Travel
Beyond Munich, capital of Bavaria
counting 1.3 mio souls though often called a "big village", and its
sprawling suburbs: the Alps - home of many famous mountain
resorts. Landscapes as in Visconti's movie about the life of
König Ludwig II, villages and towns that
seem unchanged for the last 100 years except maybe for a few additional banks,
gas stations and souvenir shops along the main town roads. Otherwise, the
"homo bavaricus" has stayed pretty much the same: country shirt and
richly decorated traditional jacket, leather pants with flowery
suspenders (Lederhosen), felt hat garnished with feathers, "goatee
beards" and many pins full of ornaments, little bells and
trinkets. The "costumes" are worn on Sundays and even in Munich during
the Oktoberfest season.
Some take a raft, beer and
music ride down Munich's home river the Isar. On the other
hand the sacred King of all Bavarians, Ludwig II, architect of almost
all castles in the south of Munich of which Neuschwanstein
(new-swan-rock) is best known for its role model for Walt Disney's
sleeping beauty castle. Wouldn't you be dreaming to have breakfast on
the castle's terasse in company of Sissi, overlooking the best in natural
Kitsch the Bavarian Alps have to offer, add a few swans on a pond and...
 Lodging - Nice places to stay
 Alpenstuben
 Hotel Kurpfalz
Hotel Helvetia
Hotel Ruebezahl, Schwangau
Audrey Bauchinger
 Transportation & Infos
German Alpine Road:
The German Alpine Road traverses the most spectacular scenery of the Bavarian Alps.
Sareiter Reisen
Back to the past in style: explore Munich in horse-drawn carriages
Our hitchhiker's guide to the Munich airport
Mike's Bike Tours
A map of Bavaria
A map of Munich (115k)
The weather
Useful information
 The Alps
King Ludwig II's castles: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee
Nürnberg Legends
Other interesting sites in Bavaria: Regensburg, Ingolstadt, Nüremberg...
Wintop-Online: Essing, Zwiesel...
Witness the awakening Königssee in the Berchtesgardener Land
Follow us on a hiking tour near the Tegernsee
May- Tree or Pole ? Tradition at its Best!
 Munich
Districts
- Schwabing
- Downtown: Marienplatz, Christmas mart...
Gardens & parks
- English garden
- Olympic park
Market places
- Viktualienmarkt
- Elisabethmarkt
Relax in Munich's cemetery
 Bizarre but fun
Joy rafting down the Isar
Flea markets
Christmas mart
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