Day trip to Chimesee: the largest lake in Bavaria

Germany

Keim Lake Tourism Introduction

Chimesee Lake is the largest lake in Bavaria, which is also known as the Bavarian Sea. The main itinerary here is to take a boat trip on the lake to visit the three islands on the lake, which are Men's Island, Women's Island, and Vanilla Island. Depending on the route of the boat, there are several harbors along the lake where you can take a boat, and usually the boat trip starts from Prin, which is a more convenient route with more choices.

Transportation to Keim Lake

On this day, we left Bechgasden and drove to Kiemsee, which is about an hour's drive. It was a beautiful morning and the hour passed quickly as we enjoyed the Bavarian countryside while driving.

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If you come by train, you can change to a steam train at the station to reach the pier.
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Keim Lake Cruise Itinerary

This is the boat we are about to board. We chose to go to Men's Island and then Women's Island.

Lake Keemu

Isle of Man

 
Men's Island was named after a men's monastery that was built on the island in the 8th century. In the past, women were not allowed to enter the island, so it was called "Men's Island" because it was necessary for the monks to concentrate on their studies. However, the real highlight of the tour is the new palace at Lake Herrenkim built by Ludwig II. This is the third palace built by Ludwig, and also the most expensive and magnificent one.
 

Lake Heronkimer New Palace

 
After getting off the boat, we first had to buy a ticket for the tour at the pier, and like the other palaces we've visited, we needed to follow a guide to get in, and could either spend 20 minutes walking up the hill to the palace or pay for a carriage ride. However, the time spent on the carriage was about the same as walking, so we just walked up the hill and reached the palace in no time at all.
Isle of Man
Lake Heronkimer Palace is the latest palace that Ludwig started to build, it is said that he decided to have his own Versailles Palace after visiting the Versailles Palace in France and started to build this palace in 1878, which is particularly grand, and its magnificence is more than that of the Versailles Palace. The most famous part of the palace is the Hall of Mirrors, which is one-third longer than the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, with 98 meters, 33 crystal lamps, 44 candelabras, and 1,800 candles burning at a time. However, this gallery has never been used for a ball. This is partly because Ludwig built the castle for his own enjoyment, and partly because the Herrenchiem Lake Palace was never completed. Ludwig only let his servants light the candles once during his lifetime, and it took a long time to light 1,800 candles.

We could only take photos outside in the garden because we were not allowed to take photos inside. The garden is quite large and symmetrical with baroque design and many fine carvings.

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The two fountains directly in front of the palace have the Goddess on one side and the God of War on the other. This is the God of War's side.

Lake Heronkimer New Palace
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After walking down the stairs, there is a large fountain in the center.

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After visiting the palace, we used the rest of the time to take a quick tour of the museums near the pier before heading back to the pier to board a boat towards Woman's Island.

Isle of Women

The boat ride from Men's Island to Women's Island takes about 15 minutes and it's a quick ride.

Isle of Women

Women's Island is more secluded, probably because there are less tourists coming to the island. Similar to the Men's Island, there used to be a women's convent on the island, only women are allowed to enter. This onion head church is the convent, you can visit around but cannot enter inside.

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Since we had to wait for a while for the next boat, we took a walk around Woman's Island, which has many small harbors, and the scenery was very relaxing at dusk. There are a few restaurants on the island, we found a small store and bought a specialty of the island, smoked fish sandwiches, and sat down on the shore to enjoy it.

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Misty Forest

Finally, we took the boat back to Poulin, and from Poulin, we continued to drive to the next stop, Swansea Castle. In the evening, we passed by the Misty Forest, the fog was so thick that it really felt like a fairy tale misty forest.

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