Reit im Winkl > Reviews > Reit im Winkl - a place at which I'm lucky!

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Value for Money	Good
Sightseeing	Good
Shopping	Average
Nightlife	Average
Ease of getting around	Good

Advantages:	Beautiful landscape, very good air
Disadvantages:	There are no disadvantages here .  Everything is correct !

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

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Reit im Winkl I know since I was a child. We drove ther in Christmas holidays and often also at Easter for skiing to Winklmoos Alm. It is a alpine skiing village!

The place Reit im Winkl belonged to the district Traunstein (carsign TS) and lies in Upper Bavaria. To the catchment area of Reit im Winkl belong also the Winklmoos Alm, Seegatterl, Entfelden, Birnbach, Blindau, Groissenbach, Oberbichl, Unterbichl and Illmau. Reit im Winkl are the southernmost municipality of the district Traunstein.

In Reit im Winkl all you can have. You can enjoy marvelous untainted nature and romantic quiet corners. There is an enormous culture program. In restaurants and hotels Starcooks cook international as well as Bavarian kitchen. It waits a time of the adventures, the recovery and fun for you.

What can you do in Reit im Winkl?
Sportily there are all possibilities here. Nordic walking, golfing, make guided walking-tours, mountain biking, hiking and bicycling. And still each quantity more.
Reit in Winkl had fantastic moving ways by the high-altitude valley.

Also for children some is required. Thus there is that Kids asset program in the summer extensive holidays program fairy tale park and model railway, horse trailer travels and in the winter child skischool with extensive program.

Highly outside it goes over the Winklmoos Alm, on the Dürnbachhorn, the Eggenalm or on the Fellhorn.
A multiplicity of managed huts expects the hungry hiker with merry tendency to small meals and a cool sip beer.
Famous above all the Winklmoos Alm is, well-known as homeland of the ski Olympiawinner of 1976 Rosi Mittermaier, also "Gold Rosi" called.
The alm worth seeing lies on 1200 m height and is only 10 km of Reit im Winkl far away.
Between Reit im Winkl and Ruhpolding, is the parking lot Seegatterl. From there you reach the Winklmoos Alm after 5km. With the regular bus from Seegatterl at the price of 5,50 Euro for driving downhill and mountain..

Reit im Winkl is surrounded by expanded mountain forests of the Chiemgauer alps with its collections until 1776 m on the Dürrnbachhorn and 1961 m at the Sonntagshorn.

A little history:
Outgoing from the today's conditions of the historical research one may assume that around 550 before Chr. Celts penetrated into the area of the Chiemgaus. The rule of the Celts took a half millenium, until the Romans conquered the area between alps and Donau around the year 14 after Chr..
Around the turn of the century the large, but relatively short time of the count rule in the Chiemgau began. Into this time fall also the first documentary mentions Reit in Winkl, which is called for the first time in a deed of donation from the year 1160.
Reit in Winkl are 1160 for the first time historically one mentioned. Its name comes from roden = reuten and means one in a mountain angle, to effected clear from trees, developed settlement. And than from this small mountain peasant village became in the course of the centuries the tourism place Reit in Winkl. Now recovery is announced, deep breathing deeply at the fresh air, which leave soul.
At the beginning of the tourism has Reit im Winkl the attendance of the king of Bavaria Maximilian II. in the year 1858.

How do you come?

From England:
They would like with the airplane after Reit im Winkl journeys? No problem, which are next airports: Munich (140 km) and Salzburg in Austria (60 km).

From munich with car:
After main approach roads Reit im Winkl lead among other things across the German alpine road (Deutsche Alpenstraße B 305), from direction Munich on the federal motorway Munich - Salzburg up to the exit Bernau with kilometer 77, on the "Deutsche Alpenstraße" after continue to Reit in Winkl (27 km).

Train connection from munich:
To Prien at the Chiemsee daily several times. Than Bus connections with regional traffic Upper Bavaria between express train station Prien at the Chiemsee and Reit im Winkl, 33 kilometers, 55 minutes travel time.

From Salzburg with car:
Drive the A8 direction Munich and take the exit "Siegsdorf". From there the sign-posting to Reit im Winkl following. Who comes from Austria, can refuel before cheaply, because the gasoline is cheaper in Austria than in Germany.