Driving the Rossfeld Panoramastraße in Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany

As the Rossfeld Panoramastraße is a private federal road, maintenance and costs of the the road are covered by a toll. You can pay at either the northern or the southern entrance of the Panoramastraße. There are automated ticket machines which accept card payments. There are different fees depending on what kind of vehicle you're driving; at the time of writing, we paid €9 per car.

→ Check out the latest toll prices.

As you drive along the road, you can stop at Bavarian huts along the way for a bite to eat. The Panoramastraße is also the starting point for a number of hikes and, in the winter months, is a ski hill claiming to have the surest guarantee of snow in the region!

A friend of mine from Salzburg and I drove up to the Rossfeld Panoramastraße on a slightly overcast Sunday - we would have had better views on a clear day, but loved it all the same. We said hello to the cows along the way, stopped at a few different viewpoints and had a picnic in a meadow overlooking Salzburg.

Plus, the Panoramastraße is actually one of the filming locations of The Sound of Music, featured in the final scene of the film when the Von Trapp family crosses the Alps on foot!

→ Check out other filming locations of the Sound of Music around Salzburg!