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Crossing the Alps on the Maxi­mi­li­ans­weg I incl. lug­ga­ge transfer

from 978,- per person

  • Duration: 8 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 102 km
  • Altitude: (+) 4560 m
  • Altitude: (-) 4080 m
  • Difficulty:
In the foot­s­teps of King Max II from Lake Con­s­tance to Forg­gen­see. The Maxi­mi­li­ans­weg is one of the most beau­tiful long-distance hiking trails in Ger­ma­ny. It runs from west to east right along the bor­der bet­ween Bava­ria and Aus­tria. The appro­xi­m­ate­ly 360 km bet­ween Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance and Berch­tes­ga­den was first cover­ed around 160 years ago by the Bava­ri­an King Maxi­mi­li­an II. He wan­ted to get to know his coun­try and his sub­jects. On the 1st part of the long-distance hiking trail, you will expe­ri­ence the diver­si­ty of the regi­on in 8 days: from Lake Con­s­tance, via the Stauf­ner Haus and Sont­ho­fen, to Füs­sen with the high­light of Neu­schwan­stein Castle. 
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Eine Frau liegt in Wanderkleidung in einer Blumenwiese und genießt die Sonne.
Eine Frau wandern auf dem Grat der Nagelfluhkette auf dem Maximilianweg. Im Hintergrund die Berge in verschiedenen Blautönen.
Neuschwanstein Castle near Füssen shines in the sunshine under a blue sky. Lake Forggensee in the background and a green forest in the foreground.
Man sieht den Hafen von Lindau am Bodensee mit dem blauen Wasser und blauem Himmel.
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Itinerary / Stages

Day 1
Indi­vi­du­al arri­val in Lindau
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
The jour­ney to Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance marks the start­ing point of your hiking tour. The idyl­lic island town in the bor­der tri­ang­le of Ger­ma­ny, Aus­tria and Switz­er­land invi­tes you to enjoy your first impres­si­ons befo­re set­ting off on your hiking adventure. 
Day 2
Lin­dau — Lingenau
Distanz: 23 km Höhe (+): 1160m Höhe (-): 890m
In the mor­ning, you’ll take the bus and train from Lin­dau to Wol­furt. The rou­te takes you over the Alber­schwen­de to the Brügg­ele­kopf (1,150 m). From the­re, con­ti­nue hiking toward the Lin­ge­nau High Bridge (610 m) until you final­ly reach the end of this stage. Alter­na­tively, you can save yours­elf the last hour of wal­king by taking the bus from Müsel­bach. Near Lin­ge­nau, we recom­mend visi­ting the Quell­tuff Natu­re Trail. 
Day 3
Lin­ge­nau — Staufnerhaus
Distanz: 18 km Höhe (+): 1130m Höhe (-): 190m
Today’s sec­tion leads for the most part through the Lecken­bach val­ley, which is right­ly con­side­red par­ti­cu­lar­ly beau­tiful with its alpi­ne pas­tu­res. The val­ley trail also means that most of today’s rou­te is modera­te­ly uphill, alt­hough the­re is a two-hour sec­tion at the end that leads quite stee­p­ly uphill to the Stauf­ner Haus. You then take the Hoch­grat­bahn cable car down into the val­ley and the bus to your over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on in Oberstaufen. 
Day 4
Stauf­ner­haus — Sonthofen
Distanz: 16 km Höhe (+): 630m Höhe (-): 1420m
Take the bus back to the Hoch­grat­bahn and back up the moun­tain. From the­re, fol­low the long-distance hiking trail to the Nagel­fl­uh­ket­te. Now you will con­quer a sec­tion of the famous and very attrac­ti­ve Nagel­fl­uh ridge hike. You pass the Hoch­grat (1832 m), the Rind­alp­horn (1822 m) and the Buralp­kopf (1772 m). Des­cend to Gun­zes­ried and take the bus to your over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on in Sonthofen. 
Day 5
Sont­ho­fen — Unterjoch
Distanz: 17 km Höhe (+): 970m Höhe (-): 710m
On today’s varied stage, you have remar­kab­le views of the All­gäu Alps and the Tann­heim moun­ta­ins. The hig­hest point today is the Spie­ser (1651m). The first part of the hike is on asphalt; at Spie­ser you will then find steep moun­tain paths. The stage ends on com­for­ta­ble paths and roads. 
Day 6
Unter­joch — Pfronten
Distanz: 13 km Höhe (+): 130m Höhe (-): 280m
This day’s rou­te takes you through Aus­tri­an ter­ri­to­ry for a short stretch, befo­re crossing a roman­tic alpi­ne land­scape with lush green pas­tu­res along the Vils to the stage desti­na­ti­on of Pfronten. 
Day 7
Pfron­ten — Füssen
Distanz: 15 km Höhe (+): 540m Höhe (-): 590m
The last stage takes you over the medieval cast­le ruins of Fal­ken­stein, Ger­many’s hig­hest cast­le ruins. From the vie­w­ing plat­form the­re, you can enjoy a breath­ta­king pan­o­r­amic view of the Alps. Won­derful pan­o­r­amic views of the lake land­scape around Hop­fen­see, Illas­berg­see, Lech­see and Forg­gen­see fol­low. Over the Zir­men­grat ridge uphill through moun­tain pine regi­ons, you reach the pic­tures­que Alat­see lake, from whe­re you des­cend into the val­ley, pas­sing seve­ral lakes on the way, to reach your desti­na­ti­on for today’s stage, Füssen. 
Day 8
Indi­vi­du­al jour­ney home or extension
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
Unfort­u­na­te­ly, your jour­ney ends today and you will depart on your own. Parts two and three of the Maxi­mi­li­an Trail are alre­a­dy wai­ting for you! 

