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International dialling code The international dialling code for calls to Germany from abroad is 0049 and to Austria 0043. When dialling the UK from Germany the code is 0044, then drop the first zero of the following area code. Most public phones in Germany are card-operated. Telephone cards (Telefonkarten) can be bought at post offices, newspaper kiosks and some bookshops.

Location The Bavarian Alps are located in Germany along the border with Austria. More specifically they are situated in Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria), the southernmost region of the state of Bavaria. The Allgäu, at the western extreme of the region, is treated as a separate entity. From the Bavarian capital, Munich, all destinations are quickly reached.

PART I: THE ALLGÄU ALPS

The ridge trail between Sonnenkopf and Falken Alpe (Walk 3)

The region is almost as well known for its cows as for its mountains (Walk 6)

The main chain of the Allgäu Alps forms the German–Austrian border between the rivers Iller and Lech and is located within the Allgäu, a popular tourist region encompassing that part of the northern Limestone Alps and the alpine foothills between Lake Constance (Bodensee) and the River Lech. Included within the Alpine Club’s definition of the group is the area known as the Allgäuer Voralpen to which such peaks as the Fellhorn (2037m) and Hoher Ifen (2230m) as well as the Gottesacker Plateau (2017m) belong. Among the highest peaks in the Allgäu Alps in German territory are the Mädelegabel (2645m), Hochvogel (2593m) and Nebelhorn (2224m). The highest peak is Großer Krottenkopf (2657m) on the Austrian side of the border. Also covered here is the Kleinwalsertal, which lies in Austria but is only accessible by road from the German state of Bavaria.