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berlin hallstatt zurich

Posted by (jerusalem) on

Hey folks!
I plan a 9 day trip second week of august as follows:

arrive in berlin for 4-5 nights. take a flight frmo berlin to salzburg (not staying in salzburg though) then head to hallstatt for 2 nights. After hallstatt, we plan to drive by car to Zurich or luzern (for 2 nights).

My questions:
is this route practicale?
how far is hallstatt to zurich and is it a comfortable/safe route to drive?

btw - we may also do the journy the way round: i.e. start in zurich, then to hallstatt, then salzburg to take the plane to berlin for 4-5 nights.

Would appreciate a lot any advice or tips!

thanks!

Posted by
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This website click here will help you answer your questions, including estimating driving times and picking the best routes.

Posted by
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AA: Petrol prices doesn't give Switzerland. I found a website that gave the price in US$/gal as $5.57/gal. That works out to about €1,13/liter at today's exchange rate, vs €1,40 for Germany and €1,08 for Austria.

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thanks ...
so is this 524km distance via munich and the highway or via Innsbruck (tirol) through the swiss borders?

also, would any of you tell if this website enough reliable? cause i ve seen many on the internet sometimes having contradicting information.

http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm

appreciated!

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also, anybody know what would be the average cost of petrol fuel i need to drive this distance (from zurich to hallstatt) - Assuming i will be having a SW car (1.9 or 2.0 liter)- either passat or skoda or maybe mazda 5.
i heard petrol in switzerland is really cheap

thanks all!

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Reliable? As far as mapping the trip I think ViaMichelin is reliable. As far as time, I think they are a little optimistic. Their time as travel times, not including stops for fuel, food, toilets, and they are assuming no traffic jams, which are common in Germany, or wrong turns.

One thing that you should know is that you can get a Europa-Spezial fare from Freilassing (just across the river from Salzburg) to Zurich or Luzern for as low as €39 pP online from German Rail. The fare from Salzburg Hbf to Freilassing is €2,10 pP.

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thanks everybody for the valuable tips and advice.

petrol in israel is sold for approx 1.6$ per liter.

btw - anyone can recommend a good hotel in berlin and zurich (reasonable price 3/4 star hotel)?

thanks
Abed

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