How to get to Lake Constance

Lake Constance is located in the heart of central Europe, bordering Germany, Switzerland and Austria and has a good air, rail and car transport infrastructure.

Arrival by air
Airport Friedrichshafen

direct flights from and to:
Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Köln/Bonn
London Stansted, Nizza, Reykjavik, Venedig, Wien

Airlines u.a.:
Air Berlin, Austrian, DBA, Intersky, Ryanair

Excellent bus and rail connections to Konstanz, Überlingen, Lindau und Bregenz.


Airport Zürich

direct flights from and to:
Birmingham, Brüssel, Chikago, Frankfurt, Göteborg, Helsinki, Manchester, Miami, New York, Oslo, Rom, Stockholm

Airlines u.a.:
Alitalia, American Airlines, British Airways, Lufthansa, SAS, United Airlines

Good to excellent train connection to Konstanz, Schaffhausen und Rorschach.
Arrival by train

Long distance connections from the direction of Frankfurt/Ruhrgebiet:
Schwarzwaldbahn from Offenburg to Konstanz
Neckarbahn from Stuttgart to Konstanz, Schaffhausen

Long distance connections from the direction of München, Salzburg, Linz, Nürnberg, Leipzig:
Allgäubahn to Lindau
Südbahn from Ulm to Friedrichshafen

Long distance connections from the direction of Richtung Innsbruck, Bozen:
Arlbergbahn to Bregenz
Rheintalbahn from Chur to Rorschach

Long distance connections from the direction of Zürich, Bellinzona, Luzern, Bern:
Thurgaubahn to Konstanz
Voralpenexpress to Romanshorn
S-Bahn to Schaffhausen

Long distance connections from the direction of Basel, Mulhouse:
Badische Bahn to Schaffhausen and Konstanz
Höllentalbahn from Colmar/Freiburg to Konstanz

Connecting railways at Lake Constance:
Bodensee-Gürtelbahn:   Lindau-Friedrichshafen-Überlingen-Radolfzell
Seerheinlinie:   Schaffhausen-Stein-Kreuzlingen/Konstanz-Arbon-Rorschach
Rheintallinie:   Lindau-Bregenz-Feldkirch bzw. Rorschach

Arrival by car
Long distance from the direction of Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Ruhrgebiet:
Motorway A 81 to Konstanz and Schaffhausen

Long distance from the direction of Ulm, München, Salzburg, Linz, Nürnberg, Leipzig:
Motorway A 96 to Lindau and Bregenz

Long distance from the direction of Innsbruck, Brenner:
Motorway A 14 to Bregenz and Lindau

Long distance from the direction of Chur, San Bernardino:
Motorway A13 to Rorschach

Long distance from the direction of Zürich, St.Gotthard, Luzern, Bern, Basel:
Motorway A7 to Konstanz bzw. A 4 to Schaffhausen