Information about the current situation

Entry into Germany may involve quarantine measures for persons from certain risk areas.

The Federal Government is continuously examining the extent to which areas are to be classified as risk areas. There may therefore also be short-term changes, in particular an extension of this list. Please check immediately before you start your trip whether you have been in one of these areas within the last 14 days before entering Germany. In these cases, you must expect an "obligation to separate".

The existing travel and security advice of the Federal Foreign Office as well as the information of the Federal Government for travellers and commuters are still valid.

If you enter Germany from abroad and have been in a risk area within 10 days of entering the country, you are generally obliged to quarantine yourself for 10 days after entry. In future, in addition to the existing ten-day quarantine obligation, which can be terminated prematurely as soon as a negative test result of a corona test collected on the fifth day of quarantine is available, a test obligation on entry should be introduced in addition to the existing ten-day quarantine obligation (two-test strategy). The obligation to test on entry can be met by a test within 48 hours before arrival or by a test immediately after entry.
In order for the health authorities to check compliance with the quarantine, you must complete a digital entry application. Your travel and contact details will be forwarded to the health authority responsible for your whereabouts, who can then contact you.

Further information on the current entry regulations to Germany in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic and on the applicable exemptions from the quarantine obligation can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Health.

Please check if you have been in one of the following risk areas in the last 10 days and select it.

Following the identification of a new variant of the virus, the Federal Ministry of Health has imposed a ban of transport for travelers from Great Britain, Northern Ireland and South Africa from December 22, 2020.

For further information, please refer to the website of the Federal Ministry of Health (in German).

Until 14 February 2021, the Federal Government is calling for the general renunciation of unnecessary private travel. This also applies in Germany and for national day-tourist excursions.

During this time, accommodation offers in Germany will only be made available for necessary and expressly non-tourist purposes. If you have already booked your stay with us in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, please contact your host.

*NEW In counties with a 7-day incidence of more than 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, the Länder will take further local measures under the Infection Protection Act, in particular to limit the range of movement to 15 km around the place of residence, unless there is a valid reason. Day-trip excursions are explicitly not a good reason.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is still easy to reach by train. Further information can be found on the official website of the German railroad company Deutsche Bahn.

Due to the continuing very high infection dynamics and the increased containment of infection, the Council of Ministers has therefore decided on a commitment to wear an FFP2 mask in local public transport from Monday 18 January 2021. Children under the age of 15 can continue to wear a community mask.

Operations at Munich Airport and Innsbruck Airport are currently very limited, for further information please refer to offical website of Munich airport respectively to official website of Innsbruck airport.

The local bus Garmisch-Partenkirchen operates, but bus number 1 and 2 thre's a different schedule.

Further information about the schedule of the local bus Garmisch-Partenkirchen can be found on the official website of the municipial utilities Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Public transport between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Grainau will continue to be provided by the rack railway of the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn and buses of the EVG until further notice.

Further information can be found on the official website of the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn https://zugspitze.de/de/live-info/zugspitze/offnungszeiten-zugspitze and EVG: http://www.eibseebus.de/startseite.php

Due to the continuing very high infection dynamics and the increased containment of infection, the Council of Ministers has therefore decided on a commitment to wear an FFP2 mask in local public transport from Monday 18 January 2021. Children under the age of 15 can continue to wear a community mask.

You can find more information about our cable lifts on the respective websites:  Eckbauer Bahn & Bayerische Zugspitzbahn

Please understand that right now we are not able to deliver detailed information for winter time. So far the cable cars in the skiing area will not operate until 2021/02/14.

The Tourist Information staff will be happy to refer you to open establishments and can be contacted during the usual opening hours (Monday to Friday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., by telephone on +49 (0) 8821 180 700 and by e-mail at tourist-info@gapa.de

Gastronomy in both outdoor and indoor areas have been cloed untill the 14th of February 2021.

Many retailers and restaurants also offer their own delivery service. 

Leisure activities and attractions, zoos, botanical gardens, libraries, museums, galleries, exhibitions, castles and memorials are cloed untill the 14th of February 2021. 

Please find out in advance on the website of the leisure facility you want to visit.

The skiing area and cable cars will not opaerate before the 14th of February 2021.

An up-to-date overview of the situation at the popular excursion destinations in the Zugspitz region can be found at Ausflugsticker der Zugspitz Region!

No events will take place untill the 4th of February 2021. 
The team of the GaPa Convention will be happy to inform you about the extent to which events can currently take place in our Kongresshaus Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Please contact Iris Schubert, Head of GaPa Convention, by phone at +49 88211807427 or by e-mail at kongresse@gapa.de.

The Tourist Information can be contacted by phone or mail (Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.) phone at +49 8821 180 700 and e-mail at tourist-info@gapa.de. You can find more information here: www.gapa.de/en/Tourist-Information
You can reach the Gesundheits-Eck  from monday to friday from 8.00 am to 11.00 pm by phone: +49 8821 180 7736 or e-Mail: gesundheit@gapa.de

You can find the latest recommendations of the DAV on mountain sports in times of the coronavirus on the Alpenverein site.

Information from the Federal Ministry of Health: https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/coronavirus.html
Information from the Bavarian State Government: https://www.bayern.de/service/coronavirus-in-bayern-informationen-auf-einen-blick/
Information of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen about COVID-19: http://coronagap.de/

Throughout Germany, guidelines of the Federal Government currently apply in order to limit social contacts (one person per household only) in everyday life. They aim to further slow down the spread of the coronavirus. In some federal states, counties and municipalities additional regulations apply.

Due to the continuing very high infection dynamics and the increased containment of infection, the Council of Ministers has therefore decided on a commitment to wear an FFP2 mask in local public transport from Monday 18 January 2021. Children under the age of 15 can continue to wear a community mask.

If travellers develop symptoms associated with COVID-19 (coughing, a runny nose, sore throat or fever) they should get in touch by phone with a doctor or contact the hotline 116 117. Often travel guides or hotels can also help in such cases. Travellers should keep the contact details of their home country’s embassy or consulate in Germany in case they need to contact them.

Further information is available at: https://www.lgl.bayern.de/gesundheit/infektionsschutz/infektionskrankheiten_a_z/coronavirus/faq.htm#mns
The Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), as an authority within the area of responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Health, provides up-to-date and expert information on the coronavirus and the disease COVID-19 on the website www.infektionsschutz.de.

You can also find important hygiene and behavioural rules and recommendations for the prevention of infections. All information is presently regularly checked, adapted and updated.