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.
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.
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, on the Holy Hill above Lake Ammersee, has brewed Andechser beers for 500+ years; the Bräustüberl beer hall pours Doppelbock with Schweinshaxe and pretzels.
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.
Freising, half an hour north of Munich, is home to Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, the world's oldest continuously operating brewery (since 1040); the Bräustüberl pours straight from the source.