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Munich

Beer Halls, Baroque Palaces and the Gateway to the Alps

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3 daysIdeal stay₹10,650From / night₹3,410Food / day₹1,280Entry

Bavaria's capital and the second airport with non-stop flights from India (Lufthansa from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru). Marienplatz and its Glockenspiel, the Frauenkirche, the Residenz palace, the Viktualienmarkt, the English Garden with surfers on the Eisbach, the Deutsches Museum, BMW Welt and Museum, Nymphenburg Palace and the Olympic Park. The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is 45 minutes away and free. The base for Neuschwanstein, Garmisch and Salzburg. Oktoberfest (late September to the first Sunday in October) fills the city and roughly doubles hotel prices. Bavaria has no city hotel tax.

Highlights

  • Marienplatz and the Glockenspiel
  • Residenz palace and treasury
  • English Garden and the Eisbach surfers
  • Viktualienmarkt
  • Deutsches Museum
  • BMW Welt and Museum
  • Nymphenburg Palace
  • Dachau Memorial

Things to do

  • Old town walk: Marienplatz, Frauenkirche and the ViktualienmarktMorning · 3h
  • Residenz palace and treasuryAfternoon · 3h
  • English Garden walk or bike rideAfternoon · 2h 30m
  • Deutsches MuseumMorning · 4h
  • BMW Welt, BMW Museum and the Olympic ParkAfternoon · 3h 30m
  • Dachau Concentration Camp MemorialMorning · 4h 30m
  • Beer-hall or beer-garden eveningEvening · 2h 30m
  • Nymphenburg Palace and its parkMorning · 2h 30m
  • Alte PinakothekAfternoon · 2h
  • St Peter's tower (Alter Peter) and the Asam ChurchMorning · 1h 30m

Tours & tickets

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When to go

Best time: May – October, December

Worth knowing

Oktoberfest: Munich Full and Dear

Oktoberfest runs from a Saturday in mid or late September to the first Sunday in October (18 September-3 October in 2027). For those two weeks Munich's hotels roughly double or triple their prices and sell out, trains and the U-Bahn to the Theresienwiese are packed, and beer-tent tables are booked months ahead. Book rooms as early as you can, or stay in Augsburg, Nuremberg or Salzburg and come in by train.

Heads up

Christmas: Shops and Sights Close 24-26 December

Christmas Eve afternoon, Christmas Day and 26 December are Germany's quietest days: shops, most museums and many restaurants close, the Christmas markets end on or before the 24th, and trains run a holiday timetable. Plan arrivals and sightseeing around them. Shops are closed every Sunday too.

Heads up

Summer Heat and Few Air Conditioners

Heatwaves of 30-35°C come most summers, and many German hotels, flats and older trains and trams have no air conditioning. If you sleep badly in the heat, filter for air-conditioned rooms when booking for July and August.

  • Oktoberfest — The world's biggest beer festival on the Theresienwiese: beer tents, fairground rides, Bavarian costume and the opening parade. Entry to the grounds and the tents is free, but tent tables are reserved months ahead and tents close their doors when full, especially at weekends. Munich's hotels roughly double or triple their prices and sell out: book very early or stay in Augsburg or Nuremberg and come by train. Pretzels, Käsespätzle and roasted nuts keep vegetarians going.
  • Munich Christmas markets · 20 Nov – 24 Dec (Marienplatz) — The main market fills Marienplatz and the streets around it, with smaller themed markets at the Residenz, the Chinese Tower in the English Garden and elsewhere. Evenings are cold and busy; markets close on Christmas Eve afternoon.

Part of a longer route

Munich is a stop on a curated circuit through Germany.

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