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Feu­er und Eis part­ner tour

Crossing the Alps E5 from Oberst­dorf to Mer­ano with CHARME

from 1.749,- per person

  • Duration: 8 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 81 km
  • Altitude: (+) 5980 m
  • Altitude: (-) 5690 m
  • Difficulty:
The E5 is one of the most popu­lar long-distance hiking trails and is not cal­led the most beau­tiful of all Alpi­ne crossings for not­hing. You hike from the green All­gäu through the end­less moun­tain world of Tyrol into the enchan­ting South Tyro­lean Pas­sei­er Val­ley to the Medi­ter­ra­ne­an spa town of Mer­ano. On your jour­ney you will expe­ri­ence a wide varie­ty of moun­tain regi­ons, moun­tain mas­sifs and alpi­ne land­scapes. Fan­ta­stic natu­ral spec­ta­cles with thun­de­ring water­falls, deep­ly car­ved val­leys, exten­si­ve alpi­ne land­scapes, high-alti­tu­de trails and impres­si­ve moun­tain pas­ses await you. Always accom­pa­nied by steep peaks, rug­ged rocky out­crops, distant views and gle­a­ming white gla­ciers. Time and again, alpi­ne pas­tu­res and moun­tain huts tempt you to take a break, and the efforts of the ascents and des­cents are reward­ed by stun­ning moun­tain pan­ora­mas. Crossing the Alps on foot: a dream tour and dream desti­na­ti­on for every moun­tain hiking fan!
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Itinerary / Stages

Jour­ney to Oberstdorf
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Use the after­noon for a walk through Oberst­dorf or get a tas­te of the moun­tain air on the Nebel­horn to get in the mood.
Oberst­dorf — Steeg
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 990m Höhe (-): 900m
Through the magni­fi­cent All­gäu Alps on an impres­si­ve trail through the Sperr­bach­to­bel ravi­ne ste­adi­ly uphill to the Kempt­ner Hüt­te. At the Mäde­l­e­joch pass you cross the bor­der into Aus­tria, whe­re a des­cent into the Lech­tal val­ley awaits. A spec­ta­cu­lar sus­pen­si­on bridge takes you to Holz­gau, whe­re you can admi­re the colorful­ly pain­ted hou­ses on the vil­la­ge square. 
Steeg — St. Anton am Arlberg
Distanz: 15 km Höhe (+): 900m Höhe (-): 1100m
On lonely alpi­ne roads, you hike far into the Sen­nal­pen in the heart of the Lech­tal Alps. The trail takes you to the pass crossing at the Leut­kir­cher Hüt­te, whe­re you can take a break at the rustic moun­tai­nee­ring base. Des­cend towards the Arl­berg and final­ly to the famous win­ter sports resort of St. Anton. 
St. Anton am Arl­berg — Pitztal
Distanz: 11 km Höhe (+): 350m Höhe (-): 1490m
A short train ride to Lan­deck and by cable car to an alti­tu­de of 2,000m. The ridge path over the Venet is breath­ta­king, 360 pan­o­r­amic views of snow-cover­ed moun­ta­ins and rocky heights. You climb two peaks and then rest on the moun­tain pas­tu­re sur­roun­ded by cow­bells. A beau­tiful mea­dow and forest trail takes you into the Pitz­tal valley. 
Pitz­tal — Ötztal
Distanz: 13 km Höhe (+): 1250m Höhe (-): 950m
After a bus ride, you hike fur­ther and fur­ther up the pan­o­r­amic trail to the Braun­schwei­ger Hüt­te. After a refresh­ment stop, you will reach the hig­hest point of your trip, the Pitz­ta­ler Jöchl at an alti­tu­de of almost 3,000m. A good hiking trail leads you fur­ther downhill through the Ret­ten­bach until you take the bus or gon­do­la down the last few meters into the Ötz­tal val­ley. As an alter­na­ti­ve to the alpi­ne rou­te, you can explo­re the Pit­zen­klamm gor­ge on the Luis Tren­ker Steig, along the Inn to the rock­fall area of the Saut­ner For­chet. Via the idyl­lic Lake Pibur­ger See and the spec­ta­cu­lar Wall­ner Bridge along the roaring Ötz­ta­ler Ache into the valley. 
Ötz­tal — Pas­sei­er Valley
Distanz: 15 km Höhe (+): 1000m Höhe (-): 1000m
On old smugg­lers’ paths over the Tim­mels­joch to Ita­ly. Fan­ta­stic paths lead through the sun­ny Tim­mel­s­tal val­ley up to the pass at an alti­tu­de of 2,500m. A won­derful des­cent through the impres­si­ve alpi­ne land­scape and flowe­ring mea­dows, sur­roun­ded by steep rock faces. Ste­adi­ly downhill, you cross the upper Pas­sei­er­tal Val­ley and enjoy a well-ear­ned din­ner in South Tyro­lean hospitality. 
Val Pas­si­ria — Merano
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 1490m Höhe (-): 250m
Fol­lo­wing in the foot­s­teps of free­dom figh­ter Andre­as Hofer, you climb up to the Pfand­ler­alm. On forest paths to the Rif­fel, whe­re a breath­ta­king high-alti­tu­de trail beg­ins: pan­o­r­amic views as far as the eye can see. After a break at the Hir­zer­hüt­te, take the gon­do­la down into the val­ley and catch the bus to Merano/Meran.
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Booking code: AUE-E5-CHARME

