Day 12 • Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026

Rust → Garmisch / Eibsee (Bavarian Alps)

Checkout, then drive east across Bavaria (~4.5h, lunch in Ulm) to Grainau/Garmisch at the foot of the Zugspitze; check in and take an easy first evening by the mountains.

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Timeline

Everything you need today: driving, check-in/out, food, and the small details that make the day smoother.

Check-out09:30

Checkout Rust-Fewo

Rust-Fewo-Hotel

  • Pack the car; confirm any lockbox handover steps in the email.
Drive10:00

Drive: Rust → Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Grainau

Grainau / Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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  • ~4.5h, ~450 km via A5 → A8 → Ulm → Munich ring → A95 to Garmisch.

Lunch stop (~12:30)

Ulm — the Minster has the world’s tallest church spire (768 steps if you’re game), or just lunch in the old town by the Fischerviertel.

Check-in15:30

Check-in: Hotel am Badersee (Grainau)

Grainau

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  • Booked: 2 rooms, Aug 26–28 (free cancellation). On its own little alpine lake (Badersee), at the foot of the Zugspitze.
  • Mountain views; swimming pier on the Badersee.
Activity17:00

Easy evening

Grainau / Eibsee

  • Short stroll in Grainau or along the Eibsee shore.
  • Or a quick dip if the hotel has a pool.
Food

Dinner

Grainau / Garmisch

  • Hotel restaurant or a Grainau Gasthof.

Quick links

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Pre-trip checklist

Offline maps, documents, data plan.

Bookings & codes

Confirmation numbers, PINs, and payments.

Driving guide

Vignette, tolls, speed limits, rules.