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- Grossglockner High Alpine Road: Tolls, Stops and Opening Season
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is a toll panoramic road across the Hohe Tauern, from Fusch in Salzburg to Heiligenblut in Carinthia. Here are the published tolls, opening months, the stops worth building in, and how the pass fits a longer Austria route.
- Edelweissspitze: The Grossglockner Road's Highest Viewpoint
Edelweissspitze is the highest point you can drive to on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, climbed by a short cobbled spur with six hairpins. The summit inn has been in one family since 1935.
- Heiligenblut am Großglockner: A Guide to the Village Under Austria's Highest Peak
Heiligenblut am Großglockner is a small Carinthian village at almost 1,300 meters, sitting at the southern end of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road beneath Austria's highest mountain. Here is how the village is laid out, what the church and the national park add, and how to fit it into a route between Carinthia and Salzburg.
- Hohe Tauern National Park: Valleys, Waterfalls and Mountain Roads
Hohe Tauern National Park is Austria's largest protected mountain region, and much of it works without a long hike: the National Park Worlds exhibition in Mittersill, the Krimml Waterfalls, cable cars to the peaks and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. Here is how the valleys, villages and fees fit together.
- Kals am Grossglockner: East Tyrol Village Guide
Kals am Grossglockner is a small East Tyrol village in the Lienz district, spread across hamlets below Austria's highest mountain. This guide covers the village layout, the landmarks in the center, the valley road toward the peak, and how Kals fits an East Tyrol route by train, bus or car.
- Lienz, Austria: Old Town, Schloss Bruck and Aguntum
Lienz rewards a half day: a compact old town below the Lienzer Dolomiten, Schloss Bruck with its Egger-Lienz collection, and the Roman town of Aguntum a short hop east in Dölsach.
- Malta High Alpine Road: Austria's Kölnbrein Dam Drive in Carinthia
The Malta High Alpine Road (Malta Hochalmstraße) is a 14.4-km toll climb through the Maltatal valley in Carinthia to the Kölnbrein Dam, Austria's tallest, standing 200 m high at 1,902 m. Plan on the tunnels, hairpins and waterfalls on the way up, the Airwalk platform and exhibition at the top, a daily 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. season from May 8 to October 26, 2026, and free parking at the dam.
- Matrei in Osttirol: A Town Guide to the Center and Hohe Tauern Valleys
Matrei in Osttirol is a working market town in the Virgental region, not a resort: a compact center around the Kirchplatz, a 12th-century church with Romanesque frescoes, a castle landmark, and national park valleys above town. This guide covers the town walk, the Nationalparkhaus, the Gschlößtal and Proßeggklamm, the Goldried lifts in summer, and how Matrei fits a Großglockner route.
- Nockalm Road (Nockalmstraße): Austria's Gentlest Alpine Road
The Nockalm Road is a 34-kilometer toll road across the Nockberge in Carinthia, running from Innerkrems to Ebene Reichenau. It opens from early May to the end of October, bans motorcycles overnight, and pairs gentle curves with alpine huts, free exhibitions, and two high points above 2,000 meters.
- Pasterze Glacier at Grossglockner: Viewpoints and What to Expect
The Pasterze Glacier is best seen from Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, where the ice lies below the Grossglockner and year markers show how far it has pulled back. Here is what the viewpoint delivers, how fast the glacier is retreating, and how to plan around the road's season and high-altitude weather.