Heiligenblut Travel Guide

 Kettleman Says:  Marmot's live across a large part of Europe and Asia from the Alps right across to Mongolia and the far east.They are rumoured to be elusive and difficult to find. So get your camera and go on a marmot hunt. 

 Kettleman Says:  When up on the Grossglockner, you've sated yourself on the marvellous roads, avoided the car drivers and their passengers, and the hikers, oh and the cyclists (respect to the pedal brigade!), then take some time to have a cool down and visit the visitor centre.See the web... 

 Kettleman Says:  This is high on the list of things every biker must do when touring abroad. Possibly only the Stelvio Pass in Italy is more highly rated.From the moment you sit at the foot of the Pass by the toll booths at the northern end of the Hochalpenstrasse the anticipation builds.... 

 globetrott Says:  Swarovski-Warte is the name of the great observation-point high above Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Hoehe, you may see it on my picture, reaching out of the parking-house like a giant crystall ! The name of Swarowski does in this case not stand for the well-known cristall works of... 

 globetrott Says:  The austrian emperor Kaiser Franz-Josef was hiking in 1856, in the age of 26 years, from Heiligenblut in direction to the Grossglockner and he reached the area that is still called after him and is nowadays the central place for most of the tourist activities. From there you... 

 globetrott Says:  Berggasthof "Edelweiß-Hütte" has perfect panorama-view from the terrace and and from the restaurant and so I dedided to take my coffe and cake there. Edelweiss-spitze is the highest place that you may drive to in Grossglockner-Hochalpenstrasse and it is also a great place to... 

 globetrott Says:  Exploring Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse without your own car makes sense and is a lot cheaper as well, as you totally save the fee for the toll-road. There is 1-2 buses daily and all of them will have a stop of 30 minutes at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Hoehe, so you dont see that... 

 globetrott Says:  The Gletscherbahn is a funicular that takes you down from Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Hoehe to Pasterze-glacier. Of course you can just as well hike down to the glacier, but the path is quite steep and slippery,so the funicular makes sense for most tourists. 

 globetrott Says:  Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse is a toll-road and at first sight it looks quite expensive, BUT with that fee you dont only get the toll for the road, but in fact also all of the parking-fees and entry-fees to all museums along the road to Heiligenblut.Some of the hotels in... 

 globetrott Says:  Motorradhimmel Großglockner / Biker's heaven is a new project in the aea in order to improove the facilities along Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse for motor-bikers. So they will find lots of garages and changing rooms or shelter-rooms for bad weather conditions. At Kaiser... 

 globetrott Says:  Even when you dont intend to taste the great Kasierschmarrn in Restaurant Fuschertoerl, you still should take a look for the great decorations inside of the restaurant, they include many animals that you will hardy ever see in the free nature. 

 globetrott Says:  The weather may change quickly from one minute to the other and it might be sunshine at the northern part of Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse and storm and snow at the southern part, south of Fuschertoerl or vice versa. Above 2000 meters sealevel it may snow even in the best... 

 globetrott Says:  Wildpark Ferleiten is a small zoo at the large parking, before you enter Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse from the northern side in Fusch an der Glocknerstrasse. There you are in a hight of 1145m above sea-level already and may see more than 200 animals of the area like bears,...