Suggestions to improve my Bavarian trip
Hello,
I’m an American who will be visiting at the end of the summer. My wife has business in Munich, so we’re arriving a week early to make a vacation of it, and see as much of the region as we can. We’ll be renting a car for the week and don’t mind driving.
Currently we’ve planned to start by heading to Stuttgart(not Bavaria I know) for our first night as I’d like to visit the Mercedes and Porsche museums. Then we’re heading to Fussen to visit Neuschwanstein; with tickets already reserved. We’re staying there the night prior to our tour and have booked the earliest English tour with hopes of getting to Linderhof in the same afternoon if we can.
From there is where I’m looking for suggestions. We haven’t decided where to spend that night and the following night. Our initial thought is to stay in the Garmisch area(or Grainau?). Then we’d be near to Zugspite, Eibsee, Ettal Abbey. Our other thought was to visit Innsbruck, Austria. Is just a day trip to Innsbruck from Garmisch feasible? Or would we be better to spend one or both nights there? Or skip it and stay in Germany?
From whichever place we stay those two nights, we then plan to trek over to Berchtesgaden for our last two nights before returning to Munich. We’d like to at least visit Kehlsteinhaus/Obersalzburg and ride one of the Konigsee boat tours while there. I have family that lived in Ansbach for a couple years while in the army and they say Berchtesgaden was their favorite place to visit in the summer. Once back in Munich we’ll have afternoons and evenings free to explore the local sights there. Open to any suggestions both for things to see and places to eat.
Hopefully this all sounds feasible in a week? I appreciate any and all advice or suggestions!