Großglockner Hochalpenstraße RoadThe Großglockner Hochalpenstraße Road is Austria’s tourist attraction number 2 (after Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna), measured in the total amount of visitors it attracts. It is a road up to the glacier by the Großglockner, with 3798 metres the highest mountain of Austria and one of the highest of Europe.
The Großglockner Hochalpenstraße Road was built between 1930 and 1935, much like the Gaisberg Panoramastraße to fight unemployment and boost tourism in Salzburg. It is in within the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, and so you could be lucky and observe the ibex or more likely marmots at the Franz-Josefs-Höhe. Großglockner: Austria's number two attractionSignposts and little museums that are included in the road fee make the ride over the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße Road an experience that rivals Disneyland – but much less tacky. It peaks at Austria’s longest glacier, the Pasterze and if you want to cross the Alps, you can go towards Heiligenblut in Carinthia – but in that case you would leave Salzburg, and honestly, you don’t want that, do you?
The road is generally open from May to November; keep in mind that you enter high alpine terrain, so even if you go in August, leaving the city of Salzburg at boiling 30 degrees Celsius, bring a warm jacket and expect possible snowfalls. The road office in the valley will inform you about any possible obstacles, so there is no safety issue involved. Linkshttp://www.grossglockner.at/
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