Chiemsee

One Day Trip to Chiemsee, 3 June 2006

Chiemsee, also called as Bavarian's sea (Bayerisches Meer), is the largest freshwater lake in Bavaria. It's one of the famous tourist attraction in Bavaria and it is located not far from Munich.

To go there using public transportation from Munich, you can use the train with direction Salzburg from Munich central station. The cheapest way is to use "Bayern Ticket", a one day ticket which costs €25 and valid for 5 people. To go to Chiemsee you must stop in the station "Chiemseebahn Bahnhof, Prien a. Chiemsee" and the journey will take about 1 hour.

From the Prien Station we took the tram directly to the harbour, which takes less than 10 minutes. Then we continue to go with the boat to the first destination, the "Herrenchiemsee" or "Men's Island". The main attraction there is the King's Castle (Königsschloss), which was build by the King Ludwig II, modelled after the Versailles Castle in France. The tour goes inside the castle is quite nice, however it's not allowed to take pictures.

After visiting the King's castle, we continue the trip to the Frauenchiemsee (Women's Island). There are plenty of restaurants which serve the german food and also the local specialities made from the fresh water fish directly from the lake. We took our lunch is one of the restaurant directly on the side of the lake. The price is not cheap for students, specially if you order the Chiemsee speciality, "Chiemsee Renken" fish. After that, we just had a walk around the island and watching the fishermans houses.

Well.... there are more things to see in Chiemsee... But for me the nice panorama of the lake, with the Alps mountain as the background is the best thing to see in Chiemsee.