Season

14.06.2026 — 21.06.2026 (Arri­val: Thu, Sun)
22.06.2026 — 03.07.2026 (Arri­val: Thu, Sun)
04.07.2026 — 30.08.2026 (Arri­val: Thu, Sat, Sun)
31.08.2026 — 13.09.2026 (Arri­val: Thu, Sun)

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Single room

EUR 2.158,00
EUR 2.318,00
EUR 2.318,00
EUR 2.158,00

Double room*

EUR 1.749,00
EUR 1.909,00
EUR 1.909,00
EUR 1.749,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional nights BEFORE the tour

(14.06.2026 — 13.09.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Oberst­dorf in a sin­gle room incl. breakfast 
(14.06.2026 — 13.09.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Oberst­dorf in a dou­ble room incl. breakfast 

Price per person/night

EUR 230,00
EUR 195,00

Additional nights AFTER the tour

(14.06.2026 — 21.06.2026) extra night AFTER the tour in Mer­ano in a sin­gle room incl. breakfast 
(14.06.2026 — 21.06.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Mer­ano in a dou­ble room incl. breakfast 
(22.06.2026 — 30.08.2026) extra night AFTER the tour in Mer­ano in a sin­gle room incl. breakfast 
(22.06.2026 — 30.08.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Mer­ano in a dou­ble room incl. breakfast 
(31.08.2026 — 13.09.2026) extra night AFTER the tour in Mer­ano in a sin­gle room incl. breakfast 
(31.08.2026 — 13.09.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Mer­ano in a dou­ble room incl. breakfast 

Price per person/night

EUR 224,00
EUR 189,00
EUR 254,00
EUR 219,00
EUR 224,00
EUR 189,00

Additional transfers

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Coll­ec­ti­ve trans­fer (with cen­tral boar­ding and ali­ght­ing point) from Mer­ano to Oberst­dorf (min. 2 peo­p­le, daily)

Price

EUR 59,00

Services

Included services
  • Indi­vi­du­al hiking (no group tours)
  • 7 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted char­ming hotels (most­ly 4**** hotels)
  • 7 x breakfast
  • Lug­ga­ge trans­fer from hotel to hotel
  • 1 x ori­gi­nal Lech­weg cheese from the Sojer natu­ral cheese dairy in Steeg
  • 1 x ascent with the Venet cable car
  • 1 x des­cent with the Hir­zer cable car
  • 1 x train ride St. Anton — Landeck
  • Per­so­nal tour information
  • Well-pre­pared rou­te guidance
  • Detail­ed digi­tal tra­vel docu­ments (1 per person)
  • Prac­ti­cal felt bag for your tra­vel docu­ments (1x per room)
  • Prin­ted tra­vel docu­ments inclu­ding rou­te book available at the hotel
  • Navi­ga­ti­on app and GPS data 
  • 7‑day worry-free ser­vice hotline
Excluded services
  • Arri­val and departure 
  • Par­king fees
  • Local and visi­tor’s taxes, if due
  • Tra­vel by public trans­port to the start of the hike or to the hotel accom­mo­da­ti­on, approx. 10,- per per­son (lon­ger tra­vel time: Wenns Pitz­tal, depen­ding on hotel accom­mo­da­ti­on, approx. 15 to 30 min).
  • Lunch and din­ner, as well as drinks and tips
  • Optio­nal visits

