31/01/2022
The best routes for a classic car tour Germany - Austria - Switzerland (Part 1)
That gem in your garage is much too good to just sit there gathering dust. It deserves you to take it to the most beautiful roads and views!
And what could be better than enjoying a dreamlike panorama with the wind in your hair and the gurgling of your beloved classic car in your ear?! Exactly - nothing! A classic car is excellent for taking on longer trips, as long as it's in good shape and you tailor your route to the specifics of your car, little can go wrong.
German Alpine Road: Bavaria's top panorama - perfect for a long weekend!
In addition to several others, Germany's most winding road in particular, the "Oberjoch Passstrasse" in the Allgäu region, with 106 curves at an altitude of 300 meters, offers special mountain driving fun!
And what could be better than enjoying a dreamlike panorama with the wind in your hair and the gurgling of your beloved classic car in your ear?! Exactly - nothing! A classic car is excellent for taking on longer trips, as long as it's in good shape and you tailor your route to the specifics of your car, little can go wrong.
Of course, there are many options for a nice ride. Today, we'll show them a selection for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
German Alpine Road: Bavaria's top panorama - perfect for a long weekend!
For all those who can't get enough of the impressive scenery of the Alps, this panoramic route is an absolute must. Germany's oldest vacation route, which was already discovered by the Bavarian King Maximilian II in 1858, combines first-class mountain driving fun, with impressive sights and varied landscapes and takes you on almost 500 kilometers from Lindau on Lake Constance to Schönau am Königssee in Berchtesgadner Land. In front of the impressive panorama of the Bavarian Alps, past quaint farming villages, historic towns and world-famous royal castles, it is above all the landscape rich in contrasts with the lush hills, orchards and alpine meadows of the Voraplpenland, as well as the lakes and rugged mountain peaks such as those of the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain.
Key data:
- 484 kilometers - 3933 hm ascent - 3727hm descent - 7: 27 h driving time
- Recommended travel time April - October
- Lindau - Immenstadt - Füssen - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Bad Tölz - Rottach Egern - Aschau i. Chiemgau - Reit im Winkl - Schönau am Königsee
- Places of interest: Hohenschwangau, Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee, Linderhof Castle, the monasteries of Ettal and Benediktbeuern, historic towns of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Bad Tölz as well as the Eagle's Nest, the salt mine and the Berchtesgaden National Park.