4 Days in Munich

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TwigtheWonderkid

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Thursday 16th March 2017
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So, the eldest son (21) and I find ourselves in Munich for 4 days in April. Going to see footy at the Allianz arena on one of the days, thought we might do a train trip to Innsbruck on another. Go early, come back late, only €38 return each.

Any other suggestions? Also, cheap restaurants, preferably dishing up local fare? Staying in the city centre.

towser44

3,472 posts

114 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
So, the eldest son (21) and I find ourselves in Munich for 4 days in April. Going to see footy at the Allianz arena on one of the days, thought we might do a train trip to Innsbruck on another. Go early, come back late, only €38 return each.

Any other suggestions? Also, cheap restaurants, preferably dishing up local fare? Staying in the city centre.
Salzburg is good for a daytrip. Garmisch-Partenkirchen is close too and you can go into the ski-jump stadium and then take the chair lift up the mountain. Also day trips to Lindau on Lake Constance, Neuschwanstein Castle or Obersdorf are good. Only just out of town on the train is Lake Starnberg, we did a lovely trip on the ferry for the afternoon once, drinking beer in the sun.

For food, we normally ate in the Bierkellers. Favourite for me was the Lowenbrau one :-)

RedWhiteMonkey

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181 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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Try a full pork knuckle here - http://www.kuffler.de/en/haxnbauer.php

oxford drinker

1,870 posts

228 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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The "Wirtshaus Ayingers" (Platzl 1A) was good when we were there last year for food and beer.

marcosgt

11,011 posts

175 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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Towser's listed many of my recommendations, I'd favour Salzburg for a day trip to Austria, not that there's anything wrong with Innsbruck or Garmisch (I can recommend La Toscana Italian restaurant if you go there, great food, very affordable!)

We love Starnberg - You might find they've got the boats out by then, not sure.

Englischer Garten of course (lunch at the Chimese Turm or Seehaus beer garden).

Olympic Stadium tour (and the tower if the weather's good - You can see NOTHING if there's low cloud! smile ) is surprisingly interesting. A wander around the old Olympic Village is quite interesting (and a little poignant, if you recall the events of the '72 games).

BMW Museum and maybe a factory tour.

The Augustiner Keller beer garden, near Hauptbahnhof, was always a favourite of mine - Ribs there are excellent! The Rathaus Keller (on Marienplatz) does lovely, traditional food, but isn't cheap.

If this is your first visit to Munich, you might want to treat yourself to an evening in the Hofbrauhaus - Lots of people will tell you it's full of tourists (it is), but it's great fun and there will be plenty of locals too! Everyone sits at long tables, so you'll find yourself chatting away to someone from somewhere different!

Andechs monastery brewery isn't far either and reachable via the S-Bahn (to Ammersee) and a bus. Again great beer and a good atmosphere - I see they do brewery tours as well, but you'll probably need to book that in advance.

There's a good aircraft museum at Schleissheim, part of the Deutsches Museum - It's a way out of town, not sure how you'd get there by public transport, but I'm sure it's possible. The Deutsches Museum itself is well worth a visit, especially if it's not the weather for being outside - Much like our Science Museum - and it's centrally located.

I love Munich and Bavaria - I was in Garmisch over the weekend and we planned to grab a curry at the Rama in Ismaning, only to find it was closed for a family event when we arrived on our way back to the airport. It used (many moons ago) to be great, so we were looking forward to checking it out - There used to be another branch (family run place) in the city and last time I visited Munich there was an Indian restaurant right opposite the Hofbrauhaus, but it's not exactly traditional Bayerische fare biggrin

There are many good restaurants around Schwabing, but they tend to be priced accordingly.

Beer's incredibly cheap - I was paying 2.5 Euros on the mountain (33 CL) and half a litre was only 3.5 Euro in our hotel bar!

M


Edited by marcosgt on Thursday 16th March 14:21

JB8

381 posts

144 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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Get yourselves over to the Olympic Park, there's plenty to do around there.

BMW World (free), BMW Museum (about 10 euros each) - I'm not really a BMW fan, but found the museum really interesting.



TwigtheWonderkid

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Thursday 16th March 2017
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Wow, this is all great stuff, many thanks.

OtherBusiness

838 posts

141 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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Seconded for doing the BMW factory tour and museum - was excellent

TwigtheWonderkid

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Thursday 16th March 2017
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My son has no interest in cars, beyond getting him from A-B. So car activities are out. Salzburg return is €38, same as Innsbruck, so Salzburg it is. Takes 10 mins longer.

Gareth1974

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138 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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The Deusches museum is really interesting, something there for everyone I reckon. As previously recommended, Ayingers on Platzl opposite the Hofbrauhaus is good. The Hofbrauhaus itself is an acquired taste, but probably worth popping into for a look.
Dachau is also nearby.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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You will need an Allianz ArenaCard to buy food/drink in the stadium - essentially a pre-loaded charge card. You can load it outside/in the stadium at dedicated booths. The beer/food outlets will only take this card.

To get there, get the U-bahn u6 line to Frottmanging - and then it's a bloody schlep to the stadium. We always hang back for a beer after the game - the station can get crazy packed immediately after the final whistle, as it's pretty much the only way to get back into town, apart from driving.

Great night out afterwards, loads of good bars in the area around the Hofbrauhaus, to the east of Marienplatz. Short walk westwards will bring you to Hugos - legendary Munich 'pizza restaurant'/night spot.

Get a Gruppen Day Ticket for unlimited daily travel if there's two or more of you - inner zones/XL outer zones/full network depending on how far you want to go (Dachau, Airport, etc). Really easy to get around

Muenchen.de has a good app for visitors.

TwigtheWonderkid

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Friday 17th March 2017
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had ham said:
You will need an Allianz ArenaCard to buy food/drink in the stadium - essentially a pre-loaded charge card. You can load it outside/in the stadium at dedicated booths. The beer/food outlets will only take this card.
Yes, same system at B. Dortmund. Quite familiar with the quirks of German football.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Yes, same system at B. Dortmund. Quite familiar with the quirks of German football.
Not done Dortmund yet - worth it? Aside from the footy, anything else to see there?

My sons and I are doing Hamburg next month, catching a match vs Hoffenheim.

Football in Germany is brilliant - so well organised, great stadiums, and none of the nastiness you get sometimes here in the UK. As we live reasonably close to Stansted, it's often cheaper to fly/watch in Germany than it is to go to a Prem. game in the UK!

RedWhiteMonkey

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181 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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had ham said:
Not done Dortmund yet - worth it? Aside from the footy, anything else to see there?

My sons and I are doing Hamburg next month, catching a match vs Hoffenheim.

Football in Germany is brilliant - so well organised, great stadiums, and none of the nastiness you get sometimes here in the UK. As we live reasonably close to Stansted, it's often cheaper to fly/watch in Germany than it is to go to a Prem. game in the UK!
The football in Dortmund would be good but it isn't a great place to visit, very ugly and not many attractions in my opinion.

TwigtheWonderkid

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Friday 17th March 2017
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RedWhiteMonkey said:
had ham said:
Not done Dortmund yet - worth it? Aside from the footy, anything else to see there?

My sons and I are doing Hamburg next month, catching a match vs Hoffenheim.

Football in Germany is brilliant - so well organised, great stadiums, and none of the nastiness you get sometimes here in the UK. As we live reasonably close to Stansted, it's often cheaper to fly/watch in Germany than it is to go to a Prem. game in the UK!
The football in Dortmund would be good but it isn't a great place to visit, very ugly and not many attractions in my opinion.
Yes, Dortmund as a city is a bit dull, stay in Dusseldorf and travel in. It's nicer.

But the football is fabulous. Get on the South Terrace against either Bayern or Schalke, it's just brilliant.

TartanPaint

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138 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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A visit to Dachau camp museum would be a very worthwhile trip. It's something that can change you a little bit. Incredible sadness, but also a deeper understanding of the fallibility of humankind, the power of propaganda, how hatred is fuelled and how it could have been any of us on either side of the fence.

Lest we forget.

Then cheer up again at Hofbräuhaus München. beer

Disastrous

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216 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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I'm going to go with the obvious and say Hofbrauhaus/Biergarten - a bit touristy but well worth the trip for some proper Bayerisch food and drink.


TwigtheWonderkid

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Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Just about to book train day trip. Looking at Innsbruck and Salzburg, can't help feeling Innsbruck looks a better day trip.

Thoughts?

marcosgt

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175 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Just about to book train day trip. Looking at Innsbruck and Salzburg, can't help feeling Innsbruck looks a better day trip.

Thoughts?
What are you after?

Salzburg's prettier, got the castle, errr... it's better biggrin

We went to Innsbruck for the day once - It's a biggish town, but it's like most biggish towns. Salzburg is more memorable (we used to go there fairly often).

If you like the sound of Innsbruck better, though, I won't try and dissuade you too much, it's nice enough.

M

Edited by marcosgt on Wednesday 22 March 13:45

Cardiff_Exile

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175 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Been to Munich many times over the years and always try to get in here - http://www.steaks-spareribs-rusticana-muenchen.de/...

massive bang for your buck and the food is amazing