Nice cozy village with cheap B&B in Bavaria?

Hi Susan,

In my opinion, a car in Bavaria is the ideal way to travel.

With a car we can highly recommend a place in 2 areas in Bavaria that are very easy on the budget.

In Ramsau (by Berchtesgaden) we loved the Mayringerlehen! The people were the best, good buffet breakfast and the location and views were excellent. It's close to so many places.

Berchtesgaden - 10 min.

Konigsee - 15 min.

Salzburg - 30 min.

King Ludwig's Herrenchiemsee Palace - 1 hour

Zell am See, Austria - 1:30 min.

Hallstatt, Austria - 1:30 min.

www.mayringerlehen.de

In Mittenwald, Pension Schwalbennestl.
Again, very nice people, very good buffet breakfast and a view from the room balcony that made you feel you could just reach out and touch the Alps.

www.schwalbennestl.de

the website is only in German, but you can correspond in English.

Our photo's of these places can be seen at:

www.worldisround.com/home/pja1/index.html

www.worldisround.com/home/pja1/travel11.html

Paul

Many people go to Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles, and Fussen (not the German spelling) is a nearby place that some travelers like if they want to be especially close to those castles. You can choose to stay on the outskirts of Fussen and, I don't know about "quaint" but one of the most restful accomodations we found on the outskirts of Fussen. Read Rick's description to see if it's likely to fit your definition of "quaint", and there are no budget places in Europe anywhere once the conversion to dollars is made (I'm kidding but not by much).

Throw a rock in southern Bavaria and you'll hit a quaint town. The only town I really recommend avoiding is Fussen. Although it sits close to Ludwig's two most famous castles, the town is a little over-touristed. If you have a rental car, there are many better places to stay within a short driving distance.

My personal favorite is Garmsich-Partenkirchen. Although its a little more of a resort town, the Partenkirchen section is story-book quaint. Here's my favorite guest house, which is moderately priced:

http://www.gasthof-fraundorfer.de/englisch/index_e.html

How Rick's researchers missed this place is beyond me...

Susan,

When we were in that area we stayed at Rick's recommended Gastof von Schluxen in Pinswang and absolutely loved it. It would be too much hassle without a car I think, but you can hike from there to the Castles. I can't remember exactly what it cost but I do remember it was a great value for the price.

We were on a 5 week trip, and rented a car just for 4 days to take us to this area - to Rothenburg then dropped the car off on our way to Bacharach.

Paul, great pictures, thanks for sharing with us! Did you rent your black Seat Leon thru Avis or Budget? I'm asking because of the EU (=Euskirchen) license plate... Rule of thumb for rental cars in Germany is that Sixt cars come with a M (=Munich) license plate, Europcar with HH (=Hamburg) one, Hertz with DN (=Düren) and both Avis and Budget with an EU one. Enterprise cars are usually registered locally, so if you pick it up in Frankfurt it might even come with an F (=Frankfurt) license plate.

Awesome pictures....I fell in love right away...This just increased my desire to see Bavaria...

Andreas,

We rented through

www.gemut.com

and the car came from Avis.

Thanks for the nice comments!

Paul