Additional information

Return jour­ney
Return jour­ney from Mer­ano to Oberst­dorf by train in approx. 8 hours (chan­ge trains 3 times) or orga­ni­zed return transfer.
Par­king
Hotel gara­ge, cos­ts approx. 8,- to 12,- per day (limi­t­ed num­ber). The­re is paid par­king near the hotel, from approx. 7,- per day (www.parken-ok.com).
Arri­val
BY TRAIN: Rail jour­ney to Oberst­dorf and a short walk or bus ride to the start hotel. PLANE: Munich air­port, by train to Oberst­dorf in approx. 2.5 hours, or Mem­min­gen air­port and by train to Oberst­dorf in approx. 1 hour. 
Tour cha­rac­ter
Alpi­ne hikes with wal­king times of 4 to 6 hours. Some of the hikes are in high alpi­ne are­as, so hiking expe­ri­ence is requi­red. Sure-foo­ted­ness, a head for heights and a good level of fit­ness are requi­red. The first two hiking days are of an alpi­ne natu­re, on the remai­ning days you can opt for a more lei­su­re­ly val­ley vari­ant or take a short­cut by public transport. 
Other notes
To ensu­re a stress-free start to the trip, we recom­mend arri­ving at the start­ing point by ear­ly evening in most cases. Some tours start as ear­ly as mid­day, in which case we recom­mend arri­ving the day befo­re and will be hap­py to book an extra night for you at the same time. The indi­vi­du­al return jour­ney takes place on the last day of the tour. The kilo­me­ters are appro­xi­ma­te and may dif­fer from the actu­al kilo­me­ters cover­ed. This tour is not sui­ta­ble for peo­p­le with redu­ced mobility. 
Mini­mum num­ber of participants
If a mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is requi­red for the tour to take place, this is sta­ted under Pri­ces and ser­vices. If the mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is not rea­ched, we reser­ve the right to can­cel the trip up to four weeks befo­re the date of arri­val. We recom­mend that you do not orga­ni­ze your arri­val and depar­tu­re until after this dead­line has passed.
Insu­ran­ces
Tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on insu­rance inclu­ding tra­vel inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance is recom­men­ded in any case. Infor­ma­ti­on can be found at: https://www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/reiseversicherung
7‑day care­free number
No mat­ter how well plan­ned a trip is, in rare cases unex­pec­ted things hap­pen. At such times, it’s nice to have someone you can rely on on site. For this reason, you will have a local cont­act per­son on our indi­vi­du­al acti­vi­ty tours who will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with infor­ma­ti­on and, as sta­ted in the tra­vel docu­ments, can be cont­ac­ted in an emergency.
Part­ner tour
This trip is orga­ni­zed by our part­ner agen­cy. You will the­r­e­fo­re recei­ve the agen­cy’s tra­vel docu­ments. On this trip you use the navi­ga­ti­on app of our part­ner agency.

Travel carefree with us

More safety. Exclusively at Feuer und Eis.

If something should happen along the way, you are well covered:
ERGO travel insurance, which is only included with Feuer und Eis, covers search, rescue and recovery costs of up to €10,000.

Even in the event of more serious accidents, the insurance cover is reliable and supports you or your relatives with clearly defined assistance and cash benefits.
Depending on the case, benefits of up to €50,000 are covered.

Bicycle protection

If something comes up on the road, you stay mobile.
Breakdown, accident or theft: ERGO's exclusive travel insurance with Feuer und Eis covers repairs or additional travel costs - quickly and easily.

Details and conditions can be found under Feuer und Eis travel insurance.

Being sustainable together

We are delighted to have been able to make a difference together with the Tegernsee vacation region since September 2020. Whether cultural, economic or natural sustainability, every aspect and every action is a positive step for the region in which we live. Together with other companies in the Tegernsee Valley, we look forward to actively working together to protect this wonderful spot on earth. As an exclusive tour operator for active travel in nature, we see it as our duty to sensitize all our travellers and protect our nature and homeland.

What do we want to achieve - added value and ecological footprint:

  • to bring people closer to nature in an authentic way
  • to work closely with regional partners and hosts
  • to create added value for the region and at the same time create added value for the guests
  • active participation in animal welfare (since January 2020)
  • CO2 optimizations in the itinerary