Where to Stay in the German Alps. 8 Days in Munich, Garmisch, Salzburg, Rothenburg. 4K Travel Guide
After living in Munich and making videos for three years, Near From Home is sharing with you our Top 6 Daytrips in Bavaria. Join us as we reminisce on previous videos from well known touristy sites that hold up, to more niche day trips. Will you recognise all 6?
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Videos Mentioned:
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Salzburg-
• Salzburg, Austria. Wha...
Tegernsee-
• Tegernsee is Incredibl...
Ammersee-
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Rothenburg-
• Rothenburg ob der Taub...
Zugspitze-
• What to do on Germany'...
Partnachklamm Gorge-
• We Found a Secret Gorg...
Werdenfels Castle-
• Tourists Don't Know Ab...
Mittenwald-
• The Magical Alpine Tow...
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• World's Longest Suspen...
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Introduction 0:00-1:03
Day 1 1:03-4:55
Day 2 4:56-8:18
Day 3 8:19-14:55
Day 4 14:56-17:15
The Rothenburg Issue 17:16-19:04
Day 5 19:05-21:30
Day 6 21:31-24:20
Day 7 24:21-27:08
Day 8 27:09-31:44
Conclusion 31:45-32:56
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I haven’t been back since 1967. Trip was cancelled 3 years ago due to covid. Retired now and looking forward to an extended visit soon. Thank you for this video.
Thanks so much! Hope you make it out there. Can't even imagine what Germany was like in 1967 :O
I’m headed to Germany with my family in August. We found your videos a few weeks ago and we’ve completely shifted our agenda to spend more time in the Alps and nature. Thanks for all the videos!
That's wonderful! I hope you have a fantastic trip.
I lived in Germany for 5 years and my favorite way to admire Neuschwanstein was from the hiking trails up Säuling mountain. Not a recommendation for everyone but an awesome hike with stunning views.
We have been wanting to do something like this! :D
Next week we'll be visiting Munich, Berchtesgaden, and Garmisch for two weeks. Can't wait!
Brilliant! I hope some of these suggestions make your list :)
Double thumbs ups for 1.) going to Salzburg and never once mentioning "The Sound of Music" and 2.) agreeing Rothenburg is a "tourist trap." Returning for three weeks in September! Thanks for the great information.
lol I find the sound of Music hype around Salzburg kinda annoying. :) I wouldn't call Rothenburg a tourist trap, but is can be REALLY crowded.
@@NearFromHome I have been to Rothenburg ob der Tauber 2-3 times. It is congested, and if travelling by car--parking is a real pain in the ass. I prefer Dinkelsbuhl and Weikersheim for medieval castles and palaces. Wuerzburg is also wonderful.
@@rodgerraubach2753 We still haven't been! :O
I think that it is Salzburg that brought the movie The Sound of Music to life not the other way around.
Super. In June 2022, I met up with my 1970s 1st girlfriend for 1st time in 46 years to relive some of the car trip we did back then from UK. I live close to Memmingen (1-1,5 hrs with car/train/bus from Munich) Day 1: She flew Stanstead-Memmingen with Ryanair. Drove 40 minutes to Lindau island on Lake Constance. Day 2: 10 minutes to Bregenz in Austria, brief coffee in Switzerland on Lake Constance, drive through mountains to alpine Sonthofen in Germany. Day 3: Neuschwanstein/Hohenschwangau, Reutte, Linderhof Palace, Oberammergau then past Garmisch & Mittenwald (both more or less closed due to G7 Summit there) & to Seefeld in Austria above Innsbruck. Day 4: Past Innsbruck up Inn valley to Berchtesgarden (Hitler's Eagle's Nest) & the spectacular Königssee, & on to Salzburg Day 5: Drive back in to Germany to Chiemsee, Herrenchiemsee (Versailles) palace & Fraueninsel using great ferry services & on to Munich passing close to Tegernsee. Munich centre, Viktuallienmarkt, Hofbräuhaus, Franziskaner, Odeonsplatz etc! Day 6: Sunday & of course English garden stroll, water surfing, Chinese Tower beer garden, Schwabing, Olympiapark (the summer Tollwood festival), finish evening in Augustiner beer garden. Day 7: Starnberg Lake to Ammersee Lake & Andechs far too long with band playing. On to Landsberg & final night. Day 8: 30 minutes to Memmingen Airport (Memmingen town well worth visit) 900 km in 8 days. Most of these places are covered in your video, all easily reached by train from Munich. We didn't manage Rothenburg, but had done that in 1975! Hope to be repeating something similar in 2023 & years to come based simply around Munich, Bavaria, bits of neighbouring state of Baden-Württemberg, Austria, Switzerland & even Czech Republic. Keep up the great work. Servus!
