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Feu­er und Eis own tour

The Way of St. James from Bad Bay­er­soi­en to Lin­dau wit­hout lug­ga­ge transfer

from 695,- per person

  • Duration: 8 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 170 km
  • Altitude: (+) 2760 m
  • Altitude: (-) 3150 m
  • Difficulty:
The second part of our Way of St. James takes you from Pfaf­fen­win­kel to the idyl­lic All­gäu regi­on. You will be accom­pa­nied by spec­ta­cu­lar land­scapes, Bava­ri­an hos­pi­ta­li­ty and Swa­bi­an charm. Whe­ther you are a pil­grim or a long-distance hiker, if you enjoy wal­king long distances in beau­tiful sur­roun­dings and want to get as clo­se to natu­re as pos­si­ble, then this adven­ture is just right for you! If you would like to hike this Bava­ri­an Way of St. James in its enti­re­ty, we recom­mend the first part from Munich to Peit­ing. The two tours can easi­ly be com­bi­ned. Just get in touch with us. 
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Links ist ein Betonwegweiser mit der Jakobsmuschel zu sehen und rechts einen Wanderer auf dem Jakobsweg.
Man sieht den Bad Bayersoiener See. Links eine grüne Wiese mit Bäumen und rechts den blauen See als Kontrast. Weiß-blauer Himmel.
Ein betonierter Wegweiser mit dem Jakobsweg-Zeichen steht am Straßenrand.
Der Blick fällt in eine Baumallee in Marktoberdorf mit frischen, grünen Blättern am Baum und hohem Gras und Blumen am Straßenrand im Frühling.
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Indi­vi­du­al arrival
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
Indi­vi­du­al arri­val in Bad Bay­er­soi­en to your first accommodation.
Bad Bay­er­soi­en — Lechbruck
Distanz: 25 km Höhe (+): 270m Höhe (-): 330m
You start in Bad Bay­er­soi­en in a north-wes­ter­ly direc­tion through the Ammer­gau Alps Natu­re Park. After around 3 km, you cross the Ammer gor­ge via the Echels­bach bridge. In the vil­la­ge of Schön­egg, you can enjoy the view once again befo­re tur­ning back onto the ori­gi­nal Way of St. James. The rou­te con­ti­nues through the vil­la­ge of Wild­steig, whe­re you then have a won­derful view of Lake Wild­steig. You will soon reach the famous Wies­kir­che church with its pil­grimage muse­um. The rou­te con­ti­nues through the Wies­filz to the vil­la­ge of Schlö­gel­müh­le near Stein­ga­den. Now it’s ano­ther 7 km in a wes­ter­ly direc­tion to your desti­na­ti­on for today in Lech­bruck am See. 
Lech­bruck — Marktoberdorf
Distanz: 25 km Höhe (+): 480m Höhe (-): 490m
From the for­mer raf­ting vil­la­ge of Lech­bruck, the rou­te now con­ti­nues in a north-wes­ter­ly direc­tion into the All­gäu. You pass Echer­schwang befo­re rea­ching the vil­la­ge of Bern­beu­ren after approx. 6.5 km. The rou­te con­ti­nues over the pan­o­r­amic 1055m high Auer­berg with its Roman ram­parts to the vil­la­ge of Stöt­ten below. From here, the trail con­ti­nues in a nor­t­her­ly direc­tion to Ber­tolds­ho­fen. You cross the small river Gelt­nach and from the­re it is about 5 kilo­me­ters to Marktoberdorf.
Markt­ober­dorf — Kempten
Distanz: 31 km Höhe (+): 350m Höhe (-): 390m
Today’s stage is the lon­gest of your jour­ney at approx. 31 km. Start ear­ly and take ple­nty of pro­vi­si­ons with you. The path runs most­ly in a wes­ter­ly direc­tion. In Thal­ho­fen you cross the Wertach and reach Gei­sen­ried. Along the Mucken­berg you final­ly reach Obert­hin­gau. You now walk through the forest for around 9 kilo­me­ters befo­re you can see the foot­hills of the All­gäu metro­po­lis of Kemp­ten. Today’s desti­na­ti­on is on the wes­tern edge of the city near the Cam­bo­ma­re swim­ming pool.
Kemp­ten — Weitnau
Distanz: 30 km Höhe (+): 660m Höhe (-): 550m
Today the rou­te leads over the Maria­berg to Ermen­gerst and Buchen­berg. Now you walk in a loop around the Gun­del­bühl and cross the FFH area of the moors in the Wier­lin­ger Forest. The trail now runs along a ridge on a kind of high pla­teau abo­ve the B12 through the forest, befo­re des­cen­ding via the Son­nen­eck short­ly befo­re Weit­nau. Trans­fer from Weit­nau to your accom­mo­da­ti­on in Isny or Missen-Wilhams.
Weit­nau — Wei­ler im Allgäu
Distanz: 30 km Höhe (+): 570m Höhe (-): 730m
Trans­fer from your accom­mo­da­ti­on back to Weit­nau in the mor­ning. From here, the trail heads slight­ly uphill in a sou­t­her­ly direc­tion next to the ski slo­pe. Keep right at the Höl­lan­ger refu­ge and fol­low the path to Wil­hams. Then cross the road until you reach the vil­la­ge of Aigis. The rou­te now runs through the All­gäu­er Molas­se­to­bel FFH area to Gerats­ried. In bet­ween, won­derful view­points invi­te you to take a short break. Pas­sing a num­ber of small vil­la­ges, you final­ly pass through the vil­la­ge of Wei­ler-Sim­mer­berg and tack­le the last approx. 3 km to Wei­ler im Allgäu. 
Wei­ler im All­gäu — Lindau
Distanz: 29 km Höhe (+): 430m Höhe (-): 660m
The last stage beg­ins via Bre­men­ried to the Alten­burg ruins. Pas­sing many small cha­pels, you reach Scheid­egg and the famous Scheid­egg water­falls. It des­cends to Nie­der­stau­fen, from whe­re the trail takes a south-wes­ter­ly cour­se and the last approx. 15 km lead clo­se to the bor­der with Vor­arl­berg through Schlach­ters and the Wei­ßens­ber­ger Hal­de to the out­skirts of Lin­dau and final­ly to the island of the same name in Lake Constance.
Indi­vi­du­al departure
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Today it’s time to say good­bye to Lake Con­s­tance or you can stay a litt­le longer.

