Guest Cards in the Waginger See Region

holidays by the warmest swimming lake in Upper Bavaria

Three towns on Waginger See charge a visitor’s tax: Waging am See, Taching am See and Petting. In exchange for this, you will receive a guest card. You will find an overview of all of the services included with that card listed below.

Waging Card

Included services with your guest card

• Free train rides: to Traunstein, Ruhpolding and Traunreut incl. bike transport - also for dogs
• Free bus trips: to Salzburg, Berchtesgaden, the salt mine and Königssee with the ‘Waginger See Express’ 
• Free loan: of the puzzle rucksack after prior reservation at the Waginger See tourist information centre
• Free participation: in herbal pleasure hikes and Kneipp watering on the Hotel Eichenhof meadow as well as in the guided bike tour to the foot of the Hochfelln
• Reading pleasure on holiday: free borrowing from the St. Martin community library in Waging, reading rooms and lounges with daily newspapers at the Waginger See tourist information centre

Free ExtraS

• Available free of charge at the Waginger See tourist information centre: hiking map ‘Wanderregion Waginger See’ and cycling map, sticker with lake silhouette
• Entertainment is guaranteed in summer: Monday concerts on Waging market square, Bavarian evenings in Waging spa gardens and at the Wonneberg community centre, folklore evenings in Petting
• Free swimming fun: Entrance to the lido at the Waging spa centre and Tettenhausen lido. Car parking fees not included
• Free for children: ‘Discovery tour for children’ brochure for children aged 5 and over - playfully through the history of Waging
• Free admission: Baiuvarenmuseum Waging, Waging Bird and Animal Museum, Traunstein Heritage Centre
• Free participation: in the historical guided tour of Waging
• Public WLAN: at the Waginger See tourist information centre, Taching lido, Tengling lido and Petting tourist information centre

Discounts (up to max. € 2.00 per person)

• Reduced admission: Seeteufel lido, Taching lido, Tengling lido, Waging wellness garden, minigolf in Waging spa gardens, Waging baroque museum, Sailerhof fruit distillery, llamas on Lake Waging, Siegsdorf mammoth museum, Bergen Hochfelln cable car, Bergen Maxhütte museum, Stein castle brewery, Ruhpolding woodcutter museum, Ruhpolding leisure park, Marquartstein high plateau cable car, Fairytale Adventure Park Marquartstein, Chiemgau Thermen Bad Endorf, Salzburg Open-Air Museum, The House of Mountains Berchtesgaden

Visitor’s Tax and Registration Requirement

As a guest of Waging am See, which has been awarded the title of ‘State-recognised climatic health resort’ by the government of Upper Bavaria, you will receive the ‘Waginger See Guest Card’, which offers you a range of discounts or price reductions depending on the time of year. Due to the predicate authorisation, a spa fee is charged. This is retained by the landlord and charged to the municipality. The visitor's tax is calculated according to the number of days of stay. Arrival and departure days count as one day. All persons who stay in the recognised spa area without having their habitual residence there and who are offered the opportunity to use the facilities are liable to pay the contribution.

The Visitor´s Tax in Waging am See 

In the months of June, July, August and September:

from 10 - 15 years:  1.00 €
from 16 years:         2,00 €

In the months of October - May

from 10 - 15 years:  0.50 €
from 16 years:        1,00 €
 

Children up to the age of 10 are free of charge. According to the registration law and the approved spa fee statutes of Markt Waging am See, you must register within 24 hours with an official registration form, which will be handed to you by your landlord. On Sundays and public holidays on the following working day. After registering with the landlord or at the Tourist-Info Waging, the guest will receive their personal ‘Guest Card Waginger See’.

The local ordinance pertaining to the visitor’s tax may be found here (in German) 87 KB

Visitor’s Tax and Registration Requirement Taching am See

The Visitor's Tax in Taching am See

In the months of June, July, August and September:

from 10 - 15 years:  0,80 €
from 16 years:        1,25 €

In the months of October - May

from 10 - 15 years:  0.50 €
from 16 years:         0.75 €

Children up to the age of 10 are free of charge. According to the registration law and the approved spa fee statutes of the municipality of Taching, you must register within 24 hours with an official registration form, which will be given to you by your landlord. On Sundays and public holidays on the following working day. After registering with the landlord or at the tourist information centre in Waging, the guest will receive their personal ‘Waginger See Guest Card’.

Details of the visitor’s tax ordinance for Taching may be found here (in German) 1.09 MB

Visitor’s Tax and Registration Requirement Petting

The visitor's tax in Petting

0.80 € all year round

Children up to the age of 10 are free of charge. According to the registration law and the approved spa fee statutes of the municipality of Petting, you must register within 24 hours with an official registration form, which will be given to you by your landlord. On Sundays and public holidays on the following working day. After registering with the landlord or at the Tourist-Info Petting, the guest will receive their personal ‘Guest Card Waginger See’.

Details of the visitor’s tax ordinance for Petting may be found here (in German) 12 KB