Surroundings
The surroundings of Farchant have a lot to offer!
Enjoy the great outdoors - Farchant offers a large choice of hiking trails, from easy walks to more demanding mountain hikes, in the Wetterstein mountains, Ammer mountains or Ester mountains on which you can savour the beauty of the Zugspitz region. In winter challenges for skiers of all abilities can be found in the diverse ski area Garmisch-Classic encompassing 40 km pistes and the famous Kandahar downhill run. You can reach the Top of Germany with the new Zugspitz Cable Car or the nostalgic cog wheel train. Enjoy an impressive panorama right on the top the highest ski resort of Germany at an altitude of 2720 meters above sea level encompassing 20 km of pistes. There is hardly anything you cannot do in Farchant and its surroundings.
Sights and excursions in the Zugspitzland:
- Kuhflucht waterfalls
- Partnach gorge and Hollental gorge
- Zugspitze
- Bavarian Zugspitz Railway
- Jubilee Crest
- Alpspitze and AlpspiX
- Forest adventure path & philosophers path
- Climbing forest Wank
- Kramer plateau path
- Hot outdoor pool Farchant
- Ski resort Garmisch - Classic: Hausberg and Kreuzeck
- Ski resort Zugspitze
- Ski lift am Ried
- Olympia Skis-jumping hill
- Lakes like Eibsee and Walchensee
- Linderhof Palace
- King´s house on Schachen
- Museums
- Neuschwanstein castle
- Oberammergau - passion play