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We are booked to go to Flachau next February at half-term. Flights to Salzburg seem horrendously expensive but cheapish ones are available to Munich. What is the driving like in that area in February? Does traffic flow reasonably well or will we sit for hours in a jam? Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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autobahn all the way, should be okay, probably 2 hour drive. get a sunny day and the scenery is great. not driven it that often but never hit much traffic.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have only done the trip once and it was at Feb holiday. There was very heavy traffic onthe autobahn and it wasn't particularly quick but it was not horrendous either, about 3 hrs when we did it I would guess. Very easy driving / route finding though.
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As per waynos, it's motorway all the way so a very easy drive (probably a slightly over 2 hours though), and although it can get busy, it improves after the turnoff at Rosenheim for Kufstein/Kitz/Skiwelt etc, and then again at Traunstein for the road to Saalfelden/Zell/Saalbach etc. The worst bit is the first third. Getting closer to Salzburg and beyond it is normally fine.
And although Saturdays in peak season can get busy, it's not often ground-to-a-halt busy, just slow, especially in bad weather, and it really does depend on the time of day.
German car hire tends in my experience to be more expensive than Austrian though, and there may be extra charges for winter tyres which are standard on hire cars in Austria (don't know that they're not in Germany, just saying it's good to check), and you will have to buy the motorway vignette when you reach Austria, so make sure you are comparing the whole cost of flying to Munich rather than just the fare IYSWIM.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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casnbs, I'd say avoid friday afternoon/evening. Normally it's a breeze.
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As per waynos, it's motorway all the way so a very easy drive (probably a slightly over 2 hours though), and although it can get busy, it improves after the turnoff at Rosenheim for Kufstein/Kitz/Skiwelt etc, and then again at Traunstein for the road to Saalfelden/Zell/Saalbach etc. The worst bit is the first third. Getting closer to Salzburg and beyond it is normally fine.
And although Saturdays in peak season can get busy, it's not often ground-to-a-halt busy, just slow, especially in bad weather, and it really does depend on the time of day.
German car hire tends in my experience to be more expensive than Austrian though, and there may be extra charges for winter tyres which are standard on hire cars in Austria (don't know that they're not in Germany, just saying it's good to check), and you will have to buy the motorway vignette when you reach Austria, so make sure you are comparing the whole cost of flying to Munich rather than just the fare IYSWIM.
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When I hired at Munich Airport with Avis in Xmas 2006 summer tyres were standard so you had to pay extra for winter tyres and/or for snow chains.
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