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Dachau and Dachau Concentration camp Munich
22 Reviews Being a history major, I had been interested in seeing things from the other side. I met up on the bus to the site with a tour guide who was in training and they were trying to gather people for a...
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Schloss Neuschwanstein Munich
16 Reviews Schloss Neuschwanstein is one of the most beautiful 2nd set of seven wonders of the world. King Ludwig spent the Bavarian empire into bankruptcy to build this and other castles in the proximity area....
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Locations in the Alps Munich
25 Reviews About a 2 hour drive south of Munich, in the heart of the Bavarian Alps, is the village of Ettal. The primary attraction is the monastery. While this monastery also brews beer and its famous...
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Starnberger See - Lake Starnberg Munich
10 Reviews On a snowy afternoon we went to Starnberger See (Lake Starnberg) for a walk at the lake. I had read about the memorial cross for King Ludwig II in my guidebook and wanted to see it because it looked...
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Public baths Munich
4 Reviews Almost in front of Deutsches Museum there is a juwel to be discovered by turist. Whoever has been in Budapest will remember the wonderful public baths in there: Such one is Müllersche Volksbad. The...
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Oberammergau Munich
8 Reviews This quaint little village gets more than its share of tourists during the year. Most of the buildings are decoratively painted with murals on the outside walls. They are of scenes and alpine look....
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Englischer Garten Munich
15 Reviews The Japanese Tea House in the Englischer Garden is a real off the beaten track find. We were wandering around after our stop at the beer garden and pretty much stumbled upon it. Upon reading the sign,...
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Schloss Nymphenburg Munich
10 Reviews Hardly even off the beaten path, the Nymphenburg Palace is just a quick Tram ride away (tram 17 or bus 41). It was once the summer home of the Wittelsbach family and was built in several individual...
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Tegernsee Munich
5 Reviews Tegernsee is a fascinating small city bordering the beautiful clear lake of the same name. There are many traditional shops, cafes, etc. alongside the lakefront pedestrian promenade. The nicely...
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Olympic Park Munich
8 Reviews On 5 September 1972, 11 Israeli athletes competing in the XX Olympiad in Munich and a German Police Officer were killed by terrorists. The memorial is very probably walked past by many visitors to...
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Füssen Munich
5 Reviews King of Bavaria, Ludwig II., grew up in Hohenschwangau castle and when he was king he decided to rebuilt the castle next to it. As he loved the old times he wanted the castle to look like a knights'...
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ZAM Zentrum für aussergewoehnliche Museen Munich
4 Reviews In Westenrieder Strasse ( it is a small street beginning on Viktualienmarkt and leading to Isartor ) you may visit a museum that includes many small, but interesting museums, like...
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Südfriedhof Munich
10 Reviews Another quiet place is the Suedfriedhof - an old cemetery close to the center only a 15-minute walk from Marienplatz or 2 minutes from Sendlinger Tor. Here you will find Munich's celebreties of the...
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Königssee Munich
3 Reviews One hour south of Munich, near the Austrian border, is Königssee (King's Lake). Like a norwegian fjord the lake stretches over 8 km below the mighty Watzmann (2713 m). You can visit the chapel of St....
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Oktoberfest Munich
3 Reviews The Munich OKTOBERFEST has become a renowed festival that promotes the best Bavarian food, entertainment and beer ! It's one of the biggest public festival in the world and will be held in 2003 for...
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Bavaria Film Studios Munich
2 Reviews Bavaria Film Studio, this was a tour (combined with a city tour) and it takes you around the studios in Geiselgasteig.This was where films such as 'The Boat' (Das Boot), 'The Neverending Story' and...
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Staffelstein is a great base from which to explore the entire Staffelberg region, noted for its great hiking/biking paths around the flat-topped peak from which the area takes its name. It is a delightful town in its own right with an impressive 17th century half-timbered town hall which is pictured. Of course, there's a brewery in town too at Bambergerstrasse 33. It's called Gruner Braum but I found it less impressive than the city itself.
Attentive readers know by now that Kloster Kreuzberg is a great value place to stay, has great cheap eats, and brews some tasty beers right on the premises, but not EVERYONE goes there for any of these reasons. It's a real life montastery and quite the tourist destination in its own right, resplendant with Franciscan monks. It is scenically situated atop the Kreuzberg, one of the many 1000 meter peaks in the Rhon mountain range.
Oberammergau is famous as the home of woodcarvers and crib builders as well as being the home of the passion play and a quiet playground for the snow lovers.For more information on Oberammergau check out the offical site http://www.oberammergau.deand check out my tips.
Sesslach is something out of a Hans and Gretel fairy tale. Much like Rothenburg ob der Tauber but with far less tourists, this picture perfect medieval walled town has to be seen to be believed. It also has a communal brewery that is owned by the town's residents and it is housed in a 450-year-old half-timbered house on a cobblestoned square. It's very small so you only need a few hours to see it but I imagine it's a nice place to spend the night and soak in the great pubs after the few tourists that venture here go home. Sesslach is very close to Kloster Kreuzberg and on the way to Bamberg from there.
This small brewpub in the easily missed village of Schlammersdorf is Brauerei Witzgall, at Schlammersdorstrasse 17. It's the first place that D took me just a few days after we met last year. We walked into a room for of guys playing cards and it was as if time stood still for a few minutes. This was when we decided that I would do some pub solo while she waited in the car. It's a system that worked well in our most recent trip. ;) This small village is just 6 kilometers north of Forcheim, close to Bamberg.
Buttenheim is little more than a one horse village but there are two great breweries, both making the best kellerbiers in all of Bavaria. This photo is from the more famous St. Georgen Brauerei at Markstrasse 12 but its neighbor at number 8, the Lowenbrau is more down to earth and every drop as good. Buttenhiem is halfway between Bamberg and Forcheim.
A large beautiful 14th century monastery in the Rococo style dominates this mountain village close to Obermmergau's Passion Play. It's also a brewing monastery and their Klosterbrau Dunkle is one of the best in southern Bavaria. Just up the road from Murnau in the foothills of the Bavaria Alps.
Just six kilometers northeast of Bamberg lies another quaint village with a few brewpubs to boast, offering some smoky brews like their more famous neighbor. Memmelsdorf is a nice photo stop too, especially at sunset.
Another small village just outside of Bamberg and most noted for having three brewpubs all on the main street! Not much has changed since the 19th century in any of the three. I've tried two of them so far and both still dispensed their vollbiers from kegs sitting on the bar. Senger (pictured) is at Oberend 11 and Schmitt is at Oberend 19, while Drei Kronnen is on the Haupstrasse at number 39, just up the street as well. The last entry has been family run since 1776. Try any for a real slice of Franconia.
This impressive church dates back to 1745 and is noted for its extravagant Rococo art but monks settled this hilltop shrine in 1445 after a peasant saw visions of Jesus and the fourteen saints (hence the name Vierzehnheilgen). The brewing of beer dates back to this time as well and its name Nothelfertrunk means "emergency aid drink." The Monastery lies in the Staffelberg region and one can walk from one village (most with breweries!) to the next on groomed trails, many suitable for biking.
Kempinski Hotel Airport Munchen Munich
7 Reviews and 482 Opinions I stayed here one night when my flight was cancelled due to technical reasons. This hotel is a high...
Sheraton Hotel Carlton Nürnberg
2 Reviews and 134 Opinions Not far from the station, outside the city walls, at first sight, this hotel may seems a bit remote....
Hotel Eisenhut Rothenburg ob der Tauber
4 Reviews and 117 Opinions In 1950, my dad took pictures of this hotel sign. I don't remember whether we stayed there or not -...
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