Meersburg, Germany & Thayngen, Switzerland · October 2025
A night right on the lake, an amazing breakfast, and a quick hop across the border into Switzerland.
GERMANYAfter a full day exploring Meersburg, Philipp and I spent the night of Monday, October 20, 2025, at the Hotel Seehof, right on the lake promenade. The next morning started with one of the best breakfasts of the whole trip, and then we pointed the car west for a quick stop in Switzerland.
Our stay, step by step
- Night Hotel Seehof on the Meersburg promenade
- Breakfast A buffet worth getting up for
- Drive West along the Swiss border
- Switzerland A quick stop near Thayngen, Schaffhausen
Hotel Seehof, right on the lake
You can't stay much closer to Lake Constance than this. The Hotel Seehof is a big yellow building with green shutters and long white balconies, sitting right on the promenade in Meersburg's lower town. The boat ticket booth is outside the door, an ice cream café is downstairs, and the colorful old town lanes start right around the corner.
An amazing breakfast
The breakfast was amazing. The buffet had everything: Black Forest ham, salami and cooked ham, fried eggs and boiled eggs, little grilled sausages, bacon, cheese, cucumber, fresh rolls, Bavarian pretzels, croissants and even apple strudel, plus honey and Nutella. With a good coffee next to it, we were set for the road.
5 / 5
★★★★★- Where
- Hotel Seehof, on the lake promenade in Meersburg's lower town
- Price
- $$ Medium
- Breakfast
- Amazing: a big buffet with something for everyone
- Best for
- Anyone who wants the lake, the boats and the old town right outside the door
Our verdict: 5 out of 5, at a medium price. The location on the lake is perfect, and the breakfast alone is worth the stay.
A quick stop in Switzerland
From Meersburg, the Swiss border is never far away. We drove west through green hills, orchards and little villages in the canton of Schaffhausen. The Swiss signs give it away right away: blue town signs and round red "Generell 50" speed limits. We stopped at the sign for Hüttenleben, part of Thayngen, for a selfie, and Philipp posed at a crossroads with signs pointing to Schaffhausen, with the hills in full fall colors behind him. Short, but it counts: another country on the trip!
Tip: the Swiss border is close to Lake Constance, so a quick detour is easy. If you drive on Swiss highways, you need a vignette; the country roads like ours don't.
Good to know
- Hotel
- Hotel Seehof, Meersburg, right on the lake promenade
- Breakfast
- Big buffet included. Amazing.
- Switzerland
- Thayngen and Hüttenleben are in the canton of Schaffhausen, just across the border from Germany
- Money
- Switzerland uses Swiss francs, but many places near the border also take euros and cards
Have you ever crossed a border just for a photo?
Tell me in the comments, or send me a question if you're planning a trip to Lake Constance.
