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Austria Roadtrip The decision was sudden like most of our decisions. One evening, sat in front of our television on the May bank holiday this year (2017), we were discussing potential summer holiday destinations  and  there was a toss-up between Italy and Austria; as usual, 'mountains' won. A short '6 day' road trip was quickly arranged, tickets booked, places researched and routes planned. So, on a Friday morning we took off from Manchester for Munich, a short flight of an hour and forty minutes. From Munich we rented a car and started our trip, the first destination being Innsbruck. The distance from Munich to Innsbruck by road is approximately 165 kms. Innsbruck being one of the most popular destination for winter sports is very well connected and can be reached by trains and flights from Munich. We started from the airport and took the famous German 'Autobahn' within a minute. The motorways in Germany are called the 'Autobahn' and deserve a ...