Konstanz Transportation Tips by Kathrin_E Top 5 Page for this destination

Boat Cruises on the Lakes

The most pleasant way of travelling round the lake (weather permitting) are boat cruises. Several boat companies cooperate under the one roof of Bodenseeschifffahrt. The boats run on regular timetables so you can independently plan your day and half-day trips according to the schedules, either round trip by boat or one way by boat and one way by train. There is no ned for prebooking or reservations.

The longest cruises run from Konstanz over to Bregenz on the Austrian side and far end of the lake. These take several hours, so not everyone will enjoy them. Depends if you like being on a boat and watching the landscape passing by or if you find this boring.

Mode: TO

Type: Ship/Boat

Website: http://www.bodenseeschifffahrt.de/

The Seehas Train

Getting around the lakes is really easy. Local trains run along all river banks and stop in every village. There is no need to bother with a car. These trains are a joint venute of SBB and DB and are named "Seehas" (Lake Bunny) after the nickname for the people who live around the lake.

These trains stop everywhere with a tiny exception... The railway, for whatever reason, does a detour inland and does not hit Meersburg and the nearby places. So one of the tourist hotspots on the lake cannot be reached by train. Buses do the transport but they are less convenient than a train.

Mode: TO

Type: Train

Website: http://www.bahn.de

Train Station Building

When arriving at the train station you'll notice the elegant slender clock tower of the station building. It reminds me of Italian, especially Tuscan architecture, like the city halls in Siena and Florence, but it is much younger. The station building was designed by Heinrich Leonhard in significant neo-renaissance style and erected around 1860.

Mode: TO

Type: Train