Avoid the Brenner motorway on the way to Italy

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You want to go to Italy, but if possible not via the Brenner motorway. That is understandable, because this motorway over the Brennpass not only costs tolls, but is also often so overloaded that you are stuck in traffic jams.

The Brenner motorway is not the only way to get to Italy.

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Holidays in Italy - How to avoid the Brenner motorway

In principle, there are several ways to avoid the very busy Brenner motorway on your holiday trip to Italy, which you come on from Munich via Innsbruck.
Depending on the location of your destination, it is also possible to reach Italy via Switzerland. On this tour you save the vignette and toll for the Brenner motorway in Austria, but you have to buy the cheaper annual vignette for Switzerland. However, it includes the passage through the Gotthard tunnel. So this does not have to be paid extra. Please note, however, that depending on the holiday periods, long traffic jams can also form in front of the Gotthard tunnel. An alternative is the trip over the Gotthard Pass or the San Bernardino tunnel and then on to Lugano.
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But there are also alternatives to the Brenner motorway in Austria. If the weather conditions permit, you can use the old Brennerstraße (No. 182) over the Brenner Pass. Of course, this trip on the smaller road will of course take longer.
In Austria there are also other alpine passes that can be used in good weather conditions. A route that has been well-known since prehistoric times leads west from the Brenner Pass via Nauders into the Italian Vinschgau (No. 180). A smaller route leads via Sölden to Italy, from there to Merano.
If you want to go to Venice or Trieste in Italy, it is advisable to take the eastern route over the Tauern with the Felbertauern tunnel in Austria.