What a cool itinerary! I'm shocked somebody else has been to Sonthofen. lol The only thing we haven't done yet is Lake Constance. Thanks for sharing!
There are a lot of Americans who visit this beautiful part of Germany and are fascinated, and now yes want to stay here forever. One can understand why.
This is true. 30% of our audience is American and our Germany videos perform really well!
We are flying in June and planning on staying eight days plus two travel days. I’m encouraging my wife that we get used to the time change before we get there. This couldn’t have come at a better time.
Hope you have a nice time! Glad to have helped!
Looks amazing. I lived in Augsburg, miss everything about Germany and booked to stay in Salzburg too.
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This was SO helpful! Thank you!
Thanks! :D
Thank you sooooo much for the video ! 😘 Subscribed!
Thanks! :D
Great video! I’m heading to Munich in April and can’t freaking wait!
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Thanks for putting out this great itinerary! I agree that rothenburg can be touristy, but it's still a must-see. Especially in the off-peak season. Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen are great bases to explore the surrounding area. I am so thankful that you put out this outstanding content. Keep up the great work. Love your website.
Thank you so much! :D
Thank you so much for these videos. I'm planning a trip to Bavaria this summer and watching your videos is really helping me plan out my itinerary in detail. 👍🏿
Thanks so much!!
Glad I stumbled upon your channel. I will be visiting Munich over New Year's this year. Looking forward to watch some of your other videos on the area as well.
:D Thanks!
I'll be in Bavaria in July and this has really helped me narrow down what I want to do and how much I have time for. Thank you! (Then I watched your Gateway to the Dolomites videos and I'm wishing I had time to do that too!)
Thanks for watching! That's the aim of the channel. Love the Dolomites, and are really proud of that series. :D Hopefully you can make it out there one day.
This was the best video!! So much great info and I love your approach to travel…as one doing more travel now it is my goal to travel where the locals travel and see it from your point of view. Keep making amazing videos!
Thanks so much!
I used to grow up and live in Munich and I have been to most of the places in your video. The video highlights some of the great day trips and overnight trips from Munich as a base. Thanks for this great video.
Thanks so much! Glad that this is local approved. lol
Really great videos of a beautiful area. Thanks to both of you.
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I love this region!! There are lots of forests amd nature!! Amazing!! ❤❤❤
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Great and honest video. I lived for 15 years in the Munich area and even I could learn some interesting suggestions from this video.
Thank you! :D
Looks like a great adventure 😊
Thanks!
I love this! Thanks so much! I want to visit both Munich & Salzburg but really want to spend time in the smaller places in Bavaria! I so appreciate the recommendations to skip some things that often fall on these lists!
Glad you found it helpful!
Thanks for the video, has given me some great ideas for day trips when I visit in early September, only difference is I‘ll be making Salzburg my base for the first week and Munich my base for the second week.
If you are making Salzburg your base, then don’t forget to check out my specific Salzburg video and my entire Salzkammergut series as there are so many hidden gems around Salzburg that everyone misses.
