Germany

Surely everyone has heard of Germany's highest mountain the Zugspitze. At 2,962 meters (9.717 ft), this impressive peak rises far above sea level and few other peaks match the panoramic views of the Zugspitze. Weather permitting, at the top of your Zugspitze hike, you can see not only the Eibsee but also the Feldberg in the Black Forest, the Watzmann and the imposing Großglockner; Austria's highest mountain. So, grab your hiking boots and find your way to Germany's highest point! Auf geht's! The Zugspitze Tour, also called the Zugspitztour by the Germans, is a unique tour with the ultimate goal of climbing and hiking the Zugspitze. The mountain range is equipped with enough cable cars to reach the top in one day, but only a hut-to-hut tour makes the experience a real triumph. In just 3 days, you can climb the Zugspitze while spending the night at cozy mountain huts and crossing the German-Austrian border at over 2,000 meters (6.561 ft) altitude. During the hut tour, enjoy the famous Partnach Gorge, waterfalls and streams in the Reintal Valley and challenging steep rock sections. Will we see you at the top?

The Eifelsteig is a 313-kilometer long-distance hiking trail divided into 15 stages in the German Eifel region. Hike from Aachen in Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) to beautiful Trier in Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) and experience Germany at its best. Together with Rheinsteig, Malerweg, Rothaarsteig, and Moselsteig, the Eifelsteig is one of the classics for a German hiking holiday. On the Eifelsteig, you are always accompanied by the elements. The motto of the Eifelsteig is therefore "Wo Fells und Wasser Dich begleiten. Just you, the Water and the Rocks." Read our blog post about the Eifelsteig, discover the most beautiful stages, and prepare yourself well for the Eifelsteig Route using GPX files. On the 313 km long Eifelsteig, hikers can intensively experience the different facets of the Eifel low mountain range. The seasons constantly give the route a new face. Thus, every time of year has its own charm. In spring, the Eifel awakens with colourful meadows and flowering hedges, followed by the famous broom blossoms - called the "Eifel Gold" by its inhabitants. The Eifel has a warm climate in summer when the forests and streams provide the necessary coolness. The autumn colours of the Eifel are also worthwhile and in winter the Eifel is perhaps at its best.

The Malerweg is a long-distance hiking trail in Saxon Switzerland, in the far east of Germany close to Dresden and right on the Czech border. It winds for 116 kilometres through the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, the dramatic landscape of sandstone cliffs, forested gorges and flat-topped mesa mountains that inspired a generation of Romantic painters and gave the route its name: the Painters' Way. This guide covers everything you need to plan the Malerweg trail, whether you want to walk all eight stages from start to finish or pick the most rewarding section for a long weekend. At Bookatrekking we take care of your accommodation at each overnight stop and organise luggage transfer between them, and our app gives you offline navigation, GPX tracks and the current weather forecast per hut so you can leave the paperwork at home. If you already know you want the complete loop, head straight to the Full Malerweg.