Our home for the next two nights
I could very easily have found reasons to spend a full week in Oberammergau, but we wanted to squeeze in some new sights this time around. This corner of Bavaria, the Pfaffenwinkel, has so much to see and do. The Winter Olympics town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a short drive away; as is Mittenwald famous for its violin-makers; the highest point in Germany, the Zugspitze, is nearby; Innsbruck, Austria is less than two hours distant and a half dozen noted alpine skiing resorts are in just a valley or two away.
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