Bus#840 at the entrance of Scholss Mirabell will take you from Salzburg, Austria to Berchtesgaden, Germany.
Berchtesgaden: Bus - Free with bus pass issued from hotel
If you stay in a hotel/hostel/guesthouse in Berchtesgaden-Konigssee area, remember to ask the receptionist for the free bus pass. With the pass, you could take any local area bus free of charge. It works for the following RVO buses:
- 839 Berchtesgaden> Konigssee
- 845 Hintersee> Ramsau
- 846 Berchtesgaden> Ramsau> Hintersee
Berchtesgaden & Konigssee: Bus#839-€0 & Ferry -€15.5
Take Bus#839 at the Berchtesgaden train station and get off at the Konigssee for the ferry or the Jennerbahn for cable care. These two stops are within short distance.
For the ferry, walk into the village market and it will lead you to the pier. Remember to take a timetable, so you will know the time of the last ferry. The ferry has three stops: Kessel, St Bartholoma, Salet. My suggestion is to get off at the last stop at Salet, walk up to Obersee. Then, walk to St Bartholoma. From St Bartholoma take the ferry back to Konigssee. If you don't like to walk, take the ferry from Salet to St. Batholoma.
Berchtesgaden & Ramsau/Hintersee: Bus#846-€0
Take Bus#846 at the Berchtesgaden train station and get off at Ramsau and walk up to Zauberwald and Hintersee. Or you could get off at Hintersee and walk down to Ramsau. Since the trail is pretty flat most of the time, it doesn't make much difference.
Berchtesgaden & Freilassing: Train-€7
Since the rental car company, EuropeCar, doesn't have office at Berchtesgaden, we have to take a tain to Freilassing to pick up our rental car.
Rental Car
Remember to apply for an International Driving License at AAA(in US), it's around $20.
For car rental, we usually go with EuropeCar. We rented from EuropeCar everytime we went to Europe. Their rates were decent and we never have any trouble with the staffs or the cars. It's recommand to do your car rental reserach earlier to hunt for good deals and remember to look up discount code from car rental forums. Early reservation is always recommended.
Pros: No need to live by the bus/train schedule; Could hit more sites in one day; Could visit more remote area; Has flexibility to change route and hotel stay; More comfortable; Family members would be happier.
Cons: Gas is quite expensive in EU(compare to US); total cost is higher if you are not traveling in a group; Has to pay for parking in most places e.g. Island Mainau Parking €4, Rhienall Fall €3.5,Meerburg > Konstanz: Ferry - €13/car.
~FYI~ We had a hard time to asking for advices on our driving route plan, as some travellers are experienced drivers and some are not. Here we tell you about our driving experience so that you could have a better idea. We are in our early thirty, use to long hour drive (live in TX,US), and has traveled a lot for both work and leisure around the world. Hope our driving route in Germany will give you some insights, but please make your own driving route plan according to your needs and ability.
We both like this Mercedes. It's very roomy and comfortable for long ride, but the handling of a Bimmer is a lot better espically if you love having fun in driving. Bimmer has less room than Mercedes, so if you have a party of five or if you are a big boy, a Mercedes will be more comfortable.
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