I need some advice on possible itineraries for our short trip to Bavaria please.
We booked some flights to Munich in September, arriving very late on Saturday night and flying back on Tuesday afternoon, giving us limited time (we had to use some companion vouchers or lose them and my partner works unusual shifts and can't take any more time off, hence these are the best times we could do). I am not sure how to best use our time however.
We love alpine landscapes, pretty old towns, easy hikes in mountains (we are not experienced hikers so places with cable cars taking you up a mountain for some easy walks around are ideal) and Bavarian food.
We went to Garmisch-Partenkirchen a few years ago and absolutely loved it, it ticked all the boxes. We went up the Zugspitze, walked around Lake Eibsee, did the Partnach Gorge and some hiking up some of the mountains around going up via cable cars. The two old towns are pretty and we found some great Bavarian restaurants.
This time, my partner wants to visit Neuschwanstein Castle, so we plan to go to Füssen on Sunday morning, visit the castle and stay the night. We're undecided whether to stay another night in Füssen or go back to GP however.
I don't know if Füssen has the perfect hiking options we enjoyed in GP with its dramatic mountainous landscapes and cable cars taking you up the mountains, are the hikes more further down the valleys?
Also the non-direct train back to Munich from Füssen on Tuesday morning is long and with a risky tight connection given our flight schedule so if we stay there on Monday we might have to go back to Munich in the evening anyway.
Or we could go back to GP on Monday morning, that involves a 2.5-hour trip with a bus and a train so we will really only have one afternoon there and I wonder if it's worth it, although at least we can stay the night as there are some frequent and direct trains back to Munich on Tuesday morning.
Any advice on what works best you think? Or some suggestions for other places for that last night?