Brenner Pass Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
mountain pass at the international border between Austria and Italy
About Brenner Pass
At a saddle height of "just"1,370m (4,490ft)in altitude, it was one of the lowest Alpine crossings before tunnels were built. The Brenner is one of the most important and frequently congested freight and passenger routes across the Alps. Consequently Austria, Italy and the European Union are working on improving the railway connection by building a massive base tunnel, rivalling the counterpart dug under the Swiss Gotthard massive. Nonetheless, transit, particularly road freight, but also passenger motorcars are a controversial subject and especially Tyrol and South Tyrol local politics have grandstanding against what very likelyisan excessive burden on the local population and environment as a reoccurringcause celebrewhich occasionally affects travelers as it turns the route from congeste
Brenner Pass Travel Guide Sections
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