The most beautiful mountain lakes of the Alps

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As colourful splashes of colour in the often rugged mountain landscape, mountain lakes often provide a welcome change and cooling. Their colour spectrum, ranging from emerald green to turquoise, is always attractive. Even if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, we do not want to withhold our selection of the most beautiful mountain lakes of the Alps from you.
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Lake · Val di Non
Lake Tovel - The legend of the red lake
Val di Non

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Lake · Zugspitze Region
Eibsee
Zugspitze Region

Once created by a mighty landslide, the crystal-clear Eibsee at around 1000 m above sea level is a ...

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Lake · Eggental
Lake Karer
Eggental

In the evening hours and early morning, the turquoise green, crystal clear Lake Karer reflects the ...

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Lake · Bernese Oberland
Oeschinen Lake
Bernese Oberland
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The imposing Oeschinen Lake in the Bernese Oberland is surrounded by several 3,000 meter high peaks ...

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Lake · Flims Laax
Caumasee
Flims Laax

In Romansh, "Lag la Cauma", which means "lake of siesta", Lake Cauma is the pearl of Flims. Swimming, ...

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Lake · Region Innsbruck
Dragon Lake
Region Innsbruck

According to legend, a sunken village is guarded by a dragon at the bottom of the Drachensee, which ...

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Lake · Erzberg Leoben
Grüner See - Green Lake
Erzberg Leoben
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The crystal clear, emerald Green Lake is a magical place in the Hochsteiermark and has been voted ...

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Lake · Hochpustertal
Lake Braies
Hochpustertal
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The emerald-green Lake Braies, surrounded by South Tyrolean legends, against the backdrop of the ...

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