Bad Reichenhall works well as a base: 10 minutes from Piding, 15km from Hohensalzburg Fortress.
Bad Reichenhall is in Bavaria, Germany, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Piding, about 5 km away.
Bad Reichenhall (German pronunciation: [baːt ʁaɪçn̩ˈhal] ; Central Bavarian: Reichahoi) is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Staufen (1,771 m) and Mount ZwieselRead more (1,781 m)). Together with other alpine towns, Bad Reichenhall engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Bad Reichenhall was awarded Alpine Town of the Year in 2001.
Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from brine ponds.
Within an hour or so of Bad Reichenhall: Hans-Peter Porsche TraumWerk (7 km), Hangar-7 (12 km), Ramsau Church St. Sebastian (14 km), Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg (von Trapp lakeside terrace) (14 km).
Are there any good drives near Bad Reichenhall?
The nearest famous roads are Rossfeld Panoramastrasse, Postalm Panoramastrasse and Sudelfeld Pass.
Where is Bad Reichenhall?
Bad Reichenhall is in Bavaria, Germany, about 5 km from Piding.
Road trip
Drive to Bad Reichenhall
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
The Porsche grandson's private 'dream works' on the Alpenstrasse near Berchtesgaden: immaculate Porsches, historic tin toys and one of Europe's largest model railways at 400 square metres, plus a garden park train.
7 km · about 15 min drive
museum
Hangar-7
Red Bull's glass-and-steel dome at Salzburg Airport houses the Flying Bulls' historic aircraft alongside Formula 1 cars, with free entry and the Michelin-starred Ikarus restaurant on the mezzanine.
12 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
Ramsau Church St. Sebastian
The 1512 parish church above the Ramsauer Ache with the Reiter Alpe behind is Bavaria's most-painted postcard; the classic angle is from the small wooden Malerwinkel footbridge a minute from the road.
14 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg (von Trapp lakeside terrace)
The rococo palace lake and terrace provided the von Trapp villa's water frontage, including the rowing-boat capsize.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Mirabell Gardens
Elegant Baroque gardens in the heart of Salzburg, famously featured in The Sound of Music with views toward the fortress.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Salzburg Old Town
Mozart's birthplace and a UNESCO World Heritage city of Baroque churches, narrow lanes, and the famous Getreidegasse shopping street.
15 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden
Germany's oldest active salt mine where visitors slide down wooden chutes and cross an underground salt lake on a illuminated raft.
15 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Hohensalzburg Fortress
One of Europe's largest and best-preserved medieval fortresses, towering above Salzburg's Baroque old town.
15 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Bad Reichenhall
10 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
18 kmEagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus)A mountaintop retreat at 1,834 metres above Berchtesgaden, accessed by a brass-lined elevator cut into the rock, offering Alpine panoramas.
18 kmRossfeld PanoramastrasseGermany's highest scenic mountain road, a panoramic toll loop near Berchtesgaden with sweeping views of the Alps and Salzburg basin.
44 kmPostalm PanoramastrasseA toll road onto Austria's largest alpine pasture plateau above the Wolfgangsee, gentle and wide open.
46 kmZell am See & KaprunA year-round Alpine resort combining a turquoise lake with glacier skiing on the Kitzsteinhorn and the spectacular Sigmund-Thun Gorge.
58 kmKaprun High Mountain ReservoirsTwo dammed lakes high above Kaprun, reached by bus and inclined lift rather than by car, ringed by the Hohe Tauern peaks.
61 kmHallstatt Skywalk ViewpointA platform projecting over the Hallstatter See with a bird's-eye view of the fairy-tale lakeside village framed by the Dachstein mountains.