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Booking code: MAX-WEG-M-GEPAECK

Season

01.09.2026 — 31.10.2026 (Arri­val: daily)
May 15, 2027 – June 30, 2027 (Check-in: daily)
July 1, 2027 – August 31, 2027 (Check-in: daily)
Sep­tem­ber 1, 2027 – Octo­ber 15, 2027 (Check-in: daily)

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Single room

EUR 1.278,00
EUR 1.348,00
EUR 1.368,00
EUR 1.348,00

Double room*

EUR 978,00
EUR 998,00
EUR 1.018,00
EUR 998,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional nights BEFORE the tour

(01.09.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Vis a Vis) 
(01.09.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Vis a Vis) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Vis a Vis) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Vis a Vis) 

Price per person/night

EUR 85,00
EUR 120,00
EUR 98,00
EUR 135,00

Additional nights AFTER the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Füs­sen in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Best Wes­tern Plus Hotel Füssen) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Füs­sen in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Best Wes­tern Plus Hotel Füssen) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Füs­sen in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Best Wes­tern Plus Hotel Füssen) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Füs­sen in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Best Wes­tern Plus Hotel Füssen) 

Price per person/night

EUR 100,00
EUR 188,00
EUR 105,00
EUR 199,00

Additional transfers

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Return trans­fer from Füs­sen to Lin­dau (pri­ce for up to 4 people)

Price

EUR 295,00

Services

Included services
  • Inde­pen­dent Hiking (not a group tour)
  • 7 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted hotels, inns and guesthouses
  • Rooms with a show­er or a bath­tub and toilet
  • 7 x breakfast 
  • Lug­ga­ge trans­port from one accom­mo­da­ti­on to ano­ther (1 suit­ca­se per per­son, max. 20 kg)
  • Detail­ed tra­vel docu­ments with important infor­ma­ti­on on the rou­te and itin­era­ry (1x per room)
  • 1 x Rother hiking gui­de Maximiliansweg
  • Prac­ti­cal felt bag for your tra­vel docu­ments (1x per room)
  • Down­load GPS data for mobi­le navigation
  • Dona­ti­on Sus­taina­bi­li­ty Initia­ti­ve Berg­wald­pro­jekt e.V.
  • 7‑Day Hass­le-Free Ser­vice Hot­line (dai­ly from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
  • Feu­er und Eis Tra­vel Insurance 
Excluded services
  • Tra­vel to and from the tour, as well as par­king fees
  • Spa/local taxes (approx. 1–4 EUR per per­son per night), to be paid at the accommodations
  • If appli­ca­ble, over­night fees for regis­tered dogs are to be paid at the accommodations
  • Meals and bever­a­ges, unless other­wi­se specified
  • Tips, sight­see­ing, and other per­so­nal expenses
  • Bus and train tra­vel, trans­fers unless express­ly included in the itinerary
  • Tra­vel Insu­rance (We’d be hap­py to book tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on and trip inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance for you)

