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Holiday itinerary
Nine days in the Austrian Alps from Munich to Salzburg, Zell am See, and Heiligenblut. The 48 km Grossglockner High Alpine Road is a full day with Edelweissspitze and Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe — glacier, toll, hairpins — not a transit hop. The church spire at Heiligenblut is the postcard you already knew.
Season: The Grossglockner High Alpine Road typically runs early May to late October, weather depending. Toll at Ferleiten or Heiligenblut; budget a full day.
Landmarks
Hairpins of the High Alpine Road under GrossglocknerPhoto: PantheraLeo1359531 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Heiligenblut’s spire against the snowPhoto: Angie (talk) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Zell am See, the lake town at the north gatePhoto: touch.and.go / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Innsbruck under the NordkettePhoto: Wilfredor / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Salzburg old town after the TauernPhoto: Uoaei1 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Edelweissspitze at 2571 m, a spur worth the extra climbPhoto: Friedrich Fröbel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe facing the Pasterze glacierPhoto: Tudoi61 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Holiday itinerary
- Day 1 · Munich
A city night, then the Inn valley in the morning. Munich lets you eat well before the mountains take over.
- Day 2 · Innsbruck
The Golden Roof and Nordkette before you turn east. A valley city with the high wall already in the window.
- Day 3 · Zell am See
A lake town and the north gate of the High Alpine Road. Sleep by the water; tomorrow is all climb and glacier.
- Day 4 · Heiligenblut
After Edelweissspitze at 2571 m and the glacier viewpoint, the church spire is the postcard. Overnight here, not a drive-by.
- Day 5 · Lienz
Dolomite views on the Carinthian side, a slower town after the high road. The light here is already southern.
- Day 7 · Salzburg
Old town after the Tauern motorway. Fortress above, river below, a city night that does not need the Alps to impress.
- Day 9 · Munich
Return on the A8. The High Alpine Road stays in the rear-view longer than the kilometres suggest.