We spent one summer August week in East Allgäu. This small but already established region, first of all among social media, is really rich in photo locations. You don't have to visit those most famous locatoins like NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE to get the feeling about Allgäu.
Itsels Hopfen Lake is already a magnetic point for selfie tourists.
Just riding a bike around, walking or hiking takes you to unforgetable places, which you want to see at sunrise or sunset.
We weren't very lucky with weather. However for our trips we could made an advantage from some indoor activities or we were counting on luck to get some dry or even sunny gaps.
For me as a photographer three first days were down the drain. The flat, gray, landscape.
Anyway to be in the middle of landcape mine let me to react quickly like in a rainbow case ;)...
That's a great point to get a hotel on the spot or just couple of km away...
Afterwards I had to face the fact the sun was gone for whole two days. But than I could get two fine sunrises, both at the lakes...
Hopfen Lake
in the morning hours no problem with parking just in front of location. And you don't have to pay... first after 8 a.m.
Hegratsrieder Lake
I didn't know firstly where to park. First time there. So I went from above, where the chapel is seen on a photo. And I left my car as well above further away, at the crossroad, where the way to this house goes. But you can drive further left down till the lake, and there is a lot of place to park. In the morning of course.
And most besieged placed. In the high season you can forget to get quick on the Marien bridge. There is always a queue. But photographers they prefer to appear in a different time of a day. I have chosen evening. Unluckily not very atractive sky but quite empty location. Cold wind and late hour didn't deter another snapshoter and photographers.
Parking at such late hours is not a problem. All are empty, but I left my car just on the side of street just before you reach the Hohenschwangau from Füssen side.
Allgäu is not only this one castle. There are a lot of more either renovated or ruined.
Hohenfreyberg Eisenberg and Hohenfreyberg Ehrenberg in Tirol
Itsels Hopfen Lake is already a magnetic point for selfie tourists.
Just riding a bike around, walking or hiking takes you to unforgetable places, which you want to see at sunrise or sunset.
We weren't very lucky with weather. However for our trips we could made an advantage from some indoor activities or we were counting on luck to get some dry or even sunny gaps.
For me as a photographer three first days were down the drain. The flat, gray, landscape.
That's a great point to get a hotel on the spot or just couple of km away...
Afterwards I had to face the fact the sun was gone for whole two days. But than I could get two fine sunrises, both at the lakes...
in the morning hours no problem with parking just in front of location. And you don't have to pay... first after 8 a.m.
I didn't know firstly where to park. First time there. So I went from above, where the chapel is seen on a photo. And I left my car as well above further away, at the crossroad, where the way to this house goes. But you can drive further left down till the lake, and there is a lot of place to park. In the morning of course.
And most besieged placed. In the high season you can forget to get quick on the Marien bridge. There is always a queue. But photographers they prefer to appear in a different time of a day. I have chosen evening. Unluckily not very atractive sky but quite empty location. Cold wind and late hour didn't deter another snapshoter and photographers.
Parking at such late hours is not a problem. All are empty, but I left my car just on the side of street just before you reach the Hohenschwangau from Füssen side.
Allgäu is not only this one castle. There are a lot of more either renovated or ruined.
Hohenfreyberg Eisenberg and Hohenfreyberg Ehrenberg in Tirol
