Category: Attractions & Sights

At 1,669 m, the Kampenwand above Aschau in the Chiemgau is a popular viewpoint mountain with a wide view over the Chiemsee and the Alpine chain. A cable car opens up the mountain, from which scenic high trails and via ferratas start. The area is also popular with paragliders. Highlights…

The Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval near Sixt is one of the largest rock amphitheatres in the Alps: a horseshoe-shaped valley head over whose roughly 500 to 700 m high limestone walls dozens of waterfalls plunge in early summer. The area is part of a nature reserve with easy trails on the…

Sölden in the rear Ötztal is one of Austria's best-known glacier ski resorts, with pistes up to over 3,000 m. The futuristic Gaislachkogl summit station houses the 007 Elements experience for the James Bond film Spectre, which was filmed here. In summer the Ötztal Glacier Road, Austria's highest panoramic road,…

The Walchensee, with its deep-blue to turquoise shimmering water, is one of the most beautiful and largest mountain lakes in Germany. Framed by the Herzogstand and Jochberg, it is a popular destination for bathing, sailing, windsurfing and diving. From the Herzogstand the view reaches over the lake to the nearby…

Évian-les-Bains on the French south shore of Lake Geneva is known worldwide for its mineral water and is an elegant Belle Époque spa town. The lakeside promenade, thermal baths and boat trips across the largest Alpine lake shape the town, with the Savoy and Swiss Alps greeting in the background….

The Chiemsee is the largest lake in Bavaria and, for its size, is called the Bavarian Sea. On the Herreninsel, King Ludwig II had the lavish Herrenchiemsee Palace built as a replica of Versailles. Boats connect the islands, including the idyllic Fraueninsel with its convent. Highlights Largest lake in Bavaria…