Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Austria Trip Advice

Yes good idea Heinz, Marmota on here's wife arranges tours for a living and maybe worth a PM to Xavier also ?

They partake in the M3W Grindlewald annual pilgrimage from Spain so they are well versed in the parts nearby.

I’d suggest taking the German Alpine Road which runs from Lindau on Lake Constance/Bodensee to Konigsee. Make a slight detour and visit Breitachklamm. If fairytale castles along the route are your thing you’ll find details online. At the eastern end visit Wimbachklamm and take a trip on the Konigsee. At Berchtesgaden visit the Eagle’s Nest. Then head south into Austria and over the Nockalm Pass towards Villach where you can drive the Villach Alpine Road. (which is a dead end). Return to the main road and head for the southern end of the Grossglockner mountain road. At the northern end of the Grossglockner head east over the Gerlos Pass where you can visit the Krimml waterfalls. Continue to head east over the Silvrettastrasse Pass and back to Lake Constance/Bodensee.

There's a .gpx file of the German Alpine Road here which can be imported into either Garmin Basecamp or mydrive.tomtom.com to view the route.

A .gpx file of the route I took with Bobar in 2015 can be downloaded here and viewed in Basecamp or imported into mydrive.tomtom.com.

There's a video of the trip here. If you haven't got a Dropbox you'll have to download it to view it.

A good idea, Richard, even if Grindelwald is Swiss. Perhaps she also has a clou regarding Austria.

Yes I appreciated Grindlewald was in Switzerland Heinz as we visited there and Austria whilst we worked out in Germany back in the 1970's - what I meant was that Marmota and his good lady are sure to have good knowledge of Austria and I classified it erroneously as parts nearby, my error

A must is the "Salzkammergut" Area to the East of the city of Salzburg, although sometimes crowded, you will find a lot of lakes and mountain roads without Motorways. Also worth a visit and not crowded is the "Gesäuse" Region, which is more or less the valley of the "Enns" River east of the city of "Liezen" in Styria, a wild and scenic landscape, at the end of which you might find yourself in "Mariazell". Other Regions worthwhile mogging are around the "Wachau" in the Donau valley and south of "Graz", as well as crossing the not so high (about 950 meters) mountain range from "Graz" to the West, where you soon will find yourself in the "Lavanttal" Region in Carinthia. Following the "Drau" Valley to the West you will find the wonderful Lakes of Carinthia and finally the circle is closed when you reach the "Matrei" Area mentioned by Heinz. Many wonderful mountain roads cross the "Alps" from Carinthia to the north, avoiding the Motorways and the tunnels (eg try the "Lieser" valley from "Spittal an der Drau" to the "Katschberg Pass" and the "Radstädter Tauern" to the city of "Radstadt"), you might also like the road called "Nockalm Strasse" to the east. Be warned: some of the roads mentioned are toll roads, but I am sure you can afford it.

I wish you lots of fun preparing your holiday in Austria, feel free to pose questions, I will try to answer.

Karl

Karl, that sounds like a wonderful route. I'm tempted to use it myself for a ride through Austria. Now it's up to Ron to decide whether he wants to do a lot of travelling by car, or whether he wants to head for two or three places from which to make excursions. I used to do a lot of travelling, a different hotel every day. Nowadays, I prefer to go to one or two places so that I can go on day trips from there and know that I can return comfortably in the evening, not have to pack my bags every day and have a nice dinner instead of having to travel somewhere else in the afternoon. For the last five years, we have travelled to northern Italy in late May and early June with our eldest daughter and her husband in the Morgan (the daughter in an MX5 ND). The first few trips were dominated by driving. The last three tours were in two places for eight days. It was much more relaxed, and the hiking took up more space than the driving. But in this mixture, both were very nice at the same time. Karl, what would be two or three places you would recommend along the route you described (even if it were shorter) to realize a mixture of driving and resting?

Hi All, Just back from the planned Austria trip which despite pretty atrocious weather was a great trip. I think we were able to take in much of the suggested routes and sights though the Grossglockner had to be missed due to snow so resorted to cable car rides and the rack railway between Achensee and Jenbac which was great fun. Many thanks to all for your suggestions. We now have a much better feel for the are and will most likely return. Ron.

Sorry for finding this thread a little bit too late.
Austria is nice enough to find great roads even without local recommendations.
As long as one stays away from highways there are plenty opportunities to enjoy the area.
Good tu read that you enjoyed the trip.