Grossglockner High Alpine Road

A milky sheen on the tarmac, resin on warm stone outside Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße: the climb begins, 36 numbered bends to Edelweißspitze at 2,571 m, a 1935 cobbled lookout. You can read Austrian alpine engineering in the hefty retaining walls and track the pyramid of the Großglockner (3,798 m) above the Pasterze, the country’s longest glacier, retreating roughly 40 m each year. Marmots whistle near the meadows above Heiligenblut, while sure eyes pick out ibex below the Fuscher Törl ridge.

With Amani Limousines, your dedicated driver collects you from your Zell am See hotel and keeps a Mercedes at your disposal all day. Tolls and parking are handled, drop-offs are right at Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe (2,369 m) for the viewing deck, and the car waits while you tour the Visitor Center or stroll the Gamsgrubenweg. Lunch can follow at Edelweißhütte, unhurried; you taste and explore while the driver handles the curves, with easy detours for photos at Lake Margaritze or a stop at Fusch’s road-building museum.