Saturday, July 26, 2014
Neuschwanstein Castle and Alpsee
Today Sue and George joined our group of friends on a 50k cycle ride into Austria. Bit far for James so I stayed back and we went on a ride to Schwangau to see Neuschwanstein Castle, Hohenschwangau Castle and the crystal clear Trout filled Alpsee. Later James and I cycled into Fussen and had a splendid lunch before visiting tchibo and buying a keep warm caffetiere. 6k later we are back at Camping Brunnen for last night.
Friday, July 25, 2014
2014 Germany-Austria-Switzerland
We have arrived in Bavaria Germany at a great site near Fussen called camping Brunnen. Its directly on lake Forgensee and our pitch has a view up the lake and across to the mountains. Already been on bike ride to the nearest cable car and took it to the top before a two hour walk down broken by several beers and lunch at a panoramic cafe. Sue and boys have been swimming and boating in lake and we have a huge choice of cycle trails. Nice weather so far so fingers crossed!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Campo Felice Tenero near Locarno Lake Maggiore
After our quick stay at Garmisch we headed back into the Austrian Tyrol and then into Switzerland near Vaduz in Liechtenstein. We were headed for the Grand st Bernard Pass en-route to Locarno on the northern shores of Lake Maggiore.
Locarno/Tenero is one of our very favourite summer location's as its just south of the Alps and gets similar weather to southern France/Italy but is still in the mountains and not as busy as the seaside resorts.
Campo Felice is a VERY smart campsite on the shores of Lake Maggiore with its own Harbour and Sand Beach as well a nice restaurant and entertainment plus tennis/football/bike trails and more.
Locarno is like a Lakeside version of Monte Carlo or Cannes and also has an annual Film Festival in the town Centre.
Every day we were able to cycle from Tenero to Locarno along one of the most beautiful cycle trail we have found on our travels. It runs lakeside with amazing old properties and tropical gardens long it length. With the sun shining there are few nicer places to ride a bike.
On the far side of Locarno is the town Lido a huge modern Glass building stretching for hundreds of metres along the lakeside. Its has 5 Outdoor and 3 Indoor pools as well as Lake/Beach swimming and a high diving pool as well as a huge slide complex!
As you can imaging we spend a whole day at the Lido and rarely see the boys as they zip from pool to slide to diving pool. If you visit Locarno you must go here...
Yesterday we we spent the whole day relaxing at Campo felice while I planned our next trip to Zermatt via a very pretty route down the west of Lake Maggiore into Italy then back into Switzerland via the Simplon Pass....
Locarno/Tenero is one of our very favourite summer location's as its just south of the Alps and gets similar weather to southern France/Italy but is still in the mountains and not as busy as the seaside resorts.
Campo Felice is a VERY smart campsite on the shores of Lake Maggiore with its own Harbour and Sand Beach as well a nice restaurant and entertainment plus tennis/football/bike trails and more.
Locarno is like a Lakeside version of Monte Carlo or Cannes and also has an annual Film Festival in the town Centre.
Every day we were able to cycle from Tenero to Locarno along one of the most beautiful cycle trail we have found on our travels. It runs lakeside with amazing old properties and tropical gardens long it length. With the sun shining there are few nicer places to ride a bike.
On the far side of Locarno is the town Lido a huge modern Glass building stretching for hundreds of metres along the lakeside. Its has 5 Outdoor and 3 Indoor pools as well as Lake/Beach swimming and a high diving pool as well as a huge slide complex!
As you can imaging we spend a whole day at the Lido and rarely see the boys as they zip from pool to slide to diving pool. If you visit Locarno you must go here...
Yesterday we we spent the whole day relaxing at Campo felice while I planned our next trip to Zermatt via a very pretty route down the west of Lake Maggiore into Italy then back into Switzerland via the Simplon Pass....
Garmisch Partenkirchen
We arrived at Garmisch and headed straight for the Aire style campsite at the base of the Wankbahn (yes that is correct!). Its a large car park style site on the slopes of the mountain and is the ideal place to park while in Garmisch Partenkirchen.
We had headed for Garmisch as the boys were VERY keen to visit the towns swimming pool complex and its high diving boards, Wave Pool, Slides and Outside pools. We walked to the pool and spent the whole day there before walking into town for a nice meal and well deserved drink!
We had headed for Garmisch as the boys were VERY keen to visit the towns swimming pool complex and its high diving boards, Wave Pool, Slides and Outside pools. We walked to the pool and spent the whole day there before walking into town for a nice meal and well deserved drink!
Berchtesgaden & Konigsee
We arrived in Berchtesgaden after a two trip from Kaprun and having crossed between Austria & Germany several times! I had just read a goof novel partly based on Konigsee so I was keen to see the place for myself. I was also aware of Hitlers "Eagles Nest" and the pretty town of Berchtesgaden.
We found a nice "Aire" style campsite only about 500 yard from the shores of lake Konigsee and camped before setting off to explore the lake. Its a busy tourist hotspot but the lake is very beautiful and we decided to hire a big rowing boat and set off up he lake.
We found secluded spot about a third of the way up the lake and we decided to strip off and go for a skinny dip! It was cool & clear and very refreshing on a day that was sunny and 35 degrees...
On returning to dry land we found a lakeside Beer Garden and ordered a large Stein of Lager and a typical German dinner. Fantastic day in a spectacular place.
The following day we planned to get the bus to the Eagles Nest but after waiting for 30 minutes we were told that its incredibly busy and VERY hot up at the Nest. We decided to get a cable car up the Mountain by the lake instead and sent all day walking back down after having lunch at the top.
The following morning we set off for Garmisch Parten-Kirchen...
We found a nice "Aire" style campsite only about 500 yard from the shores of lake Konigsee and camped before setting off to explore the lake. Its a busy tourist hotspot but the lake is very beautiful and we decided to hire a big rowing boat and set off up he lake.
We found secluded spot about a third of the way up the lake and we decided to strip off and go for a skinny dip! It was cool & clear and very refreshing on a day that was sunny and 35 degrees...
On returning to dry land we found a lakeside Beer Garden and ordered a large Stein of Lager and a typical German dinner. Fantastic day in a spectacular place.
The following day we planned to get the bus to the Eagles Nest but after waiting for 30 minutes we were told that its incredibly busy and VERY hot up at the Nest. We decided to get a cable car up the Mountain by the lake instead and sent all day walking back down after having lunch at the top.
The following morning we set off for Garmisch Parten-Kirchen...
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