Lake Bannwald Round

The easy, approx. 29 Kilometer-long Bannwaldsee round is one of the absolute highlights among the bicycle tours for connoisseurs, families and e-bike riders in the Allgäu. The tour, which runs on gently ascending and descending cycle paths and low-traffic secondary roads, leads along three beautiful lakes and the world-famous royal castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau. At the end of the bicycle tour you have the chance to take part in a cruise on the Forggensee that promises unforgettable impressions.

The magnificent landscape around Füssen in the Allgäu offers cyclists perfect conditions. Whether racing cyclists, mountain bikers or families and pleasure cyclists - here every cyclist will find ideal routes on which you can really enjoy the dreamlike nature and the omnipresent views of the magnificent mountains. A bicycle tour that connoisseurs, families and e-bike riders should not miss during a holiday in the Allgäu is the 28,9 Kilometers of the Bannwaldsee Round. This tour is a real sightseeing ride, as it leads along three of the most beautiful lakes here in the area and the world-famous castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau. At the end of the bike ride you can take part in a cruise on the Forggensee, which is one of the absolute highlights of an Allgäu holiday. Due to its easy demand and great variety, the bicycle tour is also very suitable for children. Your starting and finishing point is the Tourist Information in Füssen. Holidaymakers who travel by car can do this very close by, in the car park P5 ‘City/ Sparkasse’. Free parking is available in feet in the parking lot P2 at the Federal Service Center for Ice Hockey. Those who are on holiday by public transport arrive in around 5 Minutes from Füssener Bahnhof to the starting point of the bike ride. For the Bannwaldsee round you should plan at least two hours. If you want to visit the castles in between or swim in one of the lakes, correspondingly more.

From Tourist Information Füssen you first cycle on Sebastianstraße towards Schwangau. Via a bicycle bridge, which runs parallel to the König-Ludwig-Brücke, you cross the wildly romantic Lech before continuing to Alterschrofen. Here you turn right to cycle along the Schwanseepark to Hohenschwangau. The beautiful Schwanseepark used to be the royal Hohenschwangau Palace Park, created in the style of an English landscape garden. Today it is a popular local recreation destination with wonderful walking paths and a variety of plants that is unparalleled. In spring and summer, it is transformed into flowers thanks to flowering orchids, gentians and other flowers. A beautiful sea of color. In Hohenschwangau you come directly below the world-famous castles, which of course can also be visited. Tickets for both royal castles are available from the ticket centre in Alpseestraße. Especially Neuschwanstein Castle, which reminds of an imposing castle from the Middle Ages from the outside and inspires with huge halls, which are furnished with valuable art treasures and furniture and equipped with a lot of gold and velvet, you should definitely have seen on an Allgäu holiday. The dream castle of fairytale king Ludwig II is considered the most famous attraction in Germany and the symbol of Romanticism. Absolutely. But also the romantic residential palace Hohenschwangau is very worth seeing.

From Hohenschwangau you cycle further towards the valley station Tegelbergbahn and then via Mühlberg to the picturesque Bannwaldsee, one of the warmest lakes around Füssen. Here you come directly past the access to a bathing place, so that on hot days a welcome cooling in the clean water offers. Afterwards, on the way to Berghof, you can expect the only short and somewhat more strenuous climb on this bicycle tour. At the small kiosk “Abrakadabra” in Greith you can stock up with a few treats, which can then be enjoyed during a picnic at the Hegratsrieder lake. On small economic routes you will then go to Brunnen, where you can go to the Crossing a bridge turns right to Waltenhofen. Finally, you drive through the Schwangau district of Horn and come back a little later to the starting point of the tour in Füssen. However, it is much nicer to transfer to a ship in Brunnen or Waltenhofen on the east bank of the Forggensee and thus return to Füssen. From June to October, two passenger ships run several times a day on the Forggensee, which regularly stop at several points on the shores and also transport bicycles. The shipping on the Forggensee is considered one of the most beautiful Bavarias and inspires with unforgettable views of the Allgäu mountains, the royal castles and the Füssener Old town. It is the culmination of a magnificent bicycle tour that offers unforgettable holiday impressions and promises the entire family a lot of fun.

The cozy Bannwaldsee round should not be missed on an Allgäu holiday around Füssen. Enjoyees, families and e-bike riders will remember this bike tour, which is full of highlights, for a long time. The ideal time for the tour is the summer, as then also the swimming fun in the lakes and the shipping is possible.