Freyung-Grafenau: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Freyung-Grafenau is located in the southern Bavarian Forest. Bavarian Forest National Park covers parts of the district; the Ilz River is also located in the district. This landscape is suited to a stay centred on forests, the national park and the Ilz. You can rent a holiday apartment in Freyung-Grafenau.

The local landscape is described as gently hilly and densely forested; the regional terrain is also characterised as gently hilly and densely forested.

Geographical Location

The following figures are approximate distances as the crow flies from the cartographically determined centre of the district. The named map feature Steinberg is approximately 4.7 km east of this centre, Sulzberg approximately 9.6 km southeast, Aschenstein approximately 11.1 km southwest and Großalmeyerschloss approximately 11.7 km northeast. The spa park is approximately 18.8 km west, the Catholic parish church of St. Ulrich in Rathmannsdorf approximately 24.8 km southwest and the Catholic Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers in Neuhofen approximately 27.0 km south. This classification is particularly interesting for travellers who wish to explore not only the district but also the named natural and cultural sites in the surrounding area.

Nature and Landscape

The wider hiking landscape includes dense forests, hilly and rugged terrain, the Rachel and Lusen mountains, and the Buchberger-Leite gorge.

Around Bavarian Forest National Park, the landscape consists of extensive forests, clear streams and moorlands, as well as a diverse range of wildlife.

Culture and History

The district's cultural landscape includes historic monuments, castles, palaces, churches, chapels and museums presenting regional history.

Regional identity is associated with traditional customs and a Lower Bavarian way of life.

Leisure and Outdoor Activities

Leisure options include hiking and cycling, forest adventure trails, nature adventure trails, rock hiking areas, and alpine and Nordic winter sports.

The Buchberger Leite between Ringelai and Freyung has an eight-kilometre adventure trail entitled “People and Nature in the Buchberger Leite”.

Freyung-Grafenau offers numerous hiking opportunities in gently hilly, forested terrain.

If, in addition to the landscape, culture and leisure activities, you would also like to explore individual places in the regional travel overview, you can visit the pages for Eppenschlag, Freyung, Fürsteneck, Grafenau, Grainet, Haidmühle, Hinterschmiding, Hohenau, Innernzell, Jandelsbrunn, Mauth, Neureichenau, Neuschönau, Perlesreut, Philippsreut, Ringelai, Röhrnbach, Saldenburg, Sankt Oswald, Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte, Schöfweg, Schönberg, Spiegelau, Thurmansbang, Waldkirchen and Zenting.

To the higher-level travel overview: Bavaria.