At the foot of Mount Zugspitze, nature is splendid and mighty, the memories gained between the mountains and the valleys, the water and the sky are unique.
Prien is a town located on the shores of Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria’s largest lake. The exquisite Herrenchiemsee Palace was modeled after the Palace of Versailles and built by Bavaria’s King Ludwig II on an island in this lake.
Did you know that 9 of Germany’s 10 highest waterfalls are in Bavaria; or that the upper reaches of the river Isar are home to a greater diversity of flora and fauna than almost any other riverscape in Europe; or that Tölzer Land in Bavaria is home to the longest raft slide in the whole world?
You will be enchanted by an unspoilt low mountain range landscape of which up to 95% is covered by forest. Besides extensive woodland areas, the national park offers mountain peaks with fascinating vistas of nearly endless forests.
What Bavaria lacks in a shoreline, it makes up for in rivers and lakes, many with beaches: a relief when summer temperatures climb to 30 degree and a breathtaking scenery for walking and cycling.
