Self-guided Walking Tour from Garmisch to Meran

Arrival in Garmisch/surroundings

The famous olympic town Garmisch-Partenkirchen beckons you to explore: discover the beautiful pedestrian zone, the traditionally painted houses and cozy beergardens.

Garmisch/surroundings – Mittenwald Details: approx. 5 hours | 20 km | 750 m 550 m

Walk past the renowned ski-jumping hill and through the imposing Partnachklamm-ravine, where a roaring mass of water has dug deep into the rock. Via Mount Wamberg you walk to the Elmauer Alp and continue through blooming meadows and valleys to Lake Lauter- and Lake Ferchensee. You stay overnight in Mittenwald, renowned for violin making and ‚Lüftlmalerei‘ (a kind of trompe l’oeil on houses).

Mittenwald – Leutasch Details: approx. 4 hours | 14 km | 200 m 0 m

Today you leave Bavaria and head for the Tyrolean mountain world! The Geisterklamm-ravine situated high above a gorge awaits for you to walk through it on bridges and footbridges. After that you hike through a splendid high mountain valley, which is also the location of the popular holiday destination Leutasch, surrounded by mountain chains.

Leutasch – Nauders Details: approx. 4.5 hours | 15 km | 200 m 700 m

Remote hill moor areas and forests lead you to the crossover onto the ‚Buchner Höhe‘. Past walls of rock of the ‚Hohen Munde‘ along a beautiful hiking trail downhill into the green Inn-river valley. From the historic market town Telfs an organized transfer will take you to the Tyrolean Oberland to Nauders am Reschenpass.

Nauders – Resia/surroundings Details: approx. 5 hours | 14 km | 550 m 850 m

You can reach the Mutzkopf by cable car, where you start your hike to Lake Schwarzsee and Lake Grünsee. You ascend as far as the three-nation border stone, where you get to stand exactly on the border between Italy, Austria and Switzerland. You descend via alps to the giant Lake Resia, with your same-named Day Finish Lake Resia. Welcome to Italy!

Resia/surroundings – Naturno/surroundings Details: approx. 5 hours | 18 km | 300 m 850 m

Short bus journey along Lake Resia with a view onto the sunken church of Graun to the trailhead. A hike in the nature reserve at Lake Haidersee takes you to the idyllic Fischgadermoos and across the mountain lake down to the alpine dairy village of Burgeis. and viaOver varied meadow and irrigation channel paths to Schluderns and by train through vineyards and apple orchards to Naturns, the gateway to the impressive Texel Group.

Naturno/surroundings – Merano Details: approx. 5 hours | 19 km | 400 m 600 m

You walk along a panorama-trail with great views all the way to the streams of the ‚Sagenweg‘-path. Along the many Waalweg-paths traditional wine taverns invite you again and again to have a break. In the afternoon you reach the ‚Tappeiner Promenade‘, whose exotic floral splendor you follow as far as the cathedral square of Merano. Now you have reached the end destination of your impressive hiking week and get to toast to your experiences in the pretty centre of Merano.

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