Category: Sights & attractions

At 3,798 m the Großglockner is Austria's highest mountain and the defining pyramid of the Glockner group in the Hohe Tauern, on the Tyrol/Carinthia border in the Hohe Tauern National Park. The Großglockner High Alpine Road leads to the Franz-Josefs-Höhe with views of the summit and the Pasterze glacier.ActivitiesHigh tour to the summitHiking in the Hohe Tauern National ParkGlacier walk (Pasterze)Panoramic road (high-alpine road)Mountaineering with…

The Dolomites are a striking mountain group of the Southern Limestone Alps with pale dolomite rock, jagged towers and walls, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site since 2009. The highest peak is the Marmolada (Punta Penia, 3,343 m), the only significant glacier region of the range.ActivitiesHiking and mountain toursVia ferratas (Vie ferrate)Multi-pitch climbingHigh tour up the MarmoladaPanoramic roads over the Dolomite passesHut tours / Dolomite high trailsHighlightsUNESCO World Natural Heritage since 2009Marmolada, queen of the…

The Obersee is a quiet mountain lake about 600 metres south-east of the Königssee, reached via the Salet boat landing. The Röthbach Falls plunge over the Röthwand, at around 380 m the highest waterfall in Germany.HighlightsBoat trip across the Königssee to Salet, then a short walkTurquoise, very quiet mountain lake framed by steep rock facesRöthbach Falls – at around 380…

The Wimbachklamm lies at the mouth of the Wimbach valley in Ramsau, in the Berchtesgaden National Park. Since 1847 a roughly 200 m path has led over walkways and bridges through the gorge carved out by the Wimbach.HighlightsRoaring Wimbach with eddies, pools and waterfalls in a tight spaceHistoric walkways and bridges right above the white waterEntrance to the wide Wimbach valley…

A former Nazi-era reception building on the Kehlstein (built 1937–1938), today a restaurant offering a wide view over the Berchtesgaden Alps.HighlightsPanoramic view over the Berchtesgaden region, Watzmann and UntersbergAscent via the spectacular Kehlstein road by special busHistoric brass lift through the rock tunnelA factual look at the Nazi history on the ObersalzbergRestaurant and café in the…

An active salt mine that is also open to visitors, its first tunnel driven in 1517. The tour combines historic salt mining with a pit railway, slides and an underground salt lake.HighlightsRide into the mine on the pit railwayTwo miners' slides as in the miners' dayCrossing the underground salt lake by raftMultimedia show on the history of saltA constant 12 °C underground, pleasantly cool on hot daysGood to…