So glad I found your channel! Since my last name is Keller, and love Hofbrau dark, I’ll definitely have to check out the Hobraukeller. My parents took my brother and me along in 1969 and we stayed at a hotel on a lake at the bottom of the Zugspitze, which was absolutely magical. Of course, back then, with the dollar riding high, we were able to stay at the hotel for incredibly cheap ($10, if I’m not mistaken). I won’t be going for about three or four years, when I retire. I love hiking and will go to many of your suggestions. It always amazes me how little effort it takes to leave the crowds behind, if you’re willing to do a little walking/hiking. Thanks again!
Cute! hahaha It must have been pretty wild to be in Bavaria in the 60s.
@@NearFromHome What I remember of the trip: We went to the salt mines and rode the car (they had the best soft serve ice cream cones I’ve ever had just outside). We went to Oberammergau, which was a really cool woodcarving town. I still have a hand carved eagle that was 36 Marks (at 4 to a dollar). We went to Eagles Nest, which had great views. I remember the Hofbrauhaus, with its Oompa band. Near there, in Switzerland, we went to Zermatt and my dad climbed the Matterhorn. We went in a cable car and then climbed the rest of the way on Rothorn (I thought the name was rotterhorn). We met an old Swiss guy and he shared his cheese and chocolate with us. At that age (8), the chocolate tasted a lot better! I can’t tell how different it was, since I haven’t been back (yet). Thanks again for your channel!
There are so many places, trails, cabins, crossroad villages, and more that the typical tourist won't come across. Explore without a destination and you will be surprised at what you find. Ask the waiter at the little cafe about hiking trails or where he/she likes to go to chill out. Bavarians love to chill out after a good hike or walk. Your adventure awaits you at the next turn in the road. It is nearly impossible to get lost because the roads are named by where they go to. If it says Munchener Strasse then it's going to Munich. Maybe the other direction but at least you have a 50/50 chance. Seriously. Be nice, be polite, smile, ask questions, don't tell them all that you know about WW2 or how to run their country and you'll really enjoy your visit to Germany.
Great series of Videos and very helpful. My family toured Bavaria in June 2023 and stayed at a VRBO in Hausham (@45 minutes south of Munich) great location if you have a car, as you have quick access to the Autobahn and can easily go anywhere in Bavaria. We hit most of the Alpine Lakes in the region and the little villages throughout the area.
Thanks so much! Glad to have helped!
Thank you for the videos! I've marked some places we'd like to go when in and around Munich. I may take you up on the consult! Cheers from Alberta, Canada.
:D Looking forward to it!
Thanks for your videos. They've been a great help in my planning a July trip to Munich, Berchtesgaden and Garmisch. Was wondering if it's possible to visit Werdenfels Castle and Partnachklamm Gorge in the same day? I will have a car to travel between the two but not sure of time needed to fully explore/enjoy both.
Thanks for watching! You coulddddd, especially as the sun sets quite late in the summer. It honestly depends on you physical fitness. if you have a baseline of fitness then yes! We just did Partnachklamm with some visiting family yesterday, and we ended up walking 10 miles. :O
Love your videos! I was curious if you know anything about doing these day trips and hikes with a dog? I will be in Munich later this week and want to do some of these trips with my dog.
Unfortunately I do not know much! Good luck!
We don’t drink beer so what else is there to look forward to food wise? Also we don’t do starchy food or sauces.
Unfortunately, I am struggling to think of food in Bavaria that fills those requirements.
