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fog, snow or a storm. It’s
often bumper-to-bumper TOP TIP:
by noon, especially in
July and August; beat the ALPINE ROAD TOLLS
crowds by setting out early. Be aware that this trip’s three top-draw drives –
The Drive » Descend the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Gerlos Alpine Road
Grossglockner on the B107 and Silvretta High Alpine Road (p566) – incur
to Bruck and take the B311 tolls. There’s also a smaller toll on the detour to the
northeast to Zell am See. Stubaital (p566). Toll booths accept cash and credit
cards.
5 Zell am See
Resort town Zell am See’s It’s 4km one way (about a begin at 10.30am every
brightly painted chalets 2½-hour round-trip walk). Wednesday from late
line the shore of the deep- June to mid-September at
blue Zeller See, framed The Drive » From the falls, it’s the Dorfbahn (adult/child
7.7km (and eight hairpin bends) to
by the Hohe Tauern’s the Gerlos Alpine Road toll gates. €9/4.50) cable-car station; AUSTRIA 39 GROSSGLOcKNER ROAD
snowcapped peaks. reserve by 5pm the previ-
Mountain breezes TRIP HIGHLIGHT ous day by phone.
create ideal conditions
for windsurfing on the 7 Gerlos Alpine Road The Drive » Continue west
on the B165, passing the
lake; Windsurfcenter Zell Open year-round, the reservoir Durlassboden, before
Am See (%0664-644 36 95; Gerlos Alpine Road (www. descending to Zell am Ziller
http://windsurfcenter.members. gerlosstrasse.at; toll per car/ along six hairpin bends (63km
cablelink.at; Seespitzstrasse 13; motorcycle €8.50/5.50) winds in total).
windsurfing/SUP/wetsuit rental 12km through high moor
per hr €10/8/3; hdawn-dusk and spruce forest, reach-
May-Sep) rents equipment ing an elevation of 1630m. 8 Zell am Ziller
and runs courses. The lookout above the At the foot of knife-edge
turquoise Stausee (reser- Reichenspitze (3303m),
The Drive » From the lake, Zell am Ziller is a former
it’s 54km to the Krimmler voir) is a great picnic stop,
Wasserfälle. Head west on the with a tremendous vista of gold-mining centre and
B168 and B165 to Krimml; the Alps. popular ski base.
when you arrive in the town the If you have the urge to Year-round, you can
waterfalls come into view. burst out into song as you take a wild toboggan ride
skip through wildflower- on the 1.45km-long Arena
6 Krimmler strewn meadows, take Coaster (www.zillertalarena.
com; Zillertal Arena; adult/
the 4.8km-long Jodel
Wasserfälle Wanderweg (Yodel Hiking child coaster only €4.80/2.90,
Europe’s highest falls, at Trail; %06565-82 43; www. incl cable car €20.90/10.40;
380m, are the thunder- jodelweg.at) in Königsleiten. h9.30am-6pm late Jun-early
ous, three-tier Krimmler You can go it alone and Sep, shorter hours rest of year;
Wasserfälle (Krimml Falls; practise your high notes c), which incorporates
www.wasserfaelle-krimml.at; at eight stops with giant both a 360-degree loop
adult/child €3/1; hticket office cowbells, alpine horns and a 540-degree loop. It’s
8am-6pm mid-Apr–Oct). The and listen-repeat audio accessible by cable car, or
Wasserfallweg (Waterfall clippings. Alternatively, a steep 1.5km walk.
Trail), which starts at the join a free guided sing Aktivzentrum Zillertal
ticket office and weaves up- ’n’ stroll hike with trail (%0664-505 95 94; www.
hill through mixed forest, founder Christian Eder. aktivzentrum-zillertal.at;
has up-close viewpoints. The three-hour ambles Freizeitpark Zell; c) offers

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