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Oberammergau Hiking Sights

The region around Oberammergau offers wonderful possibilities for hiking.May it be flat tracks in the valley or mountain tours - Oberammergau offers the hiker a rich selection of possibilities. And if you like accompanied hiking, we offer at least two guided hiking tours a week.

Oberammergau can be reached by the train RB Murnau - Oberammergau as well as by the busses 1084 and 9606 from Garmisch-Partenkirchen; Cloister Ettal can be reached by the busses 1084 and 9606 from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberammergau respectively (time-table)

* Duration of the hike approx. 3 hours
* Low scale treading capability required
* Possibilitites of stopping at an inn along the way: Gasthaus Romanshöhe, different restaurants and cafes in Oberammergau and Unterammergau

Beginning at the Ammergauer Haus, you walk right along the Eugen-Papst-Strasse until you reach the Bahnhofstraße. Take a left in the direction of the train station and cross the Ammer. Keep right after the bridge and follow the river. Flower meadows accompany your hike and lead you to the nature reserve “Pulvermoos”, a remnant of the Ammer glacier which filled the valley during the last ice age (until about 10,000 years ago).
Shortly after the border of the village of Unterammergau, you cross the railway tracks of the Ammer Valley Railway. If you feel like a detour to the wildly romantic Schleifmühlenklamm (grinding mill crest) of about 40 minutes, go straight on in the direction of the church across the B23.

Otherwise continue right along the road to the level grade crossing with barriers. Following the railway, you turn right into the Weiherweg until you reach the border of the village and then follow the road in the direction of Romanshöhe (marked by a yellow triangle). You slowly make an ascent until you reach a beautiful viewpoint of the Ammer Valley and the surrounding meadows at the cross. After about 2 km you reach the Berggasthof Romanshöhe. After that you have the possibility of a direct descent to Oberammergau (30 minutes). Otherwhise, you follow the left turn-off (”Altherrenweg”), on which the road leads you through wonderful meadows and along shady ditches. Again and again you are rewarded with a view of Oberammergau with the Laber (left) and the Kofel (right). Read more