Salzburg (Austria) ★ 4.6
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 Augustiner; the Salzburger Nockerl dessert is the city's signature plate.
More food day trips in Munich
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Alps) ★ 4.3
Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the foot of the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain, is the Alps day trip from Munich; mountain inns serve Käsespätzle, Apfelstrudel and Almdudler at altitude.
Andechs (Monastery brewery) ★ 4.7
Andechs Monastery, on the Holy Hill above Lake Ammersee, has brewed Andechser beers for 500+ years; the Bräustüberl beer hall pours Doppelbock with Schweinshaxe and pretzels.
Tegernsee (Lake town, Bavarian Alps) ★ 4.5
Lake Tegernsee, an hour south of Munich, is officially designated a Genussort (place of culinary enjoyment); 200+ restaurants between the lake's two shores, Tegernseer Brauhaus the anchor.