Where is the best country to go trekking in the Alps ?
Austrian Tirol (Innsbruk) or Switzerland ?
Any sugestion will be great. Thanks
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Hi Marcos,
it is good almost everywhere. Living a few kilometers from
Innsbruck I am maybe somewhat biased, but I think it is good
in all Alpine countries, and there are seven of them (in
alphabetic order: Austria, France, Germany, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Slovenia, and Switzerland - I tried them
all). It is more important to choose the right season and
the right trek according to your trekking experience,
physical fitness and company. You can also choose between
overcrowded treks with lodging problems and others quite
lonely with a lot to discover.
From your address I see that you are from Brasil, probably
this will be your first trip to this region of Europe.
Generally it can be stated that it is a good idea to choose
a period when virtually all mountain lodges are open and
that is from mid June to mid September. On all interesting
trails you can find them separated by convenient walking
distances of half a day or less.
There are loads of excellent guidebooks (for Austria and
Switzerland mostly written in German). Excellent maps (best
suitable scale 1:50000), often with brief descriptions of
the access to the lodges and the principal long-distance
treks you can buy in the respective areas.
In an future e-mail I shall provide you with suitable
homepages and other suggestions, tell me please which of the
"Alpine" languages you can understand. (Eu falou tambem
portugues).
Lothar
There is nothing to add. The post above sounds very
professional, and I can just confirm he's right.
Greetings to Brazil and have a nice stay.