg, the hiking trail of the Romantic Road, the Via Claudia Augusta, the Via Alpina or the Ostallgäuer Höhenweg. Of course, in Füssen, as a hiking stronghold, a very good service for hikers is also offered. Since long-distance hikers do not want to burden themselves with heavy luggage, there is a practical luggage transport on many long-distance hiking trails. In addition to the luggage service, this includes, among other things, an expert tour advice, appropriate catering offers and the possibility of care and drying of the hiking clothes.

Since a total of nine long-distance hiking trails meet in Füssen, the city on the Lech is one of the most important hiking hubs at all. Below we want to present some attractive stages that lead to Füssen. Many highlights for hikers can be discovered on the long-distance hiking trail of Via Claudia Augusta, where you can follow in the footsteps of the ancient Romans. In the case of 13,1 km In the warmer months you can even combine hiking with an attractive boat trip on the large reservoir. You drive from the boat port of Füssen to the dam and then return. You will pass the Kunstpark Roßhaupten, where you can admire the works of Allgäu artists on the subject of Romans. In front of Dietringen you also pass a Roman milestone. In winter, when the water of the reservoir has been partly drained, you can walk directly through the Forggensee on the original old Roman road, the traces of which can still be seen, back to Füssen to the boat port.

Forggensee, view of the city of Füssen

A delightful long-distance hiking trail is also the Via Alpina. A shortened test stage leads on this way from the Tegelberg after a length of 10,4 Kilometers to the Kenzenhütte. The stage is easy to make in a day. It starts at a height of 900 Meters with the Tegelbergbahn to the actual Via-Alpina-Route. From there you wander through a dreamlike landscape and through the Schwangauer Kessel to the Kenzensattel and the Kenzenhütte, which was once the hunting house of the Bavarian kings and today invites you to a comfortable stay after the hike.

For the experienced walkers, the 15,5 km long Zirmgrat stage on the Maximiliansweg much to offer. From Pfronten Meilingen it goes over the castle ruin Falkenstein to the Zirmgrat, from where you can enjoy magnificent views of the beautiful Voralpenland up to the Zugspitze. After a rest in the rustic Salober Alm we continue to the legendary Alatsee, through the idyllic Faulenbacher valley to the city center of Füssen. already 1858 Bavarian King Maximilian II was on this stage.

Long-distance hikers must not miss the newly created Lechweg – a certified long-distance hiking trail that follows the course of the Lech from the source at the idyllic Formarinsee in Austria, via Tyrol to the Lechfall in Füssen. Overall, the route of 125 km in several stages easy to master even for rather untrained hikers. On the stage Pflach-Hohenschwangau-Füssen you can get to know the Lechweg. It goes from Pflach via the Sternschanze at the Kniepass to the shore of the Alpsee, where the world-famous castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau invite you to visit. Then you hike over the Calvary Mountain, where you can enjoy fantastic views over the Allgäuer Königswinkel, until the Lechfall. 

Lechfall in Füssen

Highly recommended for hiking is also the 800 Km long guide trailWandering trilogy Allgäu – in triad with nature‘. It is divided into different themed spaces depending on the region. In and around Füss, the theme room is called “Romanticism“ and leads to many places where the fairy tale king Ludwig II once stayed, including, of course, the castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.

Nowhere else in Germany is there such a large selection of attractive long-distance hiking trails as in Füssen. Here you are really spoilt for choice, which stages you choose. On all routes in and around Füssen, however, you can enjoy a beautiful landscape and pass many sights.