If my plans come to fruition, I will be traveling to Germany, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, and South Tirol in August-September this year. Part of the time I will be escorting my daughter on her first trip to Europe. This video in particular of all the ones I have watched gave me some great ideas for a firs trip to Bavaria for anyone. I was last in Munich in 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak. I spent a great deal of time in Vienna then, and even made it to Kyiv, Ukraine,
I hope they do! That sounds like a really wonderful trip to take with your daughter! :)
I love visiting the graveyards in Salzburg, especially the graveyard where Mozart's parents are buried I have been to Rothenburg a few times, last time I took my kids to the Medieval Torture Museum, just to show them what could happen if they are not good kids. LOL (BTW, each visit to Rothenburg has become more touristy than the previous time, except for the museum. It was not overcrowded at all)
Glad that we are not the only ones who like the graveyards. haha The crowds stress me out, but we also had the same experience at the torture museum, and the medieval walls. lol
@@NearFromHome if you ever come to Halifax Canada there are some very interesting graveyards, especially the titanic graveyard
@@JAM-65 really? I will keep that in mind :D
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Ah guys, what are you doing to us?!! Are we gonna go for 2 days, maybe 3 days? Well now we need at least 8 to do this itinerary!!! And probably more!!! Haidhausen looks beautiful, it was our fav Christmas market…that beer garden…perfect! That food…even more perfect! Now, Salzburg, another place we love and need to see again. That graveyard with the freaky statues is a bit weird but they both look great. A beer from the schloss, amazing. Despite having been to Salzburg a few times, we haven’t done the Mozart museum, we want to though. Not sure if we’ve seen your Salzburg guide, need to go back to that. Those lakes (not gonna try and spell it) look stunning. A beer and cake next to that lake, ah guys!!!!! Yep, we love German beer, we need to go to that brewery!!! That forest walk looks really nice and the views just amazing. Ok, day 3, herrsching, that’s the one we watched the other day isn’t it? We would walk it! The food and beer look fab. I think this is our fav lake so far!! Neuschwanstein…now we’re talking. We know your feelings about this place and agree with you on the whole, but like we said when we met up, the story is fascinating and we can’t wait to do this vlog. We’ve been 3 times and loved every time, staying close by twice. We preferred the hohenschwangau tour, it was brilliant and although we only only spent a little time in Fussen but need to go again. We’ve just been talking about it and our perfect time there would be stay in schwangau out of season, get up early, walk to the bridge then catch the first tour of the day, then spend the rest of the day walking round the lake…that’s what we did. Rothenburg is another place on our list…hang on, ALL YEAR Christmas shop? Ok, I’m in! The town looks like a panto set! Zugspitze…this has been on our list for ages. This place looks perfect. Brilliant tip about the train ticket!! We would love this gondola, we wanna go in winter and summer! Garmish Parky thingy…..another place on our bucket list. Loving the ruins, we loved your video on this. That river side walk is where we really want to go….ah, passing back over…and beer gardens….damn!!!! Mittenwald…not as familiar with this one, but have heard of it. What a stunning place. That hike looks great and the food reward looks amazing but think we’ll take the other walk. Day 8, ok, we love castles, this looks amazing. World of castles, very cool!!! We have some pretty damn stunning castles here in wales, equally as old, equally as intact but these views are pretty spectacular. Ok, that bridge crossing looks a bit hairy but fun! Ok both, we loved that. In fact this is one of our favourite videos we have watched in ages!!!! Top work. We so need to come back to Munich and visit some of these places!!! Amazing! X
Glad you are so inspired! Let us know the next time you are in town vlogging, and we would be happy to redo all these daytrips! :D
Fantastic video,very helpful will watch more,only been to five big cities few day each in circle, ready to do villages,please introduce train system how to use
Thanks so much! We have a video all about the train system!
If you want to go to Herrsching by S-Bahn you have to take the line S8 not the S6 :)
crap you are right :,)
Saved. My Osprey pack is now 4 years old and still holding up (albeit a bit raggedy).
perfect! lol love Osprey :D
phil, you probably know already, and deana as well. mentioning altmühltal, i just send a post to the black forest family. they are in my challenge, which channel is my most favorite. back to the topic. if you like kayaking, like i do, or going with the bike along the "donau". up to vienna or even further, i highly recommend. this topic is not brought up in youtube so far, so maybe you just jump in? and you will get followers, especially from the netherlands, they love the so called "donauradweg". hugs, great job.
We have heard of the path along the Danau, (as well as the Rhine) and want to do one at some point. There is just too much to do in Germany. :O
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:D Will check it out! We are always looking for nice saunas
Great video! How would your itinerary change for winter? I’m hoping to visit the region in December to experience Christmas markets, but not just Christmas markets. Looking for indoor sights as well. Considering Innsbruck and Seefeld area. Thoughts?
