Lake Constance Sightseeing Boats and Car Ferries
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Boat and Ferry Links
ABOVE: The restored steamer Hohentwiel
in Friedrichshafen Harbor, with a Romanshorn-Friedrichshafen car ferry passing
the breakwater.
Passenger boats
White Fleet
These passenger-ship companies offer scheduled service and themed excursions
around the lake from spring through fall, using antique or modern boats. For
destinations, timetables, and prices, see:
Der Katamaran
With a top speed of 40 km/h or 25 mph, these hourly passenger ferries
connect Konstanz to Friedrichshafen in 48 minutes.
Hohentwiel
This vintage steamer was built in 1913, decommissioned in 1962, and given a
new life in 1990 after major renovations. Today, it offers excursions from
Friedrichshafen (some with meals, others with music or literature themes).
Car ferries
Bicyclists and foot passengers may also travel on these
car-ferry routes:
Konstanz-Meersburg
Like many of the Web sites featured here, this site is in German; click
"Fahrplan" for a timetable and "Preise" for fares. (Ferries run 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.)
Romanshorn-Friedrichshafen
Click the "Fahrplan Fähre" link on this page for a
printable timetable in Adobe PDF format. (Travel time is about 41 minutes, and
ferries run hourly from about 6 a.m. to 9 p.m most days.)
Regional
transportation
Tageskarte Euregio Bodensee
If you aren't fazed by German and have a bit of patience, you can use this site
to learn about zoned day tickets for multimodal transportation on Lake
Constance/Bodensee and in in the surrounding areas of Germany, Switzerland, and
Austria.
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