Lindau, Germany Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

At their most westerly point the Bavarian Alps descend to the waters of the Bodensee and the tiny island town of LINDAU , which is nowadays linked to the mainland by a road bridge and rail causeway. It's the starting point of the German Alpine Road , (Deutsche Alpenstrasse), a tourist route that runs the length of the German Alps, terminating 250km away in Berchtesgaden. In the Middle Ages, Lindau was a bustling trading post and city-state, and rich merchants built grand gabled houses on town squares that have a distinct Italian flavour. The half-timbered buildings lean over like stacks of dominoes, and narrow … more »