Berggasthaus Bleckenau
Swiss-style former royal lodge turned mountain inn in a quiet Alpine valley, beside a bee mating station.
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This guide to Berggasthaus Bleckenau, the old royal lodge above Schwangau near Füssen, is less about kings than about bees. It follows the beekeepers who, since the early nineteen sixties, have carried young queens up this side valley every summer, and asks what makes a ring of Alpine ridges worth the trip. Best heard on the terrace on a calm, sunny day.
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