Trekking Munich to Venice

John Hayes is a retired management consultant with degrees from Liverpool University and University College London. Immediately after finishing work in 2011 he embarked on an epic 5000km trek across Europe, walking from Tarifa in Spain to Budapest. John has written for numerous walking and trekking magazines. Having walked various parts of the Munich to Venice route on different visits to the Alps John, with his wife Christine, embarked on his first through walk in 2014 returning again in 2015 to complete additional research.

Map key

Overview map

Overview profile

Route summary table



Introduction

History of the region

The invention of a mountain pilgrimage

The route

The Alpine seasons

Alpine flowers, animals and birds

What's the walking like?

How hard is it?

How long will it take?

When to go

Accommodation

Hut life

Planning your walk

What to take

Finding your way

Using this guide



1 Munich to the Inn Valley

Stage 1 Munich to Wolfratshausen

Stage 2 Wolfratshausen to Bad Tölz

Stage 3 Bad Tölz to the Tutzinger Hütte

Stage 4 Tutzinger Hütte to Vorderriß

Stage 5 Vorderriß to the Karwendelhaus

Stage 6 Karwendelhaus to the Hallerangerhaus

Stage 7A Hallerangerhaus to Hall

Stage 7B Hallerangerhaus to Wattens



2 Inn Valley to Pfunders

Stage 8A Hall to the Glungezer Hütte

Stage 8B Wattens to the Lizumer Hütte

Stage 9 Glungezer Hütte to the Lizumer Hütte

Stage 10 Lizumer Hütte to the Tuxer Joch Haus

Stage 11A Tuxer Joch Haus to the Olpererhütte

Stage 11B Tuxer Joch Haus to the Geraerhütte

Stage 12A Olpererhütte to Stein

Stage 12B Geraerhütte to Stein

Stage 13 Stein to Pfunders



3 Pfunders to Alleghe

Stage 14 Pfunders to Kreuzwiesen Alm

Stage 15 Kreuzwiesen Alm to the Schlüterhütte (Rifugio Genova)

Stage 16 Schlüterhütte to the Puezhütte

Stage 17 Puezhütte (Rifugio Puez) to Rifugio Bo&##xe8;

Stage 18 Rifugio Bo&##xe8; to Rifugio Viel dal Pan

Stage 19 Rifugio Viel dal Pan to Alleghe



4 Alleghe to Belluno

Stage 20 Alleghe to Rifugio Tissi

Stage 21 Rifugio Tissi to Rifugio Bruto Carestiato

Stage 22 Rifugio Bruto Carestiato to Rifugio Pian de Fontana

Stage 23A Rifugio Pian de Fontana to Rifugio 7th Alpini

Stage 23B Rifugio Pian de Fontana to Belluno

Stage 24 Rifugio 7th Alpini to Belluno



5 Belluno to Venice

Stage 25 Belluno to Rifugio Col Visentin

Stage 26 Rifugio Col Visentin to Tarzo

Stage 27 Tarzo to Ponte della Priulä

Stage 28 Ponte della Priulä to Bocca Callalta

Stage 29 Bocca Callalta to Jesolo

Stage 30 Jesolo to Venice



Appendix A Route planner

Appendix B Accommodation along the route

Appendix C Useful contacts