Additional information

Natu­re of the Tour
The hike on the Maxi­mi­li­an Trail com­pri­ses quite long hiking stages. With 23 to 27 km and up to 1200 m of alti­tu­de in places, you should bring moun­tain expe­ri­ence and sure-foo­ted­ness with you. A good level of fit­ness is a pre­re­qui­si­te. Indi­vi­du­al stages or sec­tions can be cover­ed by public transport. 
Get­ting There
CAR: Lin­dau am Boden­see is easi­ly acces­si­ble via the A96 from Munich or the B31 from Frei­burg. RAIL: The Lin­dau-Insel train sta­ti­on is direct­ly con­nec­ted to the regio­nal and natio­nal rail net­work, with con­nec­tions to Munich, Zurich and Bre­genz. FLIGHT: The nea­rest air­ports are in Fried­richs­ha­fen (approx. 30 km), Mem­min­gen (approx. 80 km) and Zurich (approx. 120 km), from whe­re Lin­dau can be rea­ched by train or car. 
Other Infor­ma­ti­on
To ensu­re a stress-free start to your trip, we gene­ral­ly recom­mend arri­ving at the start­ing point by ear­ly evening. Some tours begin as ear­ly as noon; in tho­se cases, we recom­mend arri­ving the day befo­re. We’d be hap­py to book an extra night for you right away. Your indi­vi­du­al return trip takes place on the last day of the trip. The distances lis­ted are appro­xi­ma­te and may dif­fer from the actu­al distances tra­ve­led. This trip is not sui­ta­ble for peo­p­le with limi­t­ed mobility. 
Mini­mum num­ber of participants
If a mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is requi­red for the tour to take place, this is sta­ted under Pri­ces and ser­vices. If the mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is not rea­ched, we reser­ve the right to can­cel the trip up to four weeks befo­re the date of arri­val. We recom­mend that you do not orga­ni­ze your arri­val and depar­tu­re until after this dead­line has passed.
Insu­rance
Tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on insu­rance inclu­ding trip inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance is high­ly recom­men­ded. You can find infor­ma­ti­on at: https://www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/reiseversicherung
7‑Day Hass­le-Free Hotline
No mat­ter how well you plan a trip, unex­pec­ted things can hap­pen on rare occa­si­ons. In moments like the­se, it’s nice to have someone the­re you can count on. For this reason, on our cus­to­mi­zed acti­ve tours, you’ll have a local cont­act per­son who will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with infor­ma­ti­on and, as indi­ca­ted in your tra­vel docu­ments, will be available to assist you in case of an emergency.
Return jour­ney from Füssen
Seve­ral dai­ly train con­nec­tions to Lin­dau or orga­ni­zed trans­fer possible.
Par­king
Paid par­king gara­ges available. Alter­na­tively, the­re is the Zech par­king lot (Bre­gen­zer Stra­ße 177). The­re are 182 par­king spaces available here in the Zech dis­trict of Lin­dau for approx. 3.00 per day. 8‑day ticket for approx. 20 EUR. Maxi­mum par­king time is 14 days. No ent­ry and exit bet­ween 22:00 and 06:00.

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As a tour operator specializing in active nature travel, the protection and enhancement of the regions we visit are particularly important to us. That is why we ensure that the planning and execution of our trips are carried out in a way that adds value and is environmentally responsible. Specifically, this means: We work closely with local partners to strengthen the regional economy and preserve cultural heritage. In addition, we support the protection and conservation of forests in our home region of Tegernsee-Schliersee by donating five euros per booking to Bergwaldprojekt e.V.

These are our goals:

  • to bring people closer to nature in an authentic way
  • to work closely with regional partners and hosts
  • to create added value for the region and at the same time create added value for the guests

We need your help to make this happen! During your trip, please treat nature with respect and follow general rules of conduct.

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