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drive from salzburg to galtur
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hi

off to galtur/ischgl in Feb. with regard to the drive I'm going to follow the sat nav and go via Germany then down into tirol.
is there any advice on places to go via as we have a few hours to use up on the way

thanks in advance
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If you are self catering, there is a supermarket before Ischgl which is cheaper than resort. Also, as you skirt Innsbruck there is a large out of town shopping complex with lots of different outlets. You could visit the Olympic ski jump in Innsbruck, again not far from the motorway if it is open. How people had the courage to do that I just don't know! ( says me nursing a broken leg obtained from an extreme dog walk in the park!) An easy journey though.
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@mugen, depending on when you are driving in February, you may find many of your hours used up in traffic jams along the way! wink

However, a really easy shopping centre to reach from the autobahns is to be found at Wörgl just off the A12. Take the Wörgl-West exit (second one and by far the easiest to negotiate) and follow the signs back into Wörgl. At the second roundabout (just after the big indoor swimming pool - Wörgler WasserWelt) you will see a Hofer (Austrian Aldi), an Interspar supermarket and an Avanti petrol station. Take the second exit on the right to access the car parks.

Here you will be able to purchase just about everything you need. I was shopping there yesterday and often make the trip from my home as it is the easiest to reach by far. Austrian Hofer stores sell many of the same products as the German ones, but is considerably cheaper for some reason unknown to me.

Make sure your Sat-Nav is up to date - a 100km/h speed limit came into force on 20th November along the entire A12 from the border at Kufstein to just west of Innsbruck. Lots of new fixed cameras and mobile ones are making sure that it is a profitable change. Evil or Very Mad
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thank you very much for the information.

this is the first time I've been away skiing during feb half term, I checked the Austrian school hols and it looks like there are only two states on holiday that week (14-21) but didn't check other countries.

thanks so much for the info re speeding, I have been known to have heavy right foot Smile
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@mugen, The slopes may not be so crowded, but the roads will be on that day with folks both coming AND going home. I travel over to the Ski amadé area every weekend in the ski season to manage some holiday apartments for friends - I leave my place at 06.30 at the latest to make sure I avoid the traffic and have time to clean the places after one group leaves and the next arrives.

Bavaria and Saarland begin their holidays that day, Sachsen (Saxony) is continuing theirs, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Sachsen-Anhalt are ending theirs. That is just the German states Toofy Grin The Dutch southern area begins their holiday on that Saturday as do several of the Polish areas. The Danes don't have centrally set holidays as each school is free to set its own (which is probably why we see so many of their cars down here at odd periods). Add various other countries to the mix like Belgium, Eastern France and the UK and we have an "interesting" situation.

The shops will be open until 18.00 for sure, some maybe be open up to 20.00 but there are no guarantees outside of the skiing areas. There are no 24/7 supermarkets as found in the UK these days. If you are caught in traffic and running late, there is an Aldi just off the A8 at Junction 107 Felden (on the shores of Chiemsee) that is definitely open until 19:00 on Saturdays as I've used it myself if I'm late coming back from a changeover.
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again thanks so much.. Christ should make for an interesting time.
will be leaving Salzburg airport at around 14:00 so no doubt will be in time to catch the best of the traffic, nice to have company on the roads.

mind you I don't get too bothered sitting in jams, nothing you can do so no point stressing it, I guess could also say it gives a good chance to take in the scenery Smile, always look for the good. I was looking to leave Galtur at 05:30 on the 21st for the reason of jams etc depending on weather that day.

Myself and girlfriend have been learning German so looking forward to mangling a language Smile thanks for info on the supermarkets as well, great info. stuck all this stuff on the tablet, also got felden aldi in the sat nav. I like to be organised.. which means I'll probably forget my skis Smile
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@mugen, if you are landing at 14:00 you may actually be on the back of the travel "wave" so to speak. By the time you've cleared baggage and got your car sorted, the worst should be over and the day trippers will not have started their return journeys yet. Make sure you have a vignette before you hit the motorway in Austria by the way, ASFINAG do not make any allowances whatsoever if you are caught. Check with the hire desk at the airport what the set-up is.

The Aldi at Felden is a good one but does get cleaned out by those who know about it on their way by - loads of Eastern European cars in there most days as well as other nationalities. If you are making good time, head for Wörgl as that is a proper shopping centre with a choice of supermarkets (Hofer and Interspar). As these serve the local permanent populations they have a good choice as well as reasonable prices.
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once again danke schon

in process of checking with rental company right now.
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@mugen, if it does not come with one, then buy it at one of the nearby garages (there's a BP on the left of the road from the airport to the A1). Alternatively use the normal road to get across the border crossing at Walserberg (go right at the first lights and stay on that road until you cross the border), It is called the B1 Innsbrucker Bundesstrasse then its name changes to the Walserberg Bundesstrasse after you go under the A1 at Salzburg West. This means you can buy your vignette at any of the service areas between the border at Walserberg and where you cross back into Austria at Kufstein. The last place you can pick one up is the service area at Kiefersfelden which is at the end of the A93 Rosenheim to Kufstein motorway.

The price for a 10-day Vignette is 8.70 Euro for 2015 (up from 8.50 Euro in 2014)
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thanks so much for the info.
all checked and looks like I have all the vignettes I need as part of the hire agreement.
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