Advantages: breathtaking views, beautiful scenery Disadvantages: open during summer only
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The Alps, Austria, Grossglockner Road - the very first Alpine highroad which was opened in 1935, is certainly worth a visit.
If you arrive via Salzburg, drive to Zell am See, then to Bruck, where the Grossglockner Road officially starts. If you arrive from the other side of the mountains (Carinthia), drive to Heiligenblut and start from there (which is what I did when I was there two years ago).
A word of warning first: You cannot use the ... ...reached the foot of the Grossglockner and you look at the impressive Pasterze Glacier which is 10 km long.
Guided tours to the Grossglockner peak via the glacier are available.
There is a restaurant (not the cheapest, of course) and a souvenir shop at the Franz-Josephs-Höhe.
You then drive back to Guttal, turn right onto the main Grossglockner Road again, towards Heiligenblut, a lovely village with a very famous church. You might want to take ...
Michael-S 25.05.2001
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