Schafberg Travel Answers

I'll have to get back with you on your itenerary, as I have to go out soon. A couple of quick observations though. Your day 1 and day 2 plans seem pretty rushed. Garmisch would be much easier to visit from Munich, there are almost hourly trains. I would seriously consider an overnight there. King Ludwig II's Linderhof, the Ettal Monastery, and the Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak are located there. You can travel up the Zugspitze, but it is a bit time consuming. Gary

You might look at the web sites for the Vienna Card, and the Salzburg Card. Both offer free local transport and attraction discounts which can add up. A web site that might offer additional "things to do" information for Salzburg and Vienna: www.whatsonwhen.com. You might consider looking at the German Rail web site: www.bahn.de for information on the Bayern Ticket (Laender Ticket). It could possibly save you some money as well. I believe the price is 27 Euro for up to 5 people. You can't use the "fast trains", and travel is in 2nd class. You could purchase the tickets to Munich, then use the seperate Bavaria Tickets from Munich to Garmisch, from Garmisch, through Chiemsee, and on to Salzburg, and from Salzburg to Berchtesgaden, and return. Salzburg is considered as a part of both the German and Austrian Rail systems. Gary

Salzburgcard : you get totally FREE entrance to the most important attractions + transportation, and you can get also a 1-day-Card Viennacard is for 3 days only :you get 72 hours of transport + various discouts from 7%-15% of the things everybody wants to see, plus free entrance for the jewish museum and the tram-museum...

Hi Gary.... Thanks for the feedback...Our original plans were to stay over for a night at a Munich apartment to be able to got to Garmisch more easily... but because of the hoilday season and the late planning, it was impossible to find a good one....I had therefore booked the 3 nights in Salzburg and hence am constrained by that. I now have the following smaller itenary: Day 1 - Short tour of Munich and rest at Salzburg (my relatives are more for great scenery around Salzburg and prefer to limit the Salzburg city trip to a slow walk around the Altstadt) Day 2 - Berchtesgaden (Konigsee and Eagles Nest) (Having gone to Berchtesgaden I thought we may as well have a look at Eagles Nest, for the views from top, which I hope are good) Day 3 - Achensee Day 4 - Take the bus past Wolfgangsee to Hallstatt and late eveing train out of Salzburg I hope this works !! PS: I had posted this question on 2 parallel forums by mistake (Schafberg and Salzburg)....

You have a very nice vacation planned. Enjoy the trip. Gary