High mountains, rivers and lakes, forest, historical towns and cities: some of Bavaria’s most beautiful holiday regions have been awarded membership of the nationwide identification system ‘Tourism for All‘. They include the tourist region of Kelheim, the Alpine tourist regions Chiemsee and Tegernsee-Schliersee, the tourist region Bavarian Forest and accessible holiday experiences in Munich and Regensburg. Your customers can obtain information about all these amenities online and find the ones that suit their needs using the search-and-retrieve function at https://bavaria.travel/accessible-holidays/.
-JPG%20Website%20Breite_Width%201920px%20(300dpi).jpg)
The tourist region of Kelheim: in the heart of Bavaria
It’s the heart of Bavaria: the holiday region of Kelheim, with the motto ‘Tourism for All’, lies between Ingolstadt and the UNESCO world heritage city of Regensburg, which means that it’s right in the middle of Bavaria. The history of Bavarian beer is closely associated with this region too – the monastery at Weltenburg boasts the world’s oldest monastic brewery. It’s easy to reach: from the car park at the pier in Kelheim, on the tour boats to the famous Danube Gorge and then on to the monastery with its beer garden.
The hop gardens and hop farms in the Hallertau, the wild, romantic Altmühl valley with its castles, the old ducal town of Kelheim itself, and the thermal baths in the health resorts of Bad Abbach and Bad Gögging provide travellers of all kinds with facilities that offer experiences in an easily accessible way. Your customers will feel the heart of Bavaria beating here.
Tourism association in the district of Kelheim e.V.
Tel.: +49 9441 207-7330
.jpg)
Tourist region Chiemsee-Alpenland
The Chiemsee is Bavaria’s largest lake and it has some great things to offer: on the south side of the ‘Bavarian Sea’, the Chiemgau Alps are lined up like a pearl necklace, while beyond, the highest peaks of the Austrian Alps reach up into the blue-and-white sky. In the lake itself there are two islands, the Fraueninsel and the Herreninsel. On the latter, modelled on Versailles, the Bavarian fairy-tale king Ludwig II had Herrenchiemsee Palace built, the costliest of his four fantastic castles. It can be accessed with relatively few barriers – from the pier in Prien to the stately apartments themselves.
Special travel conditions in comfortable style are also offered by the many museums in the Chiemsee-Alpenland region such as the farmhouse museum in Amerang, by the mountain cableways up to the Wendelstein, and by the Rupertus Therme spa in Bad Reichenhall, a town well known for its salt production. In the Chiemsee-Alpenland region, with the motto ‘Tourism for All’, your customers will experience the perfect mixture of mountains, lakes, thermal baths, castles, Alpine tradition and lifestyle.
Chiemsee-Alpenland Tourism
Tel.: +49 8051 96555-0
E-Mail: info@chiemsee-alpenland.de
.jpg)
Tourist region Bavarian Forest
Wild water, gorges, untouched forests: the Bavarian Forest is the most extensive forest landscape in central Europe. It is Germany’s oldest national park, and almost the whole of it is part of the nature and landscape protection scheme. Those of your customers who have impairments too can experience this untouched Nature intensively, because in many places there are amenities with few or no barriers. The treetop walkway in the National Park centre on the Lusen, for example, – one of the longest in the world at 1.3 kilometres – can be accessed easily and at no risk. The main highlight there is the viewing tower, 44 metres high, with its spectacular views out over Germany’s last primaeval forest.
This region, designated with the motto ‘Tourism for All’, also inspires guests with its glassmaking tradition, which goes back to the 14th century. Just how alive that tradition still is today is demonstrated impressively in the Frauenau Glass Museum. Children are thrilled by the dragon country in ‘Furth im Wald‘, whilst adults love the ‘king of the Bavarian Forest’. That is the name given to the Great Arber, the highest mountain in the region at 1,456 metres. Thanks to the cable car and the panoramic lift it can be accessed quite easily at any time of the year.
Bavarian Forest
Tel.: +49 941 58539-0
E-Mail: redaktion@bayerischer-wald.de
.jpg)
Alpine Region Tegernsee Schliersee
Two glittering lakes against a mountain backdrop, heavenly surroundings: that’s the Alpine region Tegernsee-Schliersee, designated with the motto ‘Tourism for All’, some 50 kilometres south-east of Munich at the foot of the Mangfall Alps. The Tegernsee wows visitors with its potable crystal-clear water and places in which Bavarian customs are very much alive. On its south shore, in Kreuth, for example, the natural cheese dairy Tegernseer Land shows visitors how hay milk cheese has been made for centuries. At the Tegernsee ski school, winter sports enthusiasts with visual and mobility impairments will find specially trained staff.
The area around the Schliersee and the Spitzingsee, – the latter lying at an altitude of 1,090 metres – , is also known as a paradise for skiers and hikers. Markus Wasmeier, local hero and Olympic skiing champion, has set up his open-air museum here. If your customers are interested in culture and the culinary art, they will gain some insights here into the art of distilling schnapps at the adventure distillery Lantenhammer, and into the world of elderberries and wild herbs in the nearby pilgrimage village of Fischbachau.
Alpine Region Tegernsee Schliersee
Tel.: +49 8025 99372 50
E-Mail: info@tegernsee-schliersee.de
.jpg)
City of Regensburg
World heritage for everyone: Regensburg is on the Danube. With its mediaeval Old Town, the best preserved in Germany, it is part of the UNESCO world cultural heritage. Many highlights, such as the Stone Bridge, can also be accessed by those of your customers who use a wheelchair. Apart from that, there are city tours in sign language, tactile city models and other features including the inn known as the Historische Wurstkuchl ('historical sausage eatery'), which has very few barriers in spite of being 500 years old.
City of Regensburg
Tel.: +49 941 5074410
E-Mail: tourismus@regensburg.de
.jpg)
City of Munich
Experience Bavaria's capital with all your senses: there are excellent facilities for that on tours with trained guides which are more or less accessible. Experience the sights of the Old Town such as the Frauenkirche with its twin steeples, the magnificent streets, the neo-Gothic city hall with its chimes, the world-famous Hofbräuhaus and the Viktualienmarkt. Numerous museums offer wheelchairs, tours in simple language and tactile tours as well.
City of Munich
Tel.: +49 89 233 96500
E-Mail: tourismus@muenchen.de