Hotel Kleiner König — Hotel in Schwangau

Our room (12) was large, comfy and airy. It was something like being in your own home but in Bavaria. The family members that run the Kleiner Konig are friendly, basically conversant in English, and helpful with restaurant suggestions, walks, and things to do in the area (besides the obvious castle exploring). Breakfast is very good and substantial enough to sustain one for the first half of the day with eggs and fresh breads and pastries and yogurts and fruits and cheeses and meats. As you would expect in rural Germany, Kleiner Konig is impeccably clean and kept up. The hotel, really more bed and breakfast, is about 5 minutes drive from Fussen and about the same from Neuschwanstein castle. Without the castles this area would probably only receive very light and mostly domestic tourism, but with the castles it can seem suffocating during the day as planet earth descends from the buses. Fortunately there are actually plenty of other reasons to give the area a couple of days including hiking, biking, walking, the lakes, the countryside, and Fussen itself. My daughter and I took a lovely jog along the bike/walk path that is just outside the hotel and ended up beside one of those lakes. It was a beautiful way to start the morning before the onslaught of the tour buses. Because of Neuschwanstein the checklist tourism is on full display here during the day. Do yourself a favor, whether you come in on train or car, stay the evening and catch the sights with fewer people. The castle is best either first thing in the morning when it all opens up or late afternoon when the residual of the invasion is still around, but is rapidly diminishing and racing for the tour busses. By seeing it at those times (and you can get your tickets online if you want to go inside the castles... but honestly it is the outside and the dramatic setting that is the draw and unless you have never seen the inside of a castle I would skip it in favor of hiking the trails or wandering the countryside) you might get to have some time where your primary activity is not trying to get a photo without a bunch of other people in it, or tripping over the ice cream licking hordes. If you give this area an overnighter rather than a quick hit-and-run from Munchen you will get to feel the calmer, softer, slower character of southern Germany with the awesome beauty of the Alpine foothills, grassy fields and farmlands, and rich blue lakes that wiser German tourists come here to enjoy. Away from the castles this is terrific location to slow down a little. (On the way to get gas in the early morning "traffic," three cars, I was stopped as a herd of cattle crossed the road in town and strolled out...

I stayed here for 2 nights with my two teenage sons as part of our 10 day trip to Bavaria. We arrived by train and wasn’t sure how to get to the hotel as it is not in Fussen itself. We later realised we could have got the bus number 73 or 78 (towards the castles). It’s a 5 minute journey and the bus will drop you on the opposite side of the road to the hotel. If you ask the driver for Kleiner Konig, I’m sure he’ll know it. But it’s just before the bus turns onto the castle road. |Anyway, not knowing this we rang the advertised taxi number (at the station) and were picked up in 10 minutes. Cost 7 Euros plus 1 Euro for “helping with bags”! |The hotel is just off a fairly busy road but apart from that it’s a lovely location. Castle Neuschwanstein can be seen from the main road and you are surrounded by mountains and fields. We were checked in quickly and efficiently though I can’t say we received the effusive welcome of which others have spoken. But it was fine for us. Our room was very spacious with a fridge and kettle. There was a table and 3 chairs and a shared balcony. Bathroom was a good size and it was all very clean. There’s a big fridge on the landing outside which houses the mini bar and offers a good selection of cold drinks which was very welcome in such hot weather. No air conditioning in the room so it did get a bit warm at night though both window and door onto the balcony could be left open which created a bit of a breeze. |Breakfast was good- especially the fruit salads. It didn’t start till 8 which was a bit late for us but they very kindly let us in at 7.30. |Great location- walk into Füssen in about 20 mins or 5 min bus journey. Lovely walk to the castles (30 mins) or again a bus. There is also a lake called Schwansee about 15 mins walk (on way to castles) You can swim there and it has a small cafe for drinks and ice creams. Very pleasant place to spend a few hours on a hot day. |Overall a really pleasant stay at Kleiner Konig and one we’d...

Wir haben für 3 Nächte im Hotel Kleiner König ein Einzelzimmer und ein Doppelzimmer für insgesamt 3 Personen gebucht. Herzlich wurden wir von einer sehr netten Dame empfangen. Die Schlüsselübergabe war schnell und unkompliziert. Dazu gleich vorab: Die Rezeption ist nicht dauerhaft besetzt. Sie ist nur zur vereinbarten An- und Abreisezeit besetzt. Sollte man sich verspäten, werden die Zimmerschlüssel in einer kleinen Art „Tresor“ verwahrt, welcher mit Eingabe des Nachnamens geöffnet wird.||Das Hotel ist ein etwas älteres Gebäude - Boden im Flur und die Treppen knarren beim Laufen. Vorort gibt es einen Kühlschrank mit gekühlten Getränken, aus welchem Getränke rausgekommen werden können. Bezahlt wird bei Abreise. Die Zimmer können durch einen NFC-Chip oder alternativ durch einen klassischen Schlüssel geöffnet werden, genau wie die Eingangstür. Die Zimmer sind schön gestaltet, sauber und bieten alles, was man benötigt - Minikühlschrank, ausreichende Verstaumöglichkeiten, Fön, Handtücher, Tresor und vieles mehr! Für Paare vielleicht besonders interessant: Über dem Doppelbett hängt ein Spiegel, welcher ggf. einige aufregende und schöne Momente bietet.||Das im Preis inbegriffen Frühstück (von 8-10 Uhr) bietet ein kleines aber feines Buffet - diverse Brötchen, Toastbrot, kleine Croissants, Teigtaschen, Kuchen, Obst, Joghurt, Müsli, verschiedene Sorten Wurst & Käse, Tomaten & Gurken, Rührei, Eier, verschiedene Marmeladenaufstriche, Honig und Nutella lassen einem kaum noch Wünsche übrig. Dazu gibt es Kaffee und diverse Säfte. Für kleine Kinder gibt es einen kleinen Spielbereich im Essensraum.||Abreise lief auch sehr unkompliziert, bis 11 Uhr muss das Zimmer verlassen werden. Das einzige was ich zu bemängeln habe: Uns wurde für die Tage die Kurtaxe berechnet, aber kein Kurpass ausgehändigt. Für uns kein großes Drama, aber dennoch etwas fragwürdig. Explizit haben wir danach aber auch nicht gefragt, da es uns erst im Nachhinein aufgefallen ist.||Fazit: Das Hotel Kleiner König ist ein kleines aber feines Hotel, in welchem man sich schnell wohlfühlen kann. Die Preise sind sehr angemessen und der Service super. Eine...