Excursions in Upper Swabia and the Allgaeu region

We recommend all nature lovers make a visit, during their holiday, to Bad Buchau, only 40km away from your family-run hotel Altdorfer Hof. On Lake Federnsee (“Feather Lake”) you can take the path and see rare species of birds that are threatened by extinction elsewhere in Germany. Along the pathway and footbridges around the lake you will find placards that illustrate and describe the various species of birds. In the Federnsee museum, directly on the lake, you can see the most interesting finds from the moor. The township of Steinhausen is located in close proximity and it represents, with its wonderful Baroque church, an additional highlight of the Baroque route.

The Upper Swabian Baroque route stretches out through the region like a leitmotiv or a red carpet for art lovers. The Baroque style experienced its climax here and bestowed upon upper Swabia the most beautiful palaces, churches and monasteries of this epoch. Only a few minutes on foot from the Altdorfer hotel, right in Weingarten, you can experience a Baroque highlight, the Weingarten basilica.
On the Mühlenstraße Oberschwaben (“Mill Street Upper Swabia”) you can follow the footsteps of the old monastic millers, hike along the historic mill canals and try culinary specialties from the region.

A popular destination in the Allgaeu area is Wolfegg with its palace and beautiful Baroque church. The Wolfegg farmhouse museum shows typical farmsteads from the Allgaeu and characterises the life of the people back in years gone by. The rustic houses, stalls and facilities have been reconstructed exactly as they once were.

Families will want to visit the amusement park “Ravensburger Spieleland” (“Ravensburg Amusement Park”), just a few kilometres south of Ravensburg. Popular comic figures and attractions, like the giant slides, rafting or the adventure camp guarantee a good time to be had for all both old and young.