Luckily Munich has lots of Christmas markets. You could replace one of the day trips with an entire day walking around to the different markets. You could also replace a day trip with a trip to the Fraueninsel Christmas market. We have videos not those both! Also, if you have a lot of questions or would like us to look over you itinerary, we do consultation calls! Link below if you are interested. www.thatch.co/guide/2f8vrmaf0az7f/view
really enjoyed this. i have lived abroad, and im more interested in life in another place, not just seeing cool stuff.
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I’m originally from Germany, now live in the US and im going back this spring. I’m surprised how close our itineraries are - im going to Salzburg on my second day as well and after Munich heading to Garmisch (: Then visiting family in Baden-Württemberg and visiting Rothenburg from there.
Wow that's funny. We still haven't seen enough of Baden-Württemberg though! Have a nice trip. :D
@@NearFromHome omg, if you haven’t visited Ulm definitely climb the church tower & have some cake in front of the Münster at Cafe Tröglen 😊 It’s my husband & I’s favorite town.
@@peppermint938 Really? We still haven't visited. Will do! :D
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Thanks!
Love this video....we are going to use this as a plan for our summer holiday 2024......do u recommend getting some sort of weekly train ticket or just buy daily..? Alao,any ideas for where to stay..air bnb or hotels..? Cheers.
I would look into the Deutschland ticket! It gives you access to all transport except for high speed rail for 49 euros a month. It is a subscription, and a little hard for foreigners to get, so look into it ahead of time!
You’re right about Rothenburg not working as a day trip. More do-able from Nürnberg. But R. is def worth a night, where possible.
yes! Bamberg is doable as well with the ICE trains.
@@NearFromHome Yep- done that as well.
They are called Bavarian Alps
Genau. Of course we both know that. However, this video is aimed at beginners and the search term Germany will pop up more than the search term Bavaria. That’s just internet search for you.
Oh no, the horror of people thinking these mountains are German when in fact they are Bavarian, lol.
@@mimamo It's unfortunate, but you gotta play to the things people are familiar with. I would hate to work 40+ hours on a video just for nobody to watch it. :/
@@NearFromHome I was being sarcastic. ;) It was a weird complaint. Of course you can call the Bavarian Alps, the German Alps. I've seen it plenty of times.
@@mimamo lol same haha
Hey mate, my brother and i are going to switzerland, austria and germany in july/august, is there anywhere we still might be able to see and visit snow? I've heard zillertal might have snow all year round, do you know any places that for sure have snow or is it a bit too hot at that time? Also side note, I'm trying to learn german for this trip, but since I'm learning hoch deutsch but mainly travelling along the south and into austria, is it going to even be that useful? I'm gonna continue regardless but it would be a bit disappointing if i had to talk english the whole time lol
I don't think so. There will probably be a tiny bit of snow on the peaks in Austria and Switzerland, but this isn't usually an area normal people can access. Austrian is really hard for us to understand, but I find that the Austrians are much nicer about speaking German than the Germans. It will be harder to understand, but they try harder. We have even had Austrians switch to hoch Deutsch for us. lol I would just try your best. it will only help you improve. good luck!
hey mate what kind of black boots are you sporting there in the winter?
Meindl! They're waterproof and basically all weather boots.
This is the itinerary I'm following, what do you think of doing the hike in Tegernsee with a 3 year old child? Can you use a stroller (aka Pram) on these trails?
Personally, I think the hike to Tegernsee with a pram would be too brutal, as it’s rather steep the entire time. I had friends do the hike recently with a 1 year old in a hiking backpack and they said it was very difficult. What you could probably get away with is the hike to Andechs, though you’ll need to be ready to go up a lot of stairs at the very end.
The hofferbrau an winerplaz is great and I think you have small crismars market there...but for me the best place in Munich was wirtshaus in der au
Bu the if you are in Salzburg the best place for beer will be the agustiner and yes there is a difference from the one in your hometown
We love Wirtshaus in der Au. We actually featured it in our Munich food tour video! ;)
@Near From Home yes I saw the video I spent 3 hours there was amazing and they have good shnaps from austria 😀
@@sharonpapkin8574 hahahahah cool!
can reginal bayern day ticket for 2-5 persons travel from munich to salzburg and back in 1 dat?
Yes, but you have to choose the correct amount of people though. There are different price points based on the size of the group. Also, consider looking into a Deutschland Ticket. It just dropped in May, and will cover a trip to Salzburg. It's. away better deal.
Planning ongoing next may. It's A. It's not so much the towns it's how you get there. Do you need to rent a car? Can you take a train? What about a bus that's what i'm trying to figure out. One question if you want to visit bavaria and the alps munich where you want to fly into
How you get there is what we cover in each individual deeper dive video about the particular place I’ve recommended. This video would be far too long if it included the logistics for everything. So definitely check out the realist of the channel if you have more questions. However to summarise, fly into Munich and take the train.
Excellent video. It seems Germans have Beer Gardens like Americans have gift shops.
I think so lol!
We are planning a December trip. Would you recommend the same 8 day trip stops in the winter?
The gorges are not ope, and I wouldn't really recommend the lakes. Assuming you are dressed very warmly, the others will be very pretty in the winter.
@@NearFromHome hopefully we can continue to watch for future ideas you have.
Do you host tours of the city, or produce itineraries?
What if we don’t drink beer? Will there be enough places and things to do? We are in our 70’s so we need a gentle trip.
Yes! The places we mentioned to get a beer also offer other Bavarian food and drinks.
If I was flying into Salzburg but don’t want to stay there is there a town with mountains but restaurants etc that is easy to get to from airport ?
I would check out our salzkammergut series! We like Traunkirchen, Salt Wolfgang, and Bad Ischel
I've done these towns but would never take a train daily from Munich. I spend a two or three days and nights at each stop. I feel more like a local than a Disney ticket holder.
Locals take the train :)
Herren und Frauen Chiemsee are a choice also but albiet a bit busier
Yes! We wanted to include Chiemsee in our lake day trip list, but the video was already so long.
@@NearFromHome that's ok... U make 'em,we'll watch em. Thank you for all these "local" munich vids. A city I love dearly
Is the trip totally able to be done only via train? and no car?
Yes! Though, if you are wanting to know more, you should watch the guide video.
@@NearFromHome thanks! Will do:)
no mention of chiemsee and king ludwig's other palace. herrenchiemsee
Like, comment, and subscribe because there is always more coming down the pipeline. We also only just recently managed to visit Linderhof palace.
herrenchiemsee is much more opulent, it was built as a replica of versailles@@NearFromHome
"Where to stay"? I thought you were going to give hotel names prices etc?🤔😅
Where to stay, as in Munich and Garmisch, and what to do when you are there. I don’t view it as a worthwhile endeavour to review hotels because everyone wants something different. Big shared rooms in hostels to luxury hotels. I don’t have the time in the day to include all of that. Not to mention, as a local, I don’t spend a lot of time in hotels here, nor do I want to. Who will pay for it? :) Instead as a local who always goes out every weekend diving deep to find hidden gems and adventures, now that’s what I can help tourists with.
Uh, they are called the Bavarian Alps and are populated by a very special subset of Germans, Bavarians.
Unfortunately nobody would click on a video titled 'Bavarian Alps'.
nice but too much promotion 😂 ‚Business‘ 🤪
People like compilations and places to start, I like making really detailed and specific guides :) this seemed like the most appropriate way to compromise. It’s not like I could make this video 2 hours long and include all the information I want to.
Hofbrauhaus-what a let down for this tourist
You should watch the rest of our videos! Our food recommendations would have helped you avoid the trap and visit something much better :)
Another beer advert! I do not drink alcohol! Shut up about beer!!!
No.
If this guy were as well integrated as he claims, he wouldn'n't be pronouncing "Hofbräu " as Hoffbräu Basic nowledge of how you pronounce the single vs double consonant.
lol, Merry Christmas!!!!! Sorry my “f” was a little too long for you :) and a happy new year!