Description
If Germany's tallest mountain wasn't high enough for you, we can lift you to even greater heights. While visitors who summit the 3,000-metre Zugspitze may contend with snowdrift-whipping winds, passengers aboard this hot air balloon are carried by the gusts, enjoying a sense of stillness and silence no matter how stiff the breeze. Of course, that's no excuse to leave your hat and scarf at home: sometimes cruising thousands of metres above solid ground in a balloon's basket can be a bracingly cold place, especially over alpine settings where the Earth is elevated to begin with.