Explorar Garmisch-Partenkirchen

The large ski jumping hill on Gudiberg hill above Garmisch-Partenkirchen, built for the 1936 Winter Olympics and rebuilt several times since, most recently in 2007-08. Its outrun doubled as the Olympic opening and closing ceremony stadium, and the hill still hosts a World Cup jump every New Year's Day as part of the Four Hills Tournament.

A 702-metre limestone gorge cut by the Partnach stream below Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in places more than 80 metres deep. A path developed for visitors since 1912 follows the rock face through tunnels and a lit gallery blasted after a 1991 rockfall, passing close beneath waterfalls and overhangs.

At 2,962 metres, the Zugspitze is Germany's highest mountain, on the border with Austria in the Wetterstein range. Cable cars from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Eibsee, plus a cogwheel railway, carry visitors to summit platforms and the Münchner Haus hut, with views reaching into four countries on a clear day; Germany's largest glaciers lie just below the peak.