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Local Mobility

Ruhpolding sits close to major transit arteries, opening up numerous opportunities for delightful day trips with any of our local coach operators,  or to head out in your own car.

Ruhpolding Village Line

We are proud to offer our guests a very special service - the Ruhpolding Village Line. Throughout the borough, Ruhpolding’s guests can show a valid ID (available for once-off-payment of 2,- €/ p.p. at the tourist office) and ride the buses for free during the whole stay. These buses provide convenient transportation to all parts of the village and virtually all trailheads in the Ruhpolding Valley.

Day trips and excursions

Popular excursion destinations include the Chiemsee (Herren- and Fraueninsel islands), Berchtesgaden with Lake Königssee and the salt mine, the Salzkammergut region with its famous lakes, the mighty Grossglockner, the Steinplatte, or Kaprun and the towering Kitzsteinhorn.
Salzburg, the “City of Mozart”, is only 40 km away, beckoning visitors with the Haus der Natur, great shopping and exceptional theatre, while Munich (100 km) is home to the Deutsches Museum, the Pinakothek galleries and the Bavarian National Museum.

Railway

Since 1895, Ruhpolding is connected by a branch line to Traunstein and Europe’s broader rail network. This line runs via Eisenärzt (footpath to Maria Eck) and Siegsdorf (Mammoth Museum, stone-age village), taking a winding route which, in some cases, hugs the banks of the Traun river. Today, BAYERN-TAKT’s modern electric trains run along this romantic track - every day, every hour - with good connections from Traunstein to Munich, Salzburg and Waging.
And from our railway station, Ruhpolding’s guests can take other public transportation to neighboring towns and villages.