The fairy-tale castle and the Alpine foothills
7 days · 1,274 km · by car, two people
Real routes and published prices — no guesses
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.
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Priced for budget hotels: typical prices in each country, not a booking.
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Canterbury Cathedral
Day 1 · 98 km into the day · a lunch stop
Located in Canterbury, Kent, it is on the site of one of the oldest Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site.
Wikipedia · Hans Musil · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vermand
Day 2 · 152 km into the day · a lunch stop
Vermand is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Wikipedia · Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Neuschwanstein Castle
Day 5 · 4 km from Füssen
According to Guinness World Records, at 65 metres, it is the tallest castle in the world.
Wikipedia · Wilfredor · CC0
Zugspitze
Day 5 · 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
Wieskirche
Day 5 · 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 Palace
Day 5 · 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