Berchtesgaden
by globetrott
Berchtesgaden is a wonderful place for a vacation and I hope to be there again in 2007. For the Olympic Games in 2014 Berchtesgaden is applying togeather with the City of Salzburg, that is just in a short distance from there - the bus takes about 1 hour and by car it is best to drive in direction of Hallein and take the small road at Anif.
Another possibility is driving to Bad Reichenhall and from there to berchtesgaden ! I will add some links here for my future travels, they might also be helpful for you :
www.bglt.de
the nationalpark of Berchtesgaden
Tourism in Berchtesgaden
Wetter in Berchtesgaden
Private accomodations
Ramsau - the church
by iandsmith
The Ramsau parish church with the Reiteralpe mountains in the background is a much photographed scene and I confess I found its attraction quite magnetic as you can clearly see in pics 1,2 & 5.
Josef Mohr, the man who penned the lyrics to Silent Night, preached here. Walking up the hill to get a better shot of the church I received a surprise when I came across this ordered cemetery (1 & 5) whose recently lit candles and well tended graves with flowers, many of them live, came as a surprise.
Skiing
by Skanska
Consider going skiing if you get the chance. I guess Austria and Switzerland is a more alluring destination for this, but it's definitely possible in Berchtesgaden and well worth the trouble. Although the snow has been scarce this season they are doing all they can to get the slopes operational. By the way, the lack of snow is the same all over the Alps.
Nonntal - the oldest street of Berchtesgaden
by globetrott
Nonntal (valley of the nuns) is the name of the oldest street in Berchtesgaden and when you have some time left you should take a walk there in order to see some of the typical buildings with great architecture. There is also a large carpark there, from where you may start to explore the city of Berchtesgaden easily and while walking towards the Schloss you will always see the Watzmann (the scenic mountain-group with the 2 peaks) in the distance. Many ledgends are told about Watzmann, there is even a musical about it "Der Watzmann ruft" (Watzmann is calling)
The eagle's nest
by Manara
The place is on top of a mountain and the view from there is really wonderful.
It is also interesting because of its history. It was built by Martin Bormann as a present from the Nazist Party to Adolf Hitler. However, Hitler did not go there often and preferred to stay at the Berghof, a more grandiose mansion down in the valley.
The locals hated both places (in addition to many other good reasons to hate Hitler, the construction of both houses meant that land was confiscated, stables were demolished because they spoilt the view etc) so at the end of the war the Berghof was destroyed, however, the Eagle's Nest was kept, as well as the narrow road and the elevator that were built to reach it.
There is a restaurant there now, and it gives me some pleasure to think that many of those who now enjoy themselves there are the very people that the former owner of the place wanted to destroy.
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Lets get inside its raining
Hill up to the cemetery
Landing looking towards Obersee
Koenigsbachfall
