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A view of the Eagles Nest before starting the journey up.
I have some more tips and history of the areas more sinister past please my
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When I went to the Eagles Nestin 2004 I decided to walk up to the top from the Platterhof car park. It was a misty morning and on the way up I could hear someone who was using hiking poles catching me up. When he caught me up we nooded hello to each other. He was the only person that I saw on the way up.
The following morning I decided to walk to the Ice Chapel at the foot of the Watzman and it is about 1 1/2 hours walk from St. Bartholomew. On the way there I never saw anyone but on the way back I ran into the same person I had seen the previous day.
Not sure what the odds were of 2 crazy people doing the same isolated walks but must be fairly high.
I first visited the Eagles Nest in 1964 and have visited the area a number of times since. When I first went in 1964 there use to be birds that hovered on thermals waiting for visitors to throw food off the mountain top and they would dive down after it.
The Eagles Nest is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the area. The house was presented to Hitler for his 50th birthday and is frequently mixed up with the Berghof (destroyed) which was next to the Hotel Zum Turken. Because of the mix up with the Berghof it is also thought that Hitler spent a lot of time here when it fact he only made a few visits to the Kehlsteinhaus as he suffered from vertigo and did not like the place.
It is 1834m above sea level and cost £100,000,000 in today terms to construct. History of the Kehlsteinhaus.
- Pros:Spectacular views
- Cons:Sinister past
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Comments (10)
Your pictures and comments are fabulous and informative. It certainly is a nice place; I think we both agree
Somehow I have never been to this corner of Germany. The nearest was Rosenheim, where I went on a business trip once.
Hi can hear the huffing and puffing from here! Glad you made it there and back Ok, doesn't sound like there would be much help if you had a heart attack on the track!
An interesting place to visit, now that it is harmless! Sounds like you managed to get some good exercise while there. Thanks for the interesting photos of what is left of the Berchtesgaden.
Nice to see your visit thanks - we visited a few yrs ago but the weather was bad the trips werent going - only got as far as the excellent museum inside the mountain.
Nice page!
Amazing how two people can go to the same place and have such different experience. Thanks for sharing.
Nice to see your views on Berchtesgaden = I was most surprised on my visit to see it was such a popular tourist attraction
Interesting page ! Thank you for sharing!
Would like to hear more about the Eagles Nest. The Chapel looks most interesting.