Alpine Passes in South Tyrol and Tyrol

The nearly 2,500 meters of altitude at Timmelsjoch require some driving experience and are not suitable for driving license newbies.

The route over this northernmost inner-Italian Alpine pass connects the two South Tyrolean municipalities of Sterzing and St. Leonhard or the Wipptal with the Passeier Valley.

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The panoramic road between Partenen in the Vorarlberg Montafon and Galtür in the Tyrolean Paznaun valley is considered one of the most beautiful and is not without reason called the ‘Dream Road of the Alps‘.

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This is less of a proper pass than a high alpine panoramic road through the Ötztal Alps.

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The road over the 1,894 meters high Hahntennjoch is one of the northernmost Alpine crossings. On just under 30 winding kilometers, and with one or another narrow spot, it connects the two towns of Imst in the Upper Inn Valley with Elmen in the Tyrolean Lechtal.

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The road over the Kühtai Saddle, together with the Hahntennjoch, is one of the northernmost Alpine crossings. It connects the Tyrolean Ötztal with the Sellrain valley in the east.

The Sella Pass with its 2,213 meters of altitude is supposedly the most famous of all the Dolomite passes.

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The Arlberg is located exactly between two federal states and thus the pass of the same name connects the two towns Langen am Arlberg (Vorarlberg) and St. Anton am Arlberg (Tyrol).

Following from the tranquil village of Welschnofen (Italian: Nova Levante), the nearly 110 km long Great Dolomites Road, one passes the 1,745-meter-high Passo di Costalunga, one of the most important east-west connections further to Vigo di Fassa or Canazei.