Arrival brief · Germany

Spielbank Lindau

A small house on the island: free parking at the door, quiet tables, minimum age 21.

Germany21+EUREntry: free
Address
Chelles-Allee 1, 88131 Lindau
Phone
+49 8382 27740
drive
Eastern Switzerland (St. Gallen, Rhine Valley) 54 min · 59 km

Arrival brief

This drive in four stages.

Everything between your own front door and the gaming floor, in the order it happens.

  1. 01

    Leave

    Car: A1 – St. Margrethen – Bregenz – Lindau; the A14 stretch needs the vignette, the main road does not. Rail: about 1 h from St. Gallen via Bregenz to Lindau-Insel, then ten minutes on foot through the old town.

  2. 02

    Cross

    You are leaving the Swiss customs territory: carry your document, checks can happen at any hour. Cash from CHF/EUR 10,000 has to be declared. No extra vignette or toll on this route.

  3. 03

    Park

    The house has its own free parking.

  4. 04

    Enter

    Tidy clothes; a jacket is welcome at the tables but not demanded. 21 and over, original document at the door (state law in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria). Entry: free.

Drive time from each starting point

Eastern Switzerland (St. Gallen, Rhine Valley)59 km54 min
Graubünden (Chur)101 km78 min
Thurgau (Frauenfeld)105 km87 min
Schaffhausen110 km97 min
Zurich142 km110 min
Central Switzerland (Lucerne)193 km147 min
Basel224 km168 min
Ticino (Lugano)245 km191 min
Bern263 km193 min
Vaud (Lausanne)363 km259 min
Valais (Sion)414 km291 min
Geneva417 km296 min

Road distances and drive times from an OSRM routing, as of 2026-09-10, without traffic or waiting time at the border.

What the door asks for

Minimum age
21 and over, original document at the door (state law in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria)
ID at the door
Germany: passport or identity card, the original. Without it the door stays shut, whatever your age.
Enter
Tidy clothes; a jacket is welcome at the tables but not demanded.
Cash at the tables
EUR · No, euro only. Exchange before you leave or withdraw with a card on site.
Entry
free

Editorial verdict

Speaks for the drive

  • Free parking at the house
  • Quiet room, easy to pair with dinner at the harbour
  • Lindau-Insel station within walking distance

Speaks against it

  • Minimum age 21 under Bavarian law
  • Euro only at the cashier
  • Few tables, and none before 16.00

No user ratings — a verdict from the facts of the drive and the door.

Checked against the operator's own pages on 2026-09-10. Spielteilnahme ab 21 Jahren; Zutritt ab 18 nur in Begleitung einer Person über 21 (Branchenverzeichnisse; Betreiber-Website aus der Prüfumgebung nicht erreichbar). Vor der Abfahrt bestätigen. Operator's site ↗

Facts taken from the operator's own pages and regional tourist offices, as of 2026-09-10. Door times, games, dress code and door rules can change at short notice; what the house says on the day prevails.

Why people make this drive

The Bavarian Spielbank Lindau sits on the island a few steps from the harbour with its lighthouse and its stone lion.

Parking is free and right there, the room is quiet, and dinner at the harbour is thirty seconds away.

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Arrival plan

This evening planned end to end.

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