GRANT BOURNE, SABINE KORNER-BOURNE
Guidebook describing the Bavarian Alps, which lie along the GermanAustrian border, containing some of the most spectacular walking and beautiful scenery that Germany has to offer. Reasonable prices and an excellent tourist infrastructure make the area perfect for an easy-to-organise and affordable walking holiday.
Seasons
Valley walking: from April; mountain walking: from June (peaks over 1500m snow free by end of May) to late October
Centres
Oberstdorf, Füssen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Lenggries, Marquartstein, Bad Reichenhall
Difficulty
Range from half-day walks to 4 or 5 day tours; valley and mountain walks
Must See
Neuschwanstein castle; Eibsee lake; ascent of the Zugspitze; two-day hike Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Leutasch in Austria; via ferrata