Wilfredor · CC0to Neuschwanstein & Allgäu
The fairy-tale castle and the Alpine foothills
6 days · 951 km · by car, two people
Real routes and published prices — no guesses
- Fuel€13257 litres at an average €2.32 a litre
- Price per litre on the wayGermany €2.18 · Netherlands €2.39
- 5 nights€400≈ €80 a night — every night is listed under “Where you'll sleep”
- Food€252≈ €42 a day for 6 days, cheap eats
Fuel: the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, week of 2026-10-18. Tolls, vignettes and ferries: the operators' and authorities' published prices. Nights and food: typical prices in each country for the kind chosen.
- Low-emission zoneAmsterdam: Milieuzone
- On the roadGermany sets no winter-tyre dates — the duty bites on ice, packed snow or slush, and then the tyres must carry the alpine symbol (three peaks and a snowflake).
Only official sellers are linked.
- Night 1 · Waldorf · 20 km from Köln€80Zum Dorfbrunnen · hotel
- Night 2 · Sandhausen · 10 km from Hockenheim€80Ferienbauernhof Fießer · guesthouse
- Night 3 · Füssen€80Hotel Füssen · hotel
- Night 4 · Füssen€80Hotel Füssen · hotel
- Night 5 · Füssen€80Hotel Füssen · hotel
Priced for budget hotels: typical prices in each country, not a booking.
Sources: EU weekly fuel bulletin · operators' published tariffs · Wikipedia · map © OpenStreetMap contributors
- De Hoge Veluwe National ParkDe Hoge Veluwe National Park is a Dutch national park in the province of Gelderland near the cities of Ede, Wageningen, Arnhem and Apeldoorn.88 km
De Hoge Veluwe National Park
Day 1 · 88 km into the day · a morning stop
It is situated in the Veluwe, the area of the largest terminal moraine in the Netherlands.
Wikipedia · Deb Collins · CC BY 2.0
- Speyer CathedralSpeyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae is a historical religious building in Speyer, Germany.581 km
Speyer Cathedral
Day 2 · tonight's stop
With the Abbey of Cluny in ruins, it is the largest remaining Romanesque church and building.
Wikipedia · Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Neuschwanstein CastleNeuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria.4 km
Neuschwanstein Castle
Day 4 · 4 km from Füssen
According to Guinness World Records, at 65 metres, it is the tallest castle in the world.
Wikipedia · Wilfredor · CC0
- ZugspitzeThe Zugspitze, at 2,962 m above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in Germany.27 km
Zugspitze
Day 4 · 27 km from Füssen
The Zugspitze, at 2,962 m above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in Germany.
Wikipedia · Tuxyso · CC BY-SA 4.0
- WieskircheThe Pilgrimage Church of Wies is a Roman Catholic oval Rococo church, designed in the late 1740s and completed in 1754. It is the major work of the brothers Johann Baptist and Dominikus Zimmermann, the latter of whom lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life.20 km
Wieskirche
Day 4 · 20 km from Füssen
The Pilgrimage Church of Wies is a Roman Catholic oval Rococo church, designed in the late 1740s and completed in 1754. It is the major work of the brothers Johann Baptist and Dominikus Zimmermann, the latter of whom lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life.
Wikipedia · Bönisch · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Linderhof PalaceLinderhof Palace is a schloss in Germany, 10 km west of the village of Ettal in southwest Bavaria.20 km
Linderhof Palace
Day 4 · 20 km from Füssen
Linderhof Palace is a schloss in Germany, 10 km west of the village of Ettal in southwest Bavaria.
Wikipedia · Softeis · CC BY-SA 3.0
