Best Food Day Trips from Munich 2026: 5 Picks

Food destinations within easy reach of Munich. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Worth the trip

Andechs (Monastery brewery) ★ 4.7

1 hour by S-Bahn + busS8 from Marienplatz to Herrsching (1 hour), then 951 bus or 30-minute pilgrimage walk uphill

Famous for: Andechser Doppelbock brewed by Benedictine monks since 1455

Andechs Monastery, on the Holy Hill above Lake Ammersee, has brewed Andechser beers for 500+ years; the Bräustüberl beer hall pours Doppelbock.

Andechs (Monastery brewery)

Tegernsee (Lake town, Bavarian Alps) ★ 4.5

1 hour by BOB trainBOB regional train from Munich Hauptbahnhof to Tegernsee (1 hour, hourly)

Famous for: Tegernseer Hell beer, lake-caught char (Saibling), Naturkäserei cheese

Lake Tegernsee, an hour south of Munich, is officially designated a Genussort (place of culinary enjoyment), 200+ restaurants between the lake's two shores.

Tegernsee (Lake town, Bavarian Alps)

Freising (Weihenstephan brewery) ★ 4.5

25 min by S-BahnS1 from Marienplatz to Freising (25 min, every 20 min)

Famous for: Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier, the world's oldest brewery

Freising, half an hour north of Munich, is home to Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, the world's oldest continuously operating brewery (since 1040).

Freising (Weihenstephan brewery)

Salzburg (Austria) ★ 4.6

1.5 hours by ICE/ECDirect ICE/EC trains from Munich Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hbf (1.5 hours, hourly)

Famous for: Salzburger Nockerl, Mozartkugel, Stiegl beer

Salzburg, 1.5 hours by train from Munich, has its own Old Town and the Augustiner Bräustübl Mülln, a 17th-century monastery beer hall that still pours.

Salzburg (Austria)