"Heavens" Scheduled Day Tour from Füssen

Summit of Mount Zugspitze, Linderhof, Oberammergau, and Wieskirche (The Church in the Meadow)
( Heaven and Earth and Heaven Again )

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Mondays and Fridays – May through October

This highlights tour features Bavaria's most spectacular natural scenery and its most exquisite architectural creations.

Enjoy an unforgettable day and leave the planning to our experts! You do not need to worry about reservations, taking a wrong turn, parking, finding the right local transportation, or waiting in line. All entrances are included! And make the most of the day with our local expert guide showing not only the major sights but also giving you lots of background information!

Running commentary is provided in English.

This is an all-inclusive tour: coach transportation, guide services, entrance fees, and taxes are all included.

Itinerary

This tour departs from Füssen at 9:15 a.m. Mondays and Fridays, and heads through the border tunnel into Austria and through the mountainous Reutte district to Ehrwald, where we board the cable car for our trip to the summit of Mount Zugspitze.

MOUNT ZUGSPITZE is Germany's highest mountain - 2,962 metres or 9,718 feet - and it sits on the border between Germany and Austria. The observation areas straddle the two countries.

The views from here are spectacular. Walk around the viewing platforms and have a hot chocolate inside in one of the Panorama restaurants, or outside if it's warm enough.

From Zugspitze you have breathtaking views across the tops of peaks of the Alps. On fine days you can enjoy views of four countries – Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland.

Austrian Tyrol from Zugspitze

Zugspitze Observation Deck

We continue via Garmisch-Partenkirchen to LINDERHOF CASTLE, King Ludwig II's beautiful palace tucked away in the mountains. This most elegant of Ludwig's creations was built between 1870 and 1879, in an elaborate rococo style recalling the Bourbon Kings. This is the only one of Ludwig's own creations where he lived for any appreciable period of time.

We tour inside the palace and the Venus Grotto illustration of the first act of Wagner’s Tannhaeuser with a local castle guide.

And you have time to go for a stroll in the formal gardens.

Linderhof Palace

Linderhof

Our next stop is picturesque OBERAMMERGAU, the village internationally famous for the Passion Play which it mounts every ten years in thanks for being spared during the bubonic plague .

Oberammergau is also famous for the "Lüftlmalerei," or frescoes, of traditional Bavarian themes, fairy tales, or religious scenes that are found on many homes and buildings.

Oberammergau has a long tradition of woodcarving, and the streets of the town are home to dozens of woodcarver shops and Christmas shops.

Oberammergau

Oberammergau

Our final stop is at WIESKIRCHE, the Church in the Meadow, an oval rococo church built between 1745 and 1754 as a shrine for a new sacred pilgrimage site.

The Church in the Meadow actually is in a remote rural setting, in a meadow, with horses grazing nearby.

The interior is decorated with frescoes and elaborate stuccowork. The Wieskirche underwent extensive restoration between 1985 and 1991, and is the only monument in the region on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list.