…because the good is so close. True words. You don’t have to travel far away by plane or cruise ship if you want to experience something on vacation. Less than an hour’s drive south of Munich, Lake Tegernsee beckons with its picture-book idyll of Upper Bavaria. This is where the travel professionals from Feuer und Eis Touristik live and work. And offer all kinds of exciting hiking tours from and around their Tegernsee.
The Feuer und Eis travel agency is located where others go on vacation — on the southern shore of Lake Tegernsee. If you look south from the modern, two-storey office building in Rottach-Egern, you can see the Wallberg with its famous little church. The Sareiters live and work here on Lake Tegernsee. In 1933, Sebald Sareiter chauffeured vacationers from Tegernsee to Venice. Today, his grandson Wolfgang and his team take more than 10,000 hikers over all the mountains every summer. This makes Feuer und Eis Touristik the market leader when it comes to Alpine crossings for hikers. Anyone who lives on Lake Tegernsee automatically looks south. Just like the Sareiters. So it’s a no-brainer to start a crossing of the Alps right on their doorstep. Which is exactly what the travel pros from Tegernsee did: In 2018, they invented their own crossing of the Alps from Tegernsee to Kitzbühel, into the Dolomites and on to Venice. Their name: On the pulse of the Alps. Every summer, many hikers follow this classic route from Tegernsee southwards. However, Lake Tegernsee is not only a great starting point for crossing the Alps, but also a base for star-shaped day tours. Vacation where others work.
On the pulse of the Alps: from Tegernsee to Kitzbühel. And straight on to the Three Peaks
If you want to feel the pulse of the Alps, the best way is to go hiking. The Pulse of the Alps is not just one crossing of the Alps, but three in a row: in the first week, you hike from Tegernsee to Kitzbühel, then from Kitz to the Three Peaks. And week three takes you from the Dolomites to the lagoon city of Venice. All parts of the trilogy have one thing in common: perfect organization and all-round carefree packages including luggage transfer from hotel to hotel and a comfortable return journey. But let’s get back to the start: most cyclists crossing the Alps naturally start on the shores of Lake Tegernsee, before strolling through the chic pedestrian zone of Kitzbühel a week later. In between, many scenic and cultural highlights await, such as Kufstein, the pearl on the Inn, the Bergdoktorhaus on the Wilder Kaiser and the famous Streif high above the chamois town of Kitzbühel. On the six stages between Tegernsee and Kitzbühel, between 11 and 23 kilometers await hikers every day. And in Kitzbühel at the latest, you can really feel the pulse of the Alps. So what could be more obvious than tackling the second stage from Kitzbühel to the Three Peaks next summer?
The Feuer und Eis travel agency is located where others go on vacation — on the southern shore of Lake Tegernsee. If you look south from the modern, two-storey office building in Rottach-Egern, you can see the Wallberg with its famous little church. The Sareiters live and work here on Lake Tegernsee. In 1933, Sebald Sareiter chauffeured vacationers from Tegernsee to Venice. Today, his grandson Wolfgang and his team take more than 10,000 hikers over all the mountains every summer. This makes Feuer und Eis Touristik the market leader when it comes to Alpine crossings for hikers. Anyone who lives on Lake Tegernsee automatically looks south. Just like the Sareiters. So it’s a no-brainer to start a crossing of the Alps right on their doorstep. Which is exactly what the travel pros from Tegernsee did: In 2018, they invented their own crossing of the Alps from Tegernsee to Kitzbühel, into the Dolomites and on to Venice. Their name: On the pulse of the Alps. Every summer, many hikers follow this classic route from Tegernsee southwards. However, Lake Tegernsee is not only a great starting point for crossing the Alps, but also a base for star-shaped day tours. Vacation where others work.
Very charming: the luxury option from Tegernsee to Sterzing
Over 40,000 successful Alpine crossers are certain: this is the most beautiful long-distance hike in the Northern Alps. That’s how many Feuer-und-Eis customers have hiked the route from Tegernsee via Achensee, Fügen, Mayrhofen, Schlegeis and Pfitscherjoch to Sterzing in South Tyrol since 2015. This makes the seven-stage tour the most popular. And the most flexible too. Whether with or without luggage transfer, individually or as a group tour or as a charm variant — with Tegernsee-Sterzing, every hiker gets exactly what they need. Speaking of the charm variant: with the luxury version of the bestseller, you stay overnight in four-star and four-star superior hotels after your (hiking) work is done, including daily luggage transfer from hotel to hotel. In addition, all transfers such as the Achensee cable car, Spieljoch cable car ride, transfer to the Schlegeis reservoir and the comfortable return transfer from Sterzing to Tegernsee are included in the price. Extra treat for connoisseurs: additional nights before the start of the tour at Lake Tegernsee or after the end of the tour in Vipiteno can be booked flexibly. So Feuer und Eis takes care of a hiking experience of the highest quality. You just have to hike yourself. In other words, a real Tegernsee charm offensive
From Tegernsee in all directions: the white-blue star hike
If you like hiking but don’t want to check into a different hotel every evening, a hike with a fixed location is just the thing for you. In this case, the star hike around Lake Tegernsee. Starting from the three-star Hotel Bellevue directly on the lakeside promenade in Bad Wiessee, there are six day trips, all of which end back at the hotel. So you know what you’ve got. On the second day after arrival, a short seven-kilometre walk awaits — from Gmund via the Tegernseer Höhenweg to Tegernsee. Day two is more demanding: after the morning transfer trip to the Sutten area, you climb the Risserkogel. The next day, you head via the Aueralm to the Fockenstein, one of the most beautiful peaks with views of Lake Tegernsee. After the leisurely hike from Schliersee to Tegernsee on the fourth day of the tour, the Riederstein with its famous chapel clinging to the vertical rock face beckons on day five. On the last day of the tour, you finally hike via Spitzingsee, Rosskopf and Sutten before arriving at the cozy Hotel Bellevue for the last time — and celebrating the successful Tegernsee star tour with a glass of fine wine. Why not add another night?
Five lakes in one go, or: the great lake addiction in the heart of Upper Bavaria
Lined up like a string of crystal-clear pearls in the middle of the mountains of Upper Bavaria: Tegernsee, Schliersee, Spitzingsee, Achensee and Sylvensteinsee. With the exception of the latter, they are all remnants of the last great glacial melt. The next ice age is probably yet to come. What remains are the lakes, which are perfect for hiking around. The best thing to do is to combine all the lakes into one magnificent long-distance hike. It starts, of course, at the home lake of fire and ice, Lake Tegernsee. A variant of the Prinzenweg trail takes you over to Schliersee with its Wasmeier Museum. On the second day of the tour, the small but extremely photogenic Spitzingsee awaits. On day three, you reach Lake Tegernsee again via Suttenstein and Stümpfling. Now you turn south — and discover the Achensee, the Tyrolean fjord. On the fifth day of the tour, you dive deep into the Karwendel Alpine Park and discover the magnificent Sylvensteinsee. The next day you cycle along the Isar to Lenggries. On the seventh and last day of the tour, you finally reach the starting point of Tegernsee again (with bus assistance). After a week, this lake-seeking hiking tour ends here.