{"id":8286,"date":"2017-09-03T21:31:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T02:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/?p=8286"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:54:10","slug":"grossglockner-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/travel\/europe\/austria\/grossglockner-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"A thrilling drive on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you heard of the Grossglockner Road in Austria? The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is the highest mountain pass road in Austria and makes for a fun and challenging road trip.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once we made the drive ourselves, I could understand why sports car enthusiasts (like Mr.Suburbia <\/em>) aspire to drive the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse<\/strong> \u2013 Grossglockner High Alpine Road<\/strong>. Also called Grossglockner Mountain Road or Gro\u00dfglockner Hochalpenstra\u00dfe<\/strong>, the drive that passes through the Hohe Tauern National Park<\/strong> is not just stunning, with seemingly endless views over the range of 37 mountains as the road climbs to 2,504 meters but it is thrilling and draws you in with a series of 36 hairpin bends that challenges you at every turn! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looks at those switchbacks, you will drive through 36 of them<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

ROADS WERE MADE FOR JOURNEYS, NOT DESTINATIONS. <\/p> CONFUCIUS <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This couldn’t be more true for our day on Grossglockner high alpine road, it was more about the drive, the journey than the destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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