The Großglockner High Alpine Road
22 September 1931 the first car crossed the High Alpine Road
The most famous alpine road leads you into the heart of the Hohe Tauern National Park, to the highest mountain in Austria, the Grossglockner (3,798m) and its glacier, the Pasterze. You will have a driving and nature experience of a special kind on 48 kilometres of high alpine road with 36 bends, and an altitude ascent to 2,504 metres!
20 minutes drive to the Toll Ferleiten
Die Krimmler Waterfalls
Europe`s Highest Waterfalls – Experience Water
With their impressive waterfall drop of 380 m the Krimml Waterfalls are the fifth highest waterfalls in the world. With approx. 350,000 visitors each year they are one of the most visited tourist features in Austria. A hiking trail built by the Austrian Alpine Association (OeAV) makes it possible to get very close to this breathtaking nature spectacle, affording sensational views. Enjoy the refreshing mizzle and the impressive power of the water amidst the gorgeous scenery of the Hohe Tauern National Park.
Tip: the ride to the Krimml waterfalls with the Pinzgauer local railway. The train station for this trip is 500m away
The centre of the Nationalpark in Mittersill
Experience for your soul
Breathtaking nature, fascinating landscapes. Whether hiking trails with beautiful views, or in the high alpine terrain with the giant ice sheets on the Kitzsteinhorn. If the weather doesn´t permits the real nature you can visit the the Cetre of National Park in Mittersill.
20 minutes drive to Centre of Nationalpark
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winter fun
- the kitsteinhorn
skiing all year round - new tauern spa world kaprun
new in kaprun zell am see - the Schmittenhoehe
77 kilometres of slopes - cross country
start directly behind the apartment house - family mountain maiskogel
new all year alpine rollercoaster - funsport at Nagelkoepfel
it's unique in the whole of the alps
summer fun
- paragliding from the Schmittenhoehe
an experience for pilots and no pilots - zell am see
shopping, surfing, kiting, waterskiing... - the Kitzsteinhorn
summit winning experience - the nationalpark Hohe Tauern
grossglockner high alpine road, krimml waterfalls, pure nature - the Schmittenhoehe in Summer
family mountain in zell am see - golf zell am See kaprun
36 fairways and greens