There are plenty of reasons to visit Mittenwald. The spectacular Karwendel mountains offer forest trails for hiking, while the Isar valley roads reward cyclists. A vertiginous cable car ride whisks you through alpine forests to a granite moonscape 2,244 feet high, dotted with remnants of winter snow, where you can stand with one foot in Austria and the other in Germany, gazing down at lakes and fields and trying to mentally map the town’s position on an ancient trade route between Venice and Nuremberg.
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