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🇦🇹 Austria

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Alpine roads, glaciers and ski villages

The Alps within easy reach by car from Czechia. A stop on the way is the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße, one of the most beautiful high alpine roads in Europe.

CurrencyEUR
LanguageGerman
Best time to goSummer and early autumn (the high alpine road is usually closed over winter)
On the site4 articles · 9 places

Articles from Austria

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Mittersill: A man walking along a meadow ridge with a cow beside him Hikes
HIKES 6 min read

Five Days in Mittersill: Hills, Cows, Krimml and the Großglockner
Wildpark Ferleiten: A brown bear sitting on the grass by a wooden post in the wildlife park enclosure Road trips
ROAD TRIPS 4 min read

Wildpark Ferleiten: a Bear, a Lynx and a Quiet Evening Below the Großglockner
Hairpin bends of the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße in a high mountain landscape Road trips
ROAD TRIPS 5 min read

Großglockner Hochalpenstraße: Edelweißspitze, Pasterze and a Wildlife Park
Austrian Alps: A fried schnitzel with lemon, boiled potatoes and cranberries on a plate, next to a glass of beer Local food
LOCAL FOOD 3 min read

Austrian Alps: Schnitzel, Dumpling Soup and Beer at a Mountain Hut

Places in Austria

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A man at the Edelweißspitze viewpoint with the valley and the road in the background Sight
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Edelweißspitze
Hairpins of the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße in a high alpine landscape Road trip stop
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Großglockner Hochalpenstraße
Church in Heiligenblut with a tall pointed spire in front of a mountain forest and a cemetery below it Sight
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Heiligenblut
Monument to Emperor Franz Joseph I (Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Monument) at a viewpoint above a glacial lake Sight
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Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
Krimml Waterfalls: a cascade in a wooded valley Sight
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Krimml Waterfalls (Krimmler Wasserfälle)
Two horses grazing on a meadow by houses, with mountains in the distance Road trip stop
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Mittersill
Green ridges with a reservoir and a cow on a meadow Hike
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Pass Thurn
A brown bear sitting on the grass by a wooden post in the wildlife park enclosure Sight
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Wild- & Erlebnispark Ferleiten
A woman on an orange and green pedal boat on Lake Zell under an overcast sky, with the town of Zell am See in the background Sight
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Zell am See

Places in Austria on the map

Viewpoints, towns, cellars and trips where I stood myself - all with pins and links to articles.

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