Germany (Lonely Planet, 6th Edition) - Andrea Schulte-Peevers [246]
Long-Term Rentals
EATING
Restaurants
Cafes & Bistros
Quick Eats
Self-Catering
DRINKING
Beer Halls & Gardens
Bars & Pubs
ENTERTAINMENT
Listings
Tickets
Cinemas
Nightclubs
Live Music
Theatre
SHOPPING
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Air
Bus
Car & Motorcycle
Train
GETTING AROUND
To/From the Airport
Car & Motorcycle
Public Transport
Taxi
AROUND MUNICH
DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL
Tours
Getting There & Away
SCHLEISSHEIM
STARNBERG
ANDECHS
BAD TÖLZ
Sights & Activities
Getting There & Away
CHIEMSEE
Information
Sights
Activities
Sleeping
Eating
Getting There & Around
THE ROMANTIC ROAD
Orientation & Information
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
WÜRZBURG
Orientation
Information
Sights
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking & Entertainment
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
ASCHAFFENBURG
ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER
Orientation
Information
Sights
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Entertainment
Shopping
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
DINKELSBÜHL
Orientation & Information
Sights
Festivals & Events
Sleeping & Eating
Getting There & Away
NÖRDLINGEN
Orientation & Information
Sights
Festivals & Events
Sleeping & Eating
Getting There & Away
AUGSBURG
Orientation
Information
Sights
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking
Entertainment
Getting There & Away
FÜSSEN
Orientation & Information
Sights
Sleeping
Eating
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
AROUND FÜSSEN
BAVARIAN ALPS
Getting Around
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN
Orientation
Information
Sights & Activities
Sleeping
Eating
Getting There & Around
AROUND GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN
Oberammergau
Schloss Linderhof
Mittenwald
OBERSTDORF
Sleeping & Eating
Getting There & Away
BERCHTESGADEN & BERCHTESGADENER LAND
Information
Sights
Activities
Tours
Sleeping
Eating
Getting There & Away
FRANCONIA
NUREMBERG
Orientation
Information
Sights
Walking Tour
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking
Entertainment
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
BAMBERG
Orientation
Information
Sights
Tours
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking & Entertainment
Getting There & Around
BAYREUTH
Orientation
Information
Sights
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Getting There & Away
COBURG
Orientation
Information
Sights & Activities
Festivals & Events
Sleeping & Eating
Getting There & Away
AROUND COBURG
Getting There & Away
ALTMÜHLTAL NATURE PARK
Orientation
Activities
Getting There & Around
EICHSTÄTT
Orientation
Information
Sights
Sleeping & Eating
Getting There & Away
INGOLSTADT
Orientation
Information
Sights
Sleeping
Eating & Drinking
Getting There & Away
EASTERN BAVARIA
REGENSBURG
Orientation
Information
Sights
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking
Entertainment
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
AROUND REGENSBURG
Klosterschenke Weltenburg
Walhalla
Befreiungshalle
LANDSHUT
Orientation
Information
Sights
Sleeping & Eating
Getting There & Away
STRAUBING
Orientation & Information
Sights & Activities
Getting There & Away
PASSAU
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Information
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Activities
Sleeping
Eating & Drinking
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
MARKTL AM INN
BAVARIAN FOREST
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Information
Sights
Activities
Sleeping
Eating
Getting There & Around
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From the sky-scraping Alps in the south to the Danube plain and beyond to the dark wooded hills of Franconia, diverse Bavaria (Bayern) is Germany’s largest Land (state). Gobsmacking Alpine vistas, towns saturated in historical character, and a wealth of castles bequeathed by an odd-ball 19th-century king also make the southern ‘free state’ one of its most fascinating.
Bavaria enjoys a split personality which sees city dwellers swap weekend lederhosen and frothy steins of beer for nine-to-five laptops and cappuccinos. Munich’s provincial power dressers steer an economy bigger than Sweden’s, while out in the sticks time stands still.
Bavarians are subdivided into three peoples. Historic Bavaria is centred around Munich, the Alps and the medieval strongholds