Munich Airport to Lech Transfers From €690 per vehicle

A private Munich–Lech transfer costs from €690 per vehicle, one way. The price is fixed when you book and covers every toll, skis and snowboards, child seats and the drive to the door of your accommodation.

Per vehicle. €690 is the price of the car and not of a seat in it, and it does not change between two passengers and eight. On a drive this long that is the whole difference against a shared shuttle, where every passenger pays separately and the vehicle still stops for other people.

About 304 kilometres by road, going west by way of Lindau. The drive runs out along Lake Constance, crosses into Austria at Hörbranz, follows the Rhine valley to Bludenz and climbs the Klostertal to Langen; from there it goes up past Stuben to Alpe Rauz and onto the Flexenstraße through Zürs into Lech.

Around 3 hours 15 minutes. Most of it is motorway — the run out to Lake Constance is the longest unbroken stretch of motorway on any route we drive; what takes the time is the last hour, up the Klostertal and onto the Flexenstraße.

We go west, by way of Lindau. The A96 runs out to Lake Constance, the border is crossed at Hörbranz, and the A14 carries on down the Rhine valley to Bludenz; from there the S16 climbs the Klostertal to Langen, and the road goes up past Stuben to Alpe Rauz and onto the Flexenstraße. It is shorter and faster than going round through Tyrol.

No, and it is the only one of our five Munich transfers that does not. Lech is reached through Bavaria, Lake Constance and Vorarlberg, round the north side of the Arlberg. The Munich to St. Anton drive goes through Tyrol instead, by way of Kufstein, Innsbruck and Landeck — two villages twenty-three kilometres apart, reached from the same airport on two roads that never meet.

Neither. Coming from the west we leave the S16 at Langen, short of the tunnel mouth, and climb past Stuben to Alpe Rauz — reaching it from below rather than from above. No Arlberg tunnel toll arises on this route at all, and the pass road is never touched.

That road is real in summer and gone in winter. A map offers a route up the Lech valley from Reutte through Warth, shorter in kilometres and still slower because it is valley road — but the stretch between Warth and Lech is closed all winter because of avalanche risk. A navigation system will still suggest it. It is the single most useful thing to know about arriving in Lech, and no map tells you.

Yes, always, and it is the only way in. The Flexenstraße is the L198, cut into the rock face above Zürs. With the Warth road shut for the season it is the single road into Lech from December until spring — which is why what it is doing on the morning matters more here than anywhere else we drive.

Yes, at Hörbranz, just past Lindau. Munich Airport is in Bavaria, in Germany, and Lech am Arlberg is in Vorarlberg, in Austria. The crossing comes about halfway into the drive. Both countries are in the Schengen area, so there is normally no routine check, but carry the identity document you flew with in case of a temporary one.

Yes, all of them. The Austrian motorway vignette and the Pfänder tunnel toll are inside the fixed price, and no Arlberg tunnel toll arises at all because this route does not use the tunnel.

No, and it is the furthest of the six: 304 kilometres against 122 from Innsbruck. Beyond Lindau this drive is the same road we run from Friedrichshafen, which is only 138 kilometres from Lech. People fly into Munich for the flight rather than for the drive — it is the international airport of the six, with the widest choice of long-haul connections.

In the public arrivals area for your flight, holding a sign with your name. Munich splits arrivals between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, and they are far enough apart that guessing is not an option — which is why we use your flight number to work out which one you will come out of, and your driver messages you the terminal and the exit when he is there.

Nothing changes for you. We track the flight number you give us from the moment it departs, and the pickup moves with the actual landing time, at no extra charge. On long-haul arrivals that is the normal case rather than the exception.

At the door of your accommodation — in Lech itself and in Omesberg, Stubenbach and Zug. Every one of those is reached by road all winter, and the transfer ends at the entrance rather than at a stop in the village.

We drive you to the valley station, and from there it depends on the hour. Outside the times the road up is open to traffic, guests and luggage go up by gondola, which is included in the lift pass — that is the normal way, and most Oberlech guests use it. Hotels with their own entrance from the Umschlaghalle collect luggage through the tunnels by electric cart. Tell us where you are staying when you book and we will tell you how it works on your arrival.

Yes. The vehicle runs for your group alone. Nobody else is collected on the way, there is no meeting point to find, and there is no stop between the terminal and your accommodation unless you ask for one.

Yes. On a drive of three and a quarter hours that is a fair thing to want, and a stop you ask for is charged by the time it takes and quoted before we make it. A shared shuttle stops where its list says; a private transfer stops where you say.

Up to eight with luggage. Our fleet is Mercedes 4x4 minibuses and VW Caravelle 4x4 minibuses; for a larger group we send two vehicles to the same door at the same time, at the same price per vehicle.

Yes, free of charge. Skis and snowboards travel on the external rear rack and the rest of the luggage travels inside with you — on a drive this long that is the point, because eight people and eight ski bags fit in one vehicle instead of two. Tell us with the request how many ski bags and boot bags are coming.

Yes, free. Tell us the ages of the children when you book and the seats and boosters are fitted before the vehicle leaves for the airport.

The drive takes longer and the price does not change. Every vehicle we run is four-wheel drive, on winter tyres from November to April and carrying chains all season. On this route the part that counts is the Flexenstraße at the end — and when the avalanche commission shuts it there is no detour, because the Warth road is closed for the season. Then we put you up in St. Anton, Stuben, Langen or Klösterle until it opens, usually the next morning.

Lech has no railway station of its own, so a rail journey ends with a road connection up the Flexenstraße whatever else happens — and from Munich there is no direct train either, so it means connections at both ends. With light luggage it can be cost-effective; with a ski bag each, the changes are what decide it.

It depends on what you do after you arrive. A rental car earns its keep if you plan to drive during the stay; if it would sit outside the hotel all week, a private transfer saves you three and a quarter hours of winter driving across a border after a flight, the Flexenstraße at the end of it, and the return of the car on the morning you fly home.

All five — St. Anton, St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs and Lech. St. Anton is reached through Tyrol and Lech round the north side of the Arlberg, so those two drives share almost no road at all. The five resorts share one lift pass and around 300 kilometres of piste, so the resort you sleep in and the slopes you ski do not have to be the same place.

Yes, all year. Out of the ski season the same roads carry walkers and cyclists instead of skiers, and the Flexenstraße is at its best — and in summer the Warth road is open too, which makes Lech reachable from both sides for a few months of the year.

By card or in cash, before or after the journey. We agree which when you book: we take no deposit and we store no card details.

Yes, and it costs the same in that direction. For a flight out of Munich we leave Lech six hours before departure — the longest lead time of any airport we drive to — and we ring you the evening before to set the exact time. Say so with the request and both journeys come back in one quote.