8-day Self-guided Walking Tour in Salzalpensteig

The new extensive hiking path ‚Salzalpensteig’ takes you along old former paths, on which salt was transported, commencing from the pretty banks of Lake Chiemsee,the ‚Bavarian Sea’, all the way to Lake Königssee,the ‚Bavarian Fjord’.Walk along idyllic forest and rural tracks through a quaint but also charming landscape with small villages, characteristic farm houses and cow pastures. Not only popular holiday destinations such as Bergen, known for the cable car on the panorama mountain Hochfelln, the famous biathlon village of Ruhpolding and the historic salt/saline village Bad Reichenhall await you on your hiking week, but also unique high-altitude hikes with magnificent views onto the ‚WilderKaiser’ mountain,the Chiemgauer Alps and last but not least the ‚Steinerne Meer’-mountain range with the two summits Watzmann and Hochkönig. In the course of your tour you come across plenty of huts and alps for a well-earned break and to sample some of the regional delicacies. During your hiking week through the ‚Bavarian Salt-Alps’, you will also learn many things worth knowing about the four Bavarian brine pipelines, about culture, history and traditions of the Salt Alps population.

Highlights:

• Lake Chiemsee, the ‚Bavarian Sea’
• Famous holiday resorts Ruhpolding
• Panoramic cable car rides
• Walking along alp paths with great views
• Lake Königgssee amidst the Berchtesgaden National Park

Tour Character: Level 3

A week rich in variety with hiking tours along the old salt paths with a duration each of up to 6 hours. On some days surefootedness and a head for heights are required. You walk across picturesque mountain scenery with views onto steep, jagged peaks, two marvellous lakes, gushing mountain streams and gorges

Included in the Walking Tour:

• 7 overnight stays in 3* hotels and country hotels
• Breakfast
• Luggage transfers
• Welcome briefing (German, English)
• 1 Cable car ascent Hochfell
• 1 Train ride Bad Reichenhall - Bischofswiesen
• 1 Ruhpolding-Card with countless services included
• 1 Entry old saltworks in Bad Reichenhal
• Carefully elaborated route description
• Detailed travel and tour documents 1x per room (German, English)
• GPS-data is available and app navigation
• Service hotline

Not included:

• Any visitors taxes are not included in the tour price and payable on site
• Anything not mentioned in 'included'

Arrival / Parking /Departure:

• Train journey from Munich to Prien, duration approx. 1 hour.  From Prien train station to the first hotel either on foot or short bus/taxi ride.
• Parking: limited number of hotel parking spaces free of charge, public parking spaces Prien train station, approx. EUR 20 per week, no reservation possible, Parking spaces at Stadtwerke Bernau approx. EUR 40 per week.
• Return train/bus journey from Lake Königssee, duration approx. 2.5 hours (1x change trains)
• Munich or Salzburg airport
• Organized return transfer to Prien, cost EUR 105 per person (min. 2 persons, only on Sat). Advance reservation required, payable in advance

Notes:

• Departure Friday, Saturdays and Sundays 
• On this particular walking tour you have the option of bringing your 'four-legged friend'. When booking, simply let us know the breed and size of your dog. Possible additional costs are payable locally on site.
• Extra nights
  • Chiemsee: From 89 EUR p.p (+39 EUR single person)
  • Konigsee: From 89-115 EUR p.p (+39 EUR single person)

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