Austrian Route

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Chaps,

My dad and I are in the advanced stages of planning our little jaunt to April's Rechberg Hillclimb in Austria. On the return leg we will be driving from Salzburg to Wolfach in the Black Forest. I've plotted a route which looks fairly rural but not chronically slow past Chiemsee and Lake Constance. I really don't know the area though and any thoughts / guidance on the best way to go would be enormously appreciated. I'll be documenting the trip in full; discussing roads, accommodation, the racing, museums and the many little nuances of an awesome road trip.

Cheers,

Chev.

[PTT]

Visit http://www.autosalon-singen.de/ or http://zeppelin-museum.de/home_en.html
both at Lake Constance.
Drive on the B500 through the Black Forest.

Edited by PTT on Tuesday 17th February 09:27

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Oh no! The last thing we need is another awesome museum. At the moment, we have five museums incorporated into a two week trip. Thanks so the tip-off though, we’ll see how time works out.

One of the reasons for the stay at Wolfach is the B500 which, I have it on good authority, is ruddy brilliant.

[dcb]

chevronb37 said:

On the return leg we will be driving from Salzburg to Wolfach in the Black Forest.

...

I really don't know the area though and any thoughts / guidance on the best way to go would be enormously appreciated.

It's a 500 km run, so quite a way in one day across Southern
Germany and the Alps.

I have spent many happy years in the area and I'd recommend
for a first timer the following route:

Salzburg - Rosenheim - Kufstein - Innsbruck
- Feldkirch - Friedrichshafen - Singen - Rottweil - Wolfach.

A route for someone more experienced would be to get to Kufstein,
put the sat-nav on shortest route for Lichenstein and then Wolfach.
This will show you a lot of mountains and may take more than all day.

BTW, I've never understood the fascination with the Black Forest,

Ok it is nicely rural, but with the Alps only an hour or two
South, it's always going to be beaten in the tourist stakes.

A bit like having a Premier Division football team on your doorstep,
then driving 100 miles to watch some Third Division team.

Still, each to their own ;->

[dcb]

chevronb37 said:

On the return leg we will be driving from Salzburg to Wolfach in the Black Forest.

...

I really don't know the area though and any thoughts / guidance on the best way to go would be enormously appreciated.

It's a 500 km run, so quite a way in one day across Southern
Germany and the Alps.

I have spent many happy years in the area and I'd recommend
for a first timer the following route:

Salzburg - Rosenheim - Kufstein - Innsbruck
- Feldkirch - Friedrichshafen - Singen - Rottweil - Wolfach.

A route for someone more experienced would be to get to Kufstein,
put the sat-nav on shortest route for Lichenstein and then Wolfach.
This will show you a lot of mountains and may take more than all day.

BTW, I've never understood the fascination with the Black Forest,

Ok it is nicely rural, but with the Alps only an hour or two
South, it's always going to be beaten in the tourist stakes.

A bit like having a Premier Division football team on your doorstep,
then driving 100 miles to watch some Third Division team.

Still, each to their own ;->

[chevronb37]

Thanks very much for the advice. I plotted that route and it looks good. It's a big old day of driving so we might stop a few miles short of Wolfach. We've got an empty day just to cover some miles so 500-odd kms will be a long day but hopefully fun.

As for the Black Forest fascination...well, I've never been before, we need to get back north one way or another and we've tried a few Alpine passes and thought this might be fun :-)