In Meersburg on the Bodensee or Lake Constance (Konstanz) we stayed at the Baeren Hotel right on the market place. The Bodensee is a magical beautiful place. We’ve stayed on the southern coast on previous trips and this time chose midway down the north coast.

Our hotel is in one of the pics below as the lighter colored tower to the left and behind the reddish Lion hotel.

Getting our pile of junk into and out of the car was fun. The hotel which has been there since the 1200s obviously could service carriages and coaches but a car was special. The hotel clerk had to remove posts allowing entry to the pedestrian zone through the 1200ad tower in the center of the village so we could get the car near the hotel for both coming and going. It is hard to realize that a hotel and restaurant has been on this spot for about 900 years ... the schnitzle didn't really taste that old, eh. Actually highly recommend the hotel and restaurant and staff ... cute and perfect cannot describe the place adequately.