 Poster: A snowHead
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Now that I've got accomodation booked and we're set on St Anton, any advice on best route to drive from Munich Airport.
Google maps suggests either a bit of a loop round the east side of Munich to cross the border at Worgl, a more direct route south via Munich centre to Garmish, or head out west via Memmingen to skirt the edge of Liechtenstein. All predicted to be about 3 hours.
Thanks
Brian
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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 done the route in January by car from Munich to St Anton and took the longer motorway route around to the East of Munich and it was an extremely easy...dare I say pleasant drive.
I have done the direct route South in the past and kept getting stuck on the smaller roads behind lorries/coaches
All the best
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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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It really depends on what time of day. If you are leaving Munich early, i.e about 6:30AM, then the direct route via Garmisch and over Fernpass is best. You have to get there before the Dutch! Otherwise I would go the long way round via Innsbruck, even if it is a lot further (about 80Km IIRC)
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Or train from Innsbruck/Friedrichshafen /Zurich?
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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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brianr, Autobahn via Innsbruck (can get busy though) or train via Munich/ Rosenheim/ Kufstein/ Innsbruck is increasingly my preferred option.
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brianr, I've used the western route quite often when leaving from the Munich area. It is an easy run down via the Lindau autobahn (A96) and then on into Austria at Bregenz. The road from Bregenz to the Arlberg sometimes gets busy, the Pfändertunnel for example can be closed in alternate directions (Blockanfertigung) to allow both lanes to be used for one direction at a time. This can lead to some jams at peak periods on Saturdays and some Sundays, but most of those days are over now for the ski season.
From the airport you take the motorway towards Munich (A92) and then stay on it following the signs to Stuttgart before switching to the A99 when it is signposted Lindau. Once on the A99 you follow the Lindau signs until you come to the A96, then it is straightforward staying put until Lindau/Bregenz.
The eastern motorway route is still liable to jam up at weekends as it is a major east/west transport link. Last Saturday the A8 and A93 both had long jams on them at various times in both directions, whereas the western route via the A96 was free all weekend.
I dislike the Fern Pass route as the chances of getting stuck behind something slow are just too high for my liking. But it is the shortest route.
Whichever route you use, do stick to the speed limits indicated as there is a push on right now to cut down on speeding. The Austrian police like nothing better than to catch cars with German number plates. Many of the Tirol motorways/dual carriges ways have 100km limits enforced all the time. Your hire car will be a target because of its plates!
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys, much appreciated.
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