The Ammergau Alps – Prize-winning holiday region for summer and winter
Sunrise at the Ammergauer Alps Sunrise at the Ammergauer Alps
The Ammer valley The Ammer valley
The Ammer valley and the mountains surrounding it offer a broad range of cultural and adventure-oriented highlights. The unique mountain location is ideal for hiking, mountain biking and simply relaxing in summer, while downhill skiing and cross-country skiing can be pursued in winter on a circuit that follows royal footsteps.
It is not for nothing that the Ammergau Alps have repeatedly been voted Germany's most popular holiday regions.
Leisure attractions at the youth hostel
  • Table tennis, billiard and football tables
  • Disco rooms
  • Spacious grounds
  • Playing field for football, badminton, volleyball, table tennis and basketball
  • Kickabout area
  • Barbecue corner, campfire corner
  • Sports center for squash, tennis, badminton ... - close to the hostel
  • Sledges, snowshoes and cross-country skiing equipment can be hired in winter
Kofel skiing area, next to the hostel Kofel skiing area, next to the hostel
The beautiful Wieskirche The beautiful Wieskirche
Winter in Oberammergau Winter in Oberammergau
King Ludwig cross-country skiing King Ludwig cross-country skiing
Attractions in the area
  • Wellenberg swimming pool and spa offering beach volleyball, waterslides, wellness facilities, etc.
  • Kolben chairlift and Laber cable railway – a pleasure in summer and winter alike!
  • Countless Alpine meadows as well as mountain chalets featuring show cheese dairies and offering opportunities for taking refreshments
  • Passion Play Theatre and woodcarving workshops
  • Summer sledging run and Steckenberg Leisure Centre
  • Ettal Abbey and distillery
  • Mount Laber freeride ski run – the steepest in Germany!
  • Family ski areas on Mount Kolben (behind the youth hostel), in Unterammergau and Bad Kohlgrub
  • Almost 150 kilometres of cross-country ski runs through Ammer valley – right outside our door!
  • Ice arena and curling next to the youth hostel
  • New bike park and inline skating park at Kolben chairlift
  • Countless cycleways for the whole family
  • Linderhof Castle and Park – Winter deer feeding in Graswangtal
  • Horse and carriage rides through the whole of Ammer valley
  • Schleifmühlenklamm gorge and night-time skiing in Unterammergau
  • Oberammergau Reptile Zoo
Attractions in the region
  • Day excursions to destinations all over (such as the Chiemgau and Berchtesgaden areas and the Zugspitz peak, Bavaria's highest)
  • Outings to Munich (60 km), Innsbruck (100 km) and Salzburg (100 km)
Linderhof Castle and Park Linderhof Castle and Park