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Booking code: JAKOB-BB-LINDAU-O-GEPAECK

Minimum number of participants: 1

Season

01.05.2026 — 30.06.2026 (Arri­val: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun)
01.07.2026 — 31.08.2026 (Arri­val: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun)
01.09.2026 — 31.10.2026 (Arri­val: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun)

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Single room

EUR 975,00
EUR 995,00
EUR 975,00

Double room*

EUR 695,00
EUR 715,00
EUR 695,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional nights BEFORE the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Bad Bay­er­soi­en in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Land­ho­tel zum Metzgerwirt) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Bad Bay­er­soi­en in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Land­ho­tel zum Metzgerwirt) 

Price per person/night

EUR 94,00
EUR 114,00

Additional nights AFTER the tour

(01.09.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER 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 AFTER the tour in Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Vis a Vis) 
(01.07.2026 — 31.08.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Vis a Vis) 
(01.07.2026 — 31.08.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Vis a Vis) 
(01.01.2026 — 30.06.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Lin­dau on Lake Con­s­tance in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Vis a Vis) 
(01.01.2026 — 30.06.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER 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 95,00
EUR 130,00
EUR 85,00
EUR 120,00

Additional transfers

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Return trans­fer from Lin­dau to Bad Bay­er­soi­en (pri­ce valid for max. 4 persons)

Price

EUR 400,00

Services

Included services
  • Indi­vi­du­al hiking (no group tours)
  • 7 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted hotels, inns and guesthouses
  • Room with show­er or bath / WC
  • 7 x breakfast
  • Day 5: Pas­sen­ger trans­fer Weit­nau — accom­mo­da­ti­on Isny or Missen-Wilhams
  • Day 6: Pas­sen­ger trans­fer accom­mo­da­ti­on — Weitnau
  • Detail­ed tra­vel docu­ments with important infor­ma­ti­on on the rou­te and itin­era­ry (1x per room)
  • 1 x Out­door hiking gui­de Way of St. James
  • Prac­ti­cal felt bag for your tra­vel docu­ments (1x per room)
  • Down­load GPS data for mobi­le navigation
  • Pil­grim mussel
  • Dona­ti­on Sus­taina­bi­li­ty Initia­ti­ve Berg­wald­pro­jekt e.V.
  • 7‑day care­free ser­vice num­ber (dai­ly from 08:00 to 19:00)
  • Feu­er und Eis tra­vel insurance
Excluded services
  • Tra­vel to and from the tour and par­king fees
  • Spa/local taxes (approx. 1–4 EUR per per­son and night), to be paid at the accommodation
  • Accom­mo­da­ti­on cos­ts for regis­tered dogs, to be paid at the accom­mo­da­ti­on, if applicable
  • Meals and drinks not included
  • Tips, sight­see­ing and other per­so­nal expenses
  • Bus and train jour­neys, trans­fers if not expli­cit­ly included in the program
  • Tra­vel insu­rance (we are hap­py to book tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on and inter­rup­ti­on insurance)

