Hello, in August I will be spending 7 days in Munich. After Munich I will be heading to strasbrough, then Dijon, then Paris for my flight home. Besides Nuremberg and Salzburg, what towns or cities are a must see in the region?
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Paradise
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Regensburg
Prien, for Herrenchiemsee
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Green Bay
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Regensburg, Augsburg, Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Just three that come to mind. Many more.
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Lakewood, Colorado
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Reit im Winkl, Tegernsee, Kochelsee, Schliersee, Mittenwald, Oberammergau, Oberstdorf, Nördlingen. Berchtesgaden, maybe overnight 'cause it's a long ways for a day trip.
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Bayerisch Eisenstein
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In addition to all the above suggestions, I'd also add, Landshut, Ingolstadt, Eichstatt, Ulm, Freising, Passau. Do you have any specific interests, that might help people give you more tailored suggestions?
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OP
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Thank you all for your feedback, I will be looking into all of them. I would prefer cities or towns connected by public transport. I am very interested in rococo church’s and the style in general. Anything involving classical music too is of great interest.
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Augsburg, Bavaria
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Ingolstadt, Eichstatt,
.. together with lovely Neuburg an der Donau make a wonderful day trip.
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OP
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Those towns are prefect! That is exactly what I was looking for, thank you.
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Green Bay
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Look at using a Bayern Ticket to do these. Cost is 25 EUR for 1st person and 6 EUR for each additional person up to 5 traveling together. Unlimited travel on regional trains, buses, and local transit for the day starting