Rosebud, we are heading back there again this June and I can't wait! We go almost every year {can't get enough}. We also love Fussen, Hohenschwangau, Ettal, Ramsau, Maria Gern and many other spots. We drove all over the Obersalzberg this past summer and came across another exquisite town! Can't remember the name of it BUT we will be spending a day there again this year. The town had a gorgeous small white church, and is somewhere in the Obersalzberg.
What do you think of the awful Intercontinental Hotel up in the mountains?? We were horrified when the General Walker Hotel was torn down and a parking lot put in it's place, but the Intercontinental Hotel definitely is out of place in that beautiful area.
On Friday mornings in Berchtesgaden in the little shopping area a man comes and makes homemade sugar donuts that are to die for! He is only there until about 12 or 12:30, but he doesn't come if it is a very hot day or raining. Everyone is lined up for those donuts including us! I dream about them when I come home!
And we ALWAYS have to pack a few things and leave most of our luggage at the timeshare we are at and head to Hohenschwangau for a few nights. I dream of that too. We stay at the Cafe Hotel Mueller and get a room looking up at the gold castle, Hohenschwangau, my favorite. It is all lit up at night and I love to walk around the small town when the castles close and the tourists go home. haha.
We also like to hang out in Austria. We actually own 2 timeshare weeks in Austria, and they are the only ones we rarely trade. Love the place! DH wants to live there.