My husband and I will be taking a 2-3 day trip from Munich in mid-October. We will not have a car. Our focus would be beautiful scenery and history. We had thought about staying in Schwangau to view the castles from afar and outside them. We do not want to do the tour. Or going to Salzburg and onto Berchtesgaden. We also thought of Prien or Oberdorf. What are the recommendations considering modes of travel in the area and the weather. Can you experience the "real" Bavaria in these places? Thanks!
Posted by
Huntsville, AL, USA
8339 posts
You could take a train over to Salzburg and spend the night in the center city. There are good local tours from there. The city is compact and walkable.
Then take the train down to Innsbruck. You could take tours into the mountainside or rent a car for a day from there.
A bus or train will get you back into Munich.
Posted by
Paradise
7108 posts
My first pick would probably be the Garmisch/Mittenwald region.
Garmisch is 1.3 hours from Munich by direct train.
Garmisch: https://www.gapa.de/en/Ort-Umgebung_en/Attractions
Stay in Garmisch and your local transportation is free:
https://www.gapa.de/en/Info-Service_en/GAPA-Card-Gaestekarte
Love the Fraundorfer Inn's Bavarian Evening:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Gasthof_Fraundorfer.jpg
http://gasthof-fraundorfer.de/english/restaurant.php
Mittenwald is reached by train in less than 30 minutes from Garmisch:
http://requisitosparavisa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mittenwald_-3.jpg
http://hastingshouse.typepad.com/hastings_house_us/travel_in_europe/
Posted by
OP
4 posts
We have decided to leave Munich on Oct 10 for Berchtesgaden spending 3 nights there. We would like to spend an afternoon in Salzburg either on the trip to Berchtesgaden or the trip to Nuremberg on Oct 13. If I'm understanding the Bayern ticket correctly we would be able to stop in Salzburg on the same day ticket. Is this right? Or do we need to get a separate bus ticket to and from Salzburg and Berchtesgaden? On which leg would you recommend the stop in Salzburg considering ease of transport?
We are also thinking of stopping at Herrenchiemsee on the other leg. Can use same Bayern ticket? Thanks.
Posted by
The Heartland USA
9025 posts
jcdc Berchtesgaden is practically a suburb of Salzburg. Close enough that you visit one from the other while down there, not from Nuremberg.
Posted by
Niagara, Ontario
1682 posts
We based in Berchtesgaden once, had a car but took the bus from the train station in Berchtesgaden to Salzburg. You are not doing Salzburg any justice with just an afternoon. Prien you can catch on the way from Munich. No idea what you mean by the 'real' Bavaria.
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
34010 posts
A Bayern Ticket is valid for all the journeys you wish to make in one day (after 9 am M-F, after midnight weekends) within the entire state of Bavaria and including into Salzburg. It includes buses and trains (not Railjet or ICE, Regional only), and local city transportation, but not buses or local city transportation in Salzburg. You can go to all the places you list, and Bad Tölz and many others, all day long, as many times as you wish. It truly is a pass.
Don't forget to write your name on it in the little box.