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Murnau am Staffelsee works well as a base: 10 minutes from Uffing, 12km from Kesselberg Road.
Murnau am Staffelsee is in Bavaria, Germany, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Uffing, about 5 km away.
Murnau am Staffelsee (often shortened to Murnau) is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany.
The market originated in the 12th century around Murnau Castle. Murnau is on the edge of the Bavarian Alps, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Munich. Directly toRead more
its west is the Staffelsee lake and to the south are the peaks and ridges of the Ammergau Alps beginning with the Hörnle and extending up to the Ettaler Manndl, southwest of the Wetterstein. This mountain range is formed by the Zugspitze and the Alpspitze in the south as well as the Estergebirge with their striking Kistenkar and the Walchensee mountains including Heimgarten and Herzogstand in the southeast.
To the south, the is the largest continuous wetland of its kind in Central Europe.
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Within an hour or so of Murnau am Staffelsee: Kesselberg Road (12 km), Oberammergau (14 km), Linderhof Palace (22 km), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (22 km).
The nearest famous roads are Kesselberg Road, Deutsche Alpenstrasse and Romantic Road (Romantische Straße).
Murnau am Staffelsee is in Bavaria, Germany, about 5 km from Uffing.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
Full driving guide for Germany8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
Bavaria's most celebrated driving road: the B11 climbs in tight switchbacks from Kochelsee to Walchensee over the 858 m Kesselberg, a historic hillclimb course beloved by motorcyclists since the 1900s.
12 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A picturesque Bavarian village famous for its Passion Play performed every ten years and its traditional Lüftlmalerei painted houses.
14 km · about 25 min drive
castle
The smallest of Ludwig II's three palaces, set in ornate gardens inspired by Versailles in the Graswang Valley.
22 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A renowned winter sports and mountaineering hub at the foot of the Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak.
22 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
A UNESCO rococo pilgrimage church standing alone in Alpine meadows, an explosion of white-and-gold baroque interior.
23 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
A thundering 700m gorge near Garmisch with footpaths carved into rock walls beneath crashing waterfalls and ice formations.
24 km · about 30 min drive
famous road
Germany's oldest holiday road winding 450km along the Bavarian Alps past lakes, castles and mountain passes from Lindau to Berchtesgaden.
28 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A vivid blue reservoir crossed by a graceful bridge on the German Alpine Road, gateway to the Karwendel mountains.
28 km · about 30 min drive
April to October
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