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We're going to Hopfgarten in the Skiwelt in a few weeks, flying into Munich, and I'm now trying to sort the best way to get from Munich Airport to Hopfgarten. I'd been thinking of hiring a car, but can it be done easily by train (carrying skis), and if so how do I find out how much it costs and book it?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We did Munich to Hopfgarten in Feb a couple years ago, very easy by car. Parking in the village not a prob. Don't forget to buy a vignette at a services near the border. Can advise if you need accomm options.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Skiwi 55 wrote: |
| We did Munich to Hopfgarten in Feb a couple years ago, very easy by car. Parking in the village not a prob. Don't forget to buy a vignette at a services near the border. Can advise if you need accomm options. |
Thanks, did you bother with snow chains? We're going in March.
We've booked the Haus Lukas which will hopefully be good.
How did you find Hopfgarten? Was the skiing good?
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@sugarmoma666,
We're doing Ellmau from Munich by train at half term. It's the first time we've done it by train, but another family we meet there do it every year. I usually hire a car, but fed up with the scrum at the airport. Thinking is public transport will probably end up quicker as well as cheaper.
It was 81 Euro for 2 kids & 2 adults return to Kufstein on the train. Return taxi booked from the station to the hotel was about 100.
You can drive to Ellmau without a vignette so you must be able to do Hopfgarten as well, just come off the motorway the last junction inside Germany. Do a search here, I'm sure Samerberg Sue has posted the route.
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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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| musher wrote: |
@sugarmoma666,
We're doing Ellmau from Munich by train at half term. It's the first time we've done it by train, but another family we meet there do it every year. I usually hire a car, but fed up with the scrum at the airport. Thinking is public transport will probably end up quicker as well as cheaper.
It was 81 Euro for 2 kids & 2 adults return to Kufstein on the train. Return taxi booked from the station to the hotel was about 100.
You can drive to Ellmau without a vignette so you must be able to do Hopfgarten as well, just come off the motorway the last junction inside Germany. Do a search here, I'm sure Samerberg Sue has posted the route. |
How did you book the trains? Is that using the Bayern Ticket on DBahn?
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Apologies, it was actually 88 Euro. Booked online at:
https://www.bahn.com/
I think it was a Schoenes Wochenende ticket. That was what came up as the option when I did it, but I'm pretty sure a Bayern ticket does the same job.
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| musher wrote: |
@sugarmoma666,
You can drive to Ellmau without a vignette so you must be able to do Hopfgarten as well, just come off the motorway the last junction inside Germany. Do a search here, I'm sure Samerberg Sue has posted the route. |
Yes that's true, if you're staying put you can get to Skiwelt on the local roads so no need for a vignette. We did a couple day trips at St Anton so needed it for the motorways.
@sugarmoma666,
We found Hopfgarten as good a spot as any to get round the Skiwelt, quiet traditional village, the gondola is a 5 minute walk and takes you straight to the top of Hohe Salve so you're straight into the action. Good schnitzel at Gastof Traube and beers at the Rundell at the bottom of the home run, which unfortunately is also the village's achilles heel... west facing so gets the full brunt of the sun, so all slush and chop lower down on a sunny day. Lovely view to come back to though, onion domes of the church with the sun setting behind  have fun!
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@Skiwi 55, did you spot where the Haus Lukas is whilst you were there?
I like skiing in slush (unlike many people) so I might quite like the home run (or may just come down on the lift  )
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@sugarmoma666, you'd have been happy this last week then. Big slush fest. Good fun to ski in, but sometime a little sticky.
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| sugarmoma666 wrote: |
@Skiwi 55, did you spot where the Haus Lukas is whilst you were there?
I like skiing in slush (unlike many people) so I might quite like the home run (or may just come down on the lift ) |
Can't remember the Haus Lukas, wouldn't have been hard to find but we didn't really do too much wandering. We were at the top end of town near the church, mate's landlord has an apartment on Schmalzgasse, near the few clubs. Found it a bit too quiet for 5 lads on a Fri night hence the day trips to St Anton. Thurs night flight after work, drive to the town, arrive midnight, skiing Fri/Sat/Sun, flight back Sun night. That's how easy it was, Munich is a great airport as well, don't know why more folk don't choose it as an Alpine gateway.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@sugarmoma666, it's on the corner of brixentaler straße and a street called Lukasfeld. You can find it easily if you zoom in to Hopfgarten on Google Maps.
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