Munich
We’ve compiled the best of the best in Munich - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Log in with user name:
Log in with social media:
Get FREE email communications from Fodor's Travel, covering must-see travel destinations, expert trip planning advice, and travel inspiration to fuel your passion.
We’ve compiled the best of the best in Munich - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Perhaps Munich's most ostentatious church, it has a suitably extraordinary entrance, framed by raw rock foundations. The insignificant door...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesMunich's Dom (cathedral) is a distinctive late-Gothic brick structure with two huge towers. Each is 99 meters (325 feet) high, an important...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesBordered by the Neues Rathaus, shops, and cafés, this square is named after the gilded statue of the Virgin Mary that has watched over it for...Read More
Munich's present neo-Gothic town hall was built in three sections and two phases between 1867 and 1905. It was a necessary enlargement on the...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe Altstadt's oldest parish church (called locally Alter Peter, Old Peter) traces its origins to the 11th century, and has been restored in...Read More
One of Germany's true treasures, Munich's royal Residenz (Residence) began in 1385 as the modest Neuveste (New Fortress) on the northeastern...Read More
The Schatzkammer comprises many hundreds of masterworks, including a host of treasures from the Wittelsbach royal crown jewels. A highlight...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe city's open-air market really is the beating heart of downtown Munich. It has just about every fresh fruit or vegetable you can imagine...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesAlter Hof was the original home of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria (not to be confused with the adjacent Residenz). Established in 1180,...Read More
Much of the work on Munich's first town hall was done in the 15th century, though various alterations were made through the centuries. Its great...Read More
This stunning example of a rococo theater, originally called the New Opera House but now called Cuvilliés-Theater or Altes Residenz-Theater...Read More
This quirky museum is in the enormous former St. Augustus Church, and it contains a large collection of fishhooks, taxidermy animals (including...Read More
Take a quick look at this characteristic church built to commemorate Bavaria's part in the Spanish War of Succession. A further motivation for...Read More
Erected in 1841–44, this open pavilion, fronted with three huge arches, was modeled on the 14th-century Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. Set on...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesDuke Wilhelm V founded Munich's most famous brewery in 1589; it's been at its present location since 1607. As beer and restaurants became major...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe creation of the formal court garden, part of the royal residence, dates back to 1613 when it lay outside the Residenz moat. It's now bordered...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe striking Jewish Center at St.-Jakobs-Platz has transformed a formerly sleepy area into an elegant, busy modern square. The buildings signify...Read More
In 1728, Eustachius Föderl opened an inn and beer garden here, which might be how the square came to be called Stachus—it's still called that...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesChagall, Giacometti, Picasso, and Gauguin are among the artists that have been featured in the past at this exhibition hall in the middle of...Read More
Munich's most expensive and exclusive shopping street was named after King Maximilian II, who wanted to break away from the Greek-influenced...Read More
View Tours and Activities{{ item.review_snippet }}...Read More
Please try a broader search, or expore these popular suggestions: