Zugspitze

Germany's highest mountain, at 2,962 m, on the border with Austria above Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Seilbahn Zugspitze, a cable car with a record-breaking steel support and the greatest height difference of any cable car, rises from the Eibsee lake to the summit in about 10 minutes. You can also go up by the cogwheel railway to the Zugspitzplatt glacier plateau, then a short cable car.

From the top, on a clear day, you can see peaks in four countries. There's skiing on the plateau in winter. Take warm clothes even in summer.