Summit Breakfast at Kitzsteinhorn

A relaxed girls’ day out with a culinary highlight—that is the plan. We have chosen the Summit Breakfast at Salzburg’s highest restaurant, just below the summit of Kitzsteinhorn. We leave the car behind, take the bus to Kaprun, and begin our adventure aboard the MK Maiskogelbahn right in the center of town. That gives us plenty of time to chat, admire the panoramic views, and relax on the way up.

The K-ONNECTION cable car route stretches from Kaprun to the summit like a string of pearls, and we use the transfers as opportunities to take photos with a view. For the first time, conversation falls silent aboard the 3K K-onnection between Maiskogel and Kitzsteinhorn—the panoramic scenery is simply too captivating. Below us, we spot the tracks of a fox and a hare. The fog begins to lift, revealing the Kaprun Valley, while mighty peaks rise one after another above us.

Even the journey to the highlight of our day becomes an adventure to savor.

When we arrive at the Gipfel Restaurant at 3,029 meters, we are warmly welcomed with a piccolo bottle of sparkling wine and shown to our table.

“Wow, this view of Hohe Tauern National Park is definitely giving the generously set table some competition,” Claudia laughs as we eagerly take a closer look at the delicious stars of this morning’s breakfast.

The current Summit Breakfast includes a selection of bread, fruit yogurt and honey, jam, Alpine dairy cheese and quark spread, cured pork loin and farmhouse ham, scrambled eggs, house-smoked regional fish, organic Edelweiss soft cheese, organic juice, Bircher muesli, sparkling wine, and a hot beverage of your choice.

As we sample the crisp rolls from Katschner Bakery in Kaprun and the cured pork loin from Schultes Butcher Shop in Zell am See, we study the culinary map provided at the table to find out where the individual breakfast ingredients come from.

Between bites, we gaze through the panoramic windows at the surrounding peaks. There is the Grossvenediger, the Stubacher Sonnblick, and far in the distance, we think we can even make out the Watzmann. The Summit Breakfast also includes organic juice, a piccolo bottle of sparkling wine, and a hot beverage of your choice.

We may have had plenty to eat, but we are nowhere near tired of the incredible panorama of Hohe Tauern National Park. So we make the most of the midday sunshine and head out to the TOP OF SALZBURG panoramic platform.

The fresh mountain air is simply too tempting after breakfast. We soak up the sunshine before heading back down and save a visit to Cinema 3000 and a walk through the National Park Gallery for our next girls’ breakfast day at Kitzsteinhorn—which is sure to happen soon.

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