Hiking holidays around Zugspitze with Charming-Hotels
Hiking: Around Zugspitze
With special comfort on the road around the highest mountain in Germany
At 2,962 metres, the Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany, is one the most famous mountain destinations in the Alps and can be easily climbed by cable car. On your hiking tour you circle the Zugspitze, get to know the most beautiful views and head for wonderful hiking destinations.
The crossings of the gorges are adventurous and sensational and impress with their water masses and height. Enjoy the romance of the alpine landscape and take your time to enjoy a typical Bavarian ‘Brotzeit’. On both sides of the Wetterstein Mountains there are beautiful villages that are particularly suitable for quiet overnight stays. So, let’s go to the hiking tour with charm.
Wild and idyllic the day starts with a walk through Partnach gorge, where the waters of Wetterstein massif meet. Continue via soft hills and alpine pastures to Klais or Mittenwald.
Precise stone masonry cut the route through the gorge into steep rock walls. Bold wooden footbridges cross up to 40 m above the water. Enjoy the contrasting walk along Leutascher Ache into the valley. Past hamlets and flower meadows with the backdrop of Wetterstein massif you walk into the widening Leutasch valley.
You have the choice: either to relax or to take a walk to the lakes in and around Seefeld. Or you opt for an excursion on one of the Seefelder summits, either walking or taking the cable car. Return to Leutasch by coach.
Short bus ride into Gaistal valley. The summer in Gaistal is enjoyed by Haflinger horses, brown and grey cattle as well as the Scottish Galloways. Walk on Ganghofer path right into picturesque scenery and up to Ehrwalder alpine pasture. Here Bavarian author Ludwig Ganghofer sought retreat. Take the cable car down into the valley and continue to Ehrwald.
Step by step you walk up to the foothills of Zugspitze and famous Eibsee scenic view. The tour ends on the banks of lovely lake Eibsee with full view of the magnificent Zugspitz-Garmisch panorama. Take the Zugspitz train back to Garmisch.
approx. 4.5 h
approx. 12 km
540 m
510 m
Day
7
Departure or extension
Tour character
Varied walking tour only requiring a good basic fitness level. You walk on well maintained walking trails and partly on forest paths. Higher gradients are managed mostly by transfers or cable car. Daily walking times are max. 5 hours.
‚Bavarian History’ is a family-run tradition-hotel located in a central yet quiet location in the heart of the Alpine town of Garmisch.
Hotel Staudacherhof Garmisch-Partenkirchen
★★★★S
‚Bavarian History’ is a family-run tradition-hotel located in a central yet quiet location in the heart of the Alpine town of Garmisch. At the start and the end of your hiking holiday you get to enjoy two relaxing nights in the comfortable rooms with Alpine decor. There are plenty of facilities to deeply relax such as the in-house very charming spa area with indoor and outdoor pool, sauna, steam room and many more. The restaurant serves Bavarian and international specialities on toque-niveau.
In the well-known holiday resort Mittenwald, situated directly in the Alpine world of the Karwendel Mountains is the location of Hotel Post.
Hotel Post Mittenwald
★★★★
In the well-known holiday resort Mittenwald, situated directly in the Alpine world of the Karwendel Mountains and lovingly designed in the former Thurn and Taxis-postal station, is the location of Hotel Post. In the typical Bavarian public rooms and the quaint beer garden regional cuisine and cool beer is served. Charming modern rooms and a pool provide the necessary relaxation.
‚Biohotel Leutascher Hof’ offers pure quietness and relaxation, surrounded by this unique mountain world, which you get to marvel at from the sun-lounger after the hiking tours.
Biohotel Leutascher Hof
★★★★
,Biohotel Leutascher Hof’ offers pure quietness and relaxation, surrounded by this unique mountain world, which you get to marvel at from the sun-lounger after the hiking tours. Additionally the spa aera with meadow sauna, a so-called ‚Brechlbad’ (herbal steam room) and a ‚Kraxnofen’ (Carinthian haybath oven). For breakfast and dinner an elaborate cuisine awaits with freshly sourced, local produce.
In the ‚Aktivhotel Sonnenspitze’, steeped in tradition, too guarantees a marvellous stay. Be it on the sun-terrace with a view onto the impressive mountain world of the Zugspitz-massif, in the small but mighty spa area with sauna and steam room or in the comfortable rooms with regional interior. The cosy hotel-restaurant serves regional Tyrolean and Austrian cuisine.