Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski resort is located to the south of Münich and north of Innsbruck. Options for getting here include: flying and then taking the train, or hiring a car at the airport; self-driving from your home, via tolled autoroutes and autobahns; and travelling by train from across Europe.

Münich’s FJ Strauss Airport is the gateway airport with a direct and regular rail connection with the city. There is an excellent hourly train service form Münich train station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski resort (trip time: 1 hour, 20 minutes). Alternatively, many people prefer to hire a car and drive to the resort. Innsbruck has the closest airport and there is a rail connection from the city to the resort.

Main motorways from Calais are the A-26, A-4 (France), and the A-8 (Germany). The distance is 1,040kms and you should allow two days. From FJ Strauss Airport, drive along the A92 (west) from the airport, the A-9 through Münich, and the A-95 to Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski resort (125kms/1 hour, 20 minutes). From Innsbruck Airport take the A-12 (west) and the E-533 direct to the resort.

The Garmisch-Partenkirchen train station lies on the major Munich-Weilheim-Garmisch-Mittenwald-Innsbruck rail line, with frequent connections in all directions. Twenty trains per day arrive from Münich, taking just over one hour. The train connection from London involves a change in Paris and an overnighter on the Paris-Münich leg.

The daily 17:09 Eurostar from Waterloo station arrives in Paris gare du Nord at 20:59. The overnighter then leaves from Paris’s gare de l’Est and arrives in Münich the next morning. Both long-distance and regional buses through the Bavarian Alps are provided by RVO Regionalverkehr Oberbayern in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.