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GPS Coordinates

1 -- Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Decimal Lat: 47.49386 / Lon: 11.104082
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in a nutshell

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is nestled in a broad valley at the confluence of the Loisach, a tributary river with its source in Tyrol, and the Partnach, a mountain stream springing from the Wetterstein Mountain Range. Surrounded by the Ammer Mountain Range to the northwest, the Ester Mountains to the east and the Wetterstein Mountain Range to the south which includes Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.

Summer Outdoor Activities

Hiking trails (300 km, 100 km thereof are usable even in the winter; guided tours are available as well), Nordic walking (guided tours available as well), rock climbing (21 routes with various degrees of difficulty from 3 to 8, bicycling / mountain biking (453 km of cycling routes), kayaking / canoeing, rafting, archery, hang gliding / paragliding, lakes for swimming and boating (row boats and paddle boats): Lake Riessersee, and Lake Pflegersee), golf (Golf Club Garmisch-Partenkirchen e. V., Golf Club Werdenfels e.V.)

Winter Outdoor Activities

alpine skiing/snowboarding, cross-country skiing (110 km ski runs, classic and skating-style, night skiing), biathlon event for guests, tobogganing/night tobogganing (Hausberg sledding track 3.9 km), snowshoeing, winter hiking, winter Nordic walking (guided tours available as well)

Indoor Activities

swimming/sauna (Alpsitz-Wellenbad Swimming Pool), health and spa centres available in selected hotels, badminton/tennis (Indoor Hausberg), ice skating/"Eisstockschießen“ (similar to curling)/curling (Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum, the Olympia ice sports centre), air gun shooting (in the Garmisch Kurhaus).

Health and Wellness

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a premium class health resort with healing climate ("Heilklimatischer Kurort"); exercise therapy in a therapeutic climate; 140 km of high-altitude hiking paths, Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a "WellVital-Ort", i.e. a place offering a wide range of spa facilities and spa hotels that are called "WellVital" hotels; the spa's municipal park offers a concert series from May to September; bare foot path; an information path on the respiratory tract; numerous health service providers.

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