Additional information

Tour cha­rac­ter
Most­ly (very) long stages in the foot­hills of the Alps. Appro­pria­te hiking expe­ri­ence and stami­na are the­r­e­fo­re a pre­re­qui­si­te. The Munich Way of St. James does not pre­sent any tech­ni­cal dif­fi­cul­ties. The paths are gene­ral­ly well sign­pos­ted, but in some cases the mar­kings may be obscu­red or miss­ing altogether.
Arri­val
By car: Bad Bay­er­soi­en is loca­ted in the Upper Bava­ri­an dis­trict of Gar­misch-Par­ten­kir­chen and is easi­ly acces­si­ble via the A95 (Munich-Gar­misch-Par­ten­kir­chen) and A96 (Munich-Lin­dau) high­ways. Coming from the A95, take the Murnau/Kochel exit and fol­low the signs to Bad Kohl­grub and Bad Bay­er­soi­en. RAIL: Tra­vel com­for­ta­b­ly by train via Munich or Augs­burg. The desti­na­ti­on sta­ti­on is Bad Kohl­grub, which is only about 5 kilo­me­ters from Bad Bay­er­soi­en. From the­re, you can reach the vil­la­ge in just a few minu­tes by bus or cab. BY PLANE: The nea­rest inter­na­tio­nal air­port is Munich (MUC), about 120 kilo­me­ters away. Alter­na­tively, Mem­min­gen Air­port (FMM) is also an opti­on. From both air­ports you can easi­ly reach Bad Bay­er­soi­en by ren­tal car or by train via Munich or Augsburg. 
Par­king
Free, unguard­ed par­king spaces available: Traht­weg, sports field, Köchel­stra­ße, Schleifmühlweg
Other notes
To ensu­re a stress-free start to the trip, we recom­mend arri­ving at the start­ing point by ear­ly evening in most cases. Some tours start as ear­ly as mid­day, in which case we recom­mend arri­ving the day befo­re and will be hap­py to book an extra night for you at the same time. The indi­vi­du­al return jour­ney takes place on the last day of the tour. The kilo­me­ters are appro­xi­ma­te and may dif­fer from the actu­al kilo­me­ters cover­ed. This tour is not sui­ta­ble for peo­p­le with redu­ced 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.
Insu­ran­ces
Tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on insu­rance inclu­ding tra­vel inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance is recom­men­ded in any case. Infor­ma­ti­on can be found at: https://www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/reiseversicherung
7‑day care­free number
No mat­ter how well plan­ned a trip is, in rare cases unex­pec­ted things hap­pen. At such times, it’s nice to have someone you can rely on on site. For this reason, you will have a local cont­act per­son on our indi­vi­du­al acti­vi­ty tours who will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with infor­ma­ti­on and, as sta­ted in the tra­vel docu­ments, can be cont­ac­ted in an emergency.
Pos­si­bi­li­ty to shor­ten the long stages
Most stages can easi­ly be shor­ten­ed by public trans­port. You will find more infor­ma­ti­on in the tra­vel documents. 

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If something should happen along the way, you are well covered:
ERGO travel insurance, which is only included with Feuer und Eis, covers search, rescue and recovery costs of up to €10,000.

Even in the event of more serious accidents, the insurance cover is reliable and supports you or your relatives with clearly defined assistance and cash benefits.
Depending on the case, benefits of up to €50,000 are covered.

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If something comes up on the road, you stay mobile.
Breakdown, accident or theft: ERGO's exclusive travel insurance with Feuer und Eis covers repairs or additional travel costs - quickly and easily.

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Being sustainable together

We are delighted to have been able to make a difference together with the Tegernsee vacation region since September 2020. Whether cultural, economic or natural sustainability, every aspect and every action is a positive step for the region in which we live. Together with other companies in the Tegernsee Valley, we look forward to actively working together to protect this wonderful spot on earth. As an exclusive tour operator for active travel in nature, we see it as our duty to sensitize all our travellers and protect our nature and homeland.

What do we want to achieve - added value and ecological footprint:

  • 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
  • active participation in animal welfare (since January 2020)
  • CO2 optimizations in the itinerary