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A lake with islands, mountains and lots of culture
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not cheap
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Biggest lake in Bavaria and a holiday paradise
BruceDunning Says: WE did not go into the town, but did see the hospital along the way. The dock is where 95% of the people want to go, I imagine.
visitcebu Says: Located within the Lake of Chiemsee is an excellent but unfinished castle by the famous Ludwig II. Take a ferry to the island and see the palace grounds and the guided tour as well.
gigina Says: 10 km long emerald-green mountain lake, considered the pearl of the Berchtesgadener Land. Some of the most magnificent panorama views across all of Bavaria can be found here. To preserve the purity and tranquillity of the water only electrically-powered boats have been...
codrutz Says: After seeing the huge boilers on the monster locomotives in Speyer Tehnik Museum, this looks almost like a toy locomotive, but its steamer boiler is very nice and hidden inside the first cart.
codrutz Says: This green tram is a beauty. It is the original steam tram the town of Priem used to have. Now it's a single line from town center to the pier. Taking a journey with this steam little engine is great, especially for those who did not experienced steam trains before.
TinKan Says: There is a very nice walking path around the town. Here you will find many people walking and skating along the lakes edge. The path is well lit at night and make for a romantic walk at night.
Henkster Says: Don't miss to take the Ferry boat to the "Herreninsel" - the huge island with the beautiful palace built by Ludwig II. to copy Versailles in France! It is incredible, even if it was unfinished.
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Prien am Chiemsee: Many little bed and breakfast hotels
TinKan Says: There are many little 5 and 6 room hotels in the area to choose from. Most include some sort of breakfast.You will need to book weeks in advance for the weekends durring the summer time as many Germans come here for a weekend break.
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At several of the sidewalk eating places we found some of the best Ice Cream. It was nice to sit and watch the boats come in and out of the port while having a nice German coffee and Ice Cream.
Written Apr 5, 2003
How to get to Herreninsel from Prien
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: From Prien/Stock there are regular boats to the Herreninsel. Timetables of the Chiemsee train and the Chiemsee boats can be found on http://www.chiemsee-schifffahrt.de/files/chiemseeschifffahrt/fahrplan02.pdf
gmg61 Says: In Prien you'll find still in use an old steam tram like those that were used around the ent of the XIX century.It connects Prien Railway Station with the harbour from where the ships depart to cruise the lake.Works during weekends and holidays in spring summer. The whole...
gmg61 Says: A scheduled boat service run by Chiemsee Schiffahrt KG allows you to get to Fraueninsel and to Herreninsel from Prien.Boats depart every day of the year and take 15 minutes from Prien to Herreninsel and 10 more minutes from Herreninsel to Fraueninsel. Then they sail to the...
TinKan Says: In Prien you can take a 19th century steam-train for a 2 km-ride from the station to the pier for boats to the islands.
TinKan Says: You can get here from just about anyplace in Germany by train.From Munich just get your ticket to Prien - Stock and sit back and relax. You will have no parking problems and see some of the lovley country side between Munich and Prien.
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Pets and smoking are not allowed in any of the buildings of the Herrenchiemsee Palace.
Dogs must be kept on leads on the island.
We didn’t know it and Asslan stayed in our car in Prien…
He didn’t see the Palace and was disappointed as well…
But when we came back fron Herreninsel we had a very pleasant walk with Asslan along the shore of the lake. It makes me think that Asslan liked Prien very much.
Updated Jun 2, 2013
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There are a few places that will take you out sailing or boating around the lake. We found the prices to be way to high and decided to skip the boating. The lake is very large and loaded with sail boats which looked like it was THE place to be if you wanted to sail.
Written Apr 5, 2003
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Prien am Chiemsee is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria. It is situated on the western shore of the Chiemsee lake. We were fortunate to see the Lake Chiemsee when visited Herrenchiemsee in August of 2004. The Chiemsee lake has the square about 80 square...
travelingcebuano Says: I love Bavaria! From the people, to the food and the place. This is one part of Germany where I can keep coming back to, over and over again, and still find something new to do (or I keep doing what I like doing too). Taking long walk or what they call, "spazieren gehen",...
Gateway to Schloß Herrenchiemsee
TinKan Says: This little town is active with tourist all trying to get to the island that has Schloß Herrenchiemsee on it.There are boats that go about every 20 min. so you have time to look around the town and have some food or drinks.
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This little town is the gateway to Schloß Herrenchiemsee. Take some time to look around the town and see some of the sights that are around here. The town is very busy with tourist and some of the......
Prien am Chiemsee is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria. It is situated on the western shore of the Chiemsee lake. We were fortunate to see the Lake Chiemsee when visited...
Starting the trip on Chiemsee lake
Prien am Chiemsee (Prien on the lake Chiemsee) is the town from which you can take the boat to see the castle Herrenchiemsee, on the island with the same name, in the middle of the lake Chiemsee. The...
Bavaria has many beautiful lakes - and the Chiemsee is the biggest one, often called "Das Bayerische Meer" ("The Bavarian Ocean"). It is huge with 3 islands. On the Fraueninsel stands a monastry and...
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