Stretching from the shores of the Bodensee (Lake Constance) to the snow-capped peaks on the Austrian border, the Allgäu region boasts winsome villages in an alpine landscape. Largely ignored by international ...more
Andechs, atop Heiligenberg hill on the Ammersee, has been a pilgrimage destination since the Middle Ages, due in part to its valuable collection of reliquaries. Its first cloister dates to 1392, but it ...more
Palaces, churches, and castle ruins hide among the rolling green hills of the forest, tucked away in tiny villages. The region is famous for its crafts, particularly glass-blowing. The glass produced here ...more
The paintings of Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich have impressed the iconic image of the Watzmann peak upon every German’s mind. For centuries, the mountain—and the sparkling blue lakes and ...more
The original inhabitants of these picturesque islands, meadows, and marshlands, located between Munich and Salzburg, built the famed 9th-century island monasteries. Later, King Ludwig II chose the Herreninsel ...more
The first thing prisoners saw as they entered Dachau was the inscription Arbeit Macht Frei (work will set you free) on the iron gate of the Jourhaus, the only entry to the camp. Dachau was the Third Reich&rsquo ...more
Perhaps it was to his credit that Maximilian II neglected to educate his sons in the mundane affairs of government, allowing them to cultivate a taste for literature and the arts instead. With Max’s ...more
No trip to Germany is complete without a voyage to friendly Bavaria, and the populous city of Munich, a city probably responsible alone for your beer-soaked, festive image of German life. The city and ...more
The beautiful small town of Starnberg (pop. 16,000), situated at the northern end of the Stanberger See just 20km south of Munich, has been a favorite vacation spot for Germans since the Wittelsbach family ...more
In the summertime, Thalkirchen plays host to flurries of visitors floating (in every sense of the word) down the Isar River. The Flosslände, a natural wave along the river (from U3 Thalkirchen, take Bus ...more
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