Excursions
Berchtesgaden
The name Berchtesgaden is most closely associated with Adolf
Hitler's country house, but it is in fact a delightful Bavarian
alpine village with ancient winding streets and a medieval
marketplace, popular as a side trip from Munich. Hitler's holiday
house, the Berghof, is actually...
see full detailsDachau Memorial Site
About 10 miles (16km) to the northwest of Munich on the
Stuttgart Autobahn is the town of Dachau, once a quiet artists'
community that became the site of the first notorious Nazi 'death
camp', where thousands of perceived enemies of the Third Reich...
see full detailsChiemsee
One of the most beautiful lakes in the Bavarian Alps, Chiemsee
boasts two islands and is lined with resorts. A popular weekend
excursion in Germany, it can be reached by train from Munich in an
hour, or by road via the A8 Autobahn....
see full detailsRomantic Road
To experience the best of medieval Germany, hundreds of visitors
drive, bus or cycle their way along the Romantic Road, a 180-mile
(290km) route between Munich and Frankfurt that links together a
string of quaint, well-preserved walled towns dating back a
thousand years or...
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