Lake ConstanceOne lake, three countriesFerry and boat timetables, garden displays, opening times, tickets, transport details and border rules can change. Check them with the responsible operator or authority for your travel date.
The route guide Bodensee-Radweg.de is a private publication by Jakobsweg-Zentrale GmbH. We identify it separately from public authorities and transport operators; its eight-stage itinerary is planning context.
Use these links for details that can change, then use this guide for cultural, geographical and practical context.
These sources are for facts that can change: access, opening hours, ferry and garden seasons, transport, and current visitor context.
The official cross-border tourism board for the whole lake region: shore-by-shore framing, the passenger-boat network and the scheduled ships’ winter break, the Bodensee-Radweg, and events across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
Konstanz destination context: the Niederburg old town, the Council of Constance history, the harbour and Imperia statue, and current visitor information for the largest lakeside town.
Current year-round visitor access to Mainau, opening information, tickets, and seasonal changes to its gardens and attractions.
Current visitor access to Reichenau's three Romanesque churches, including the conservation restrictions at St Georg.
The World Heritage inscription (List No. 974, inscribed 2000) for the Monastic Island of Reichenau and its Benedictine monastery and churches.
Lindau destination context: the island old town, the harbour with the Bavarian Lion and the New Lighthouse, the Mangturm, and current visitor information for the Bavarian corner of the lake.
The official 2026 Lindauer Hafenweihnacht dates, Thursday-to-Sunday opening hours, harbour venue and free admission.
Meersburg context: the Altes Schloss and the baroque Neues Schloss, the terraced vineyards and lakefront, and current visitor and event information.
Current route-specific timetables for the scheduled BSB passenger ships, low-water boarding notices and links to the operator's 2026 timetable downloads.
The Konstanz (Staad)–Meersburg car ferry, which operates around the clock throughout the year; current timetable and fares for cars, bikes, and foot passengers.
The separate year-round passenger catamaran between Konstanz and Friedrichshafen: current timetable, 52-minute journey, and bike carriage.
The 2027 festival from 21 July to 22 August and the return of La traviata to the Seebühne, with its premiere on 22 July 2027.
The private Bodensee-Radweg.de guide describes a 260-kilometre circuit in eight published stages through Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Current rail connections along the German shore and to Zürich, Munich, and Stuttgart, timetables, and tickets.
The regional airport at Friedrichshafen (FDH) for air arrivals to the northern shore; Zürich remains the main international gateway to the west.
Current operating information for the Pfänder cable car above Bregenz and its six-minute ascent.
Official destination information for the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen, described by Switzerland Tourism as Europe's largest waterfall.
Municipal visitor information for Stein am Rhein and its historic centre at the outlet of the Untersee.
Official visitor information for St Gallen and its UNESCO-listed Abbey District and Abbey Library.
The official rule that a vignette is required when using Swiss motorways and expressways, not for every road journey into Switzerland.
The official rule that EU and EFTA citizens enter Switzerland with a valid identity card or passport.
The Schengen rule that member states may temporarily reintroduce internal border controls, and the current list of notified controls, which includes Germany's land borders with Austria and Switzerland.
European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
The end of the 2026 scheduled season on 18 October, the autumn hop-on/hop-off boat on the Untersee until 8 November and the usual April–October sailing season.
Schweizerische Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Untersee und Rhein AG
Public and group visits during the May–September conservation restriction.
Bodman as the origin of Bodensee and Konstanz as the origin of Lake Constance.
Internationale Gewässerschutzkommission für den Bodensee (IGKB)
The absence of a legally fixed national boundary across most of the lake and cross-border surveying cooperation.
The 2024–2026 whitefish closure and the distinction between fishing tradition and current catch.
Internationale Bevollmächtigtenkonferenz für die Bodenseefischerei (IBKF)
The June 2026 decision for limited, monitored reopening in 2027.
Internationale Bevollmächtigtenkonferenz für die Bodenseefischerei (IBKF)
The private route guide’s imprint identifies Jakobsweg-Zentrale GmbH; it is not a transport operator or public authority.
The Old Castle’s own visitor information, history and event programme.
The separate New Palace operator’s seasonal opening and winter closure calendar.
The 2026 scheduled season, whose low season from 14 September closed it on 18 October 2026, and the Meersburg–Lindau through-boat journey time.
Round-the-clock low-season intervals for the Konstanz-Staad–Meersburg ferry from 5 October 2026.
Long-distance trains at Lindau-Reutin on the mainland and regional trains at the island station beside the harbour.
Meersburg has no railway station; trains to Überlingen, Friedrichshafen or Konstanz connect with the RAB SeeLinie bus 7395, ships and the ferry.
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The Bavarian Lion and the New Lighthouse framing the harbour mouth at Lindau, with the lake beyond.
The wide view over Lake Constance from the Pfänder above Bregenz on the Austrian shore.
The rose garden beside the baroque palace on the flower island of Mainau.
The terraced town of Meersburg with the Altes Schloss and the baroque Neues Schloss, seen from the water.
The Romanesque church of St Georg at Oberzell, one of the three UNESCO churches on the monastic island of Reichenau.
The medieval Konzil building on the harbour at Konstanz, where the papal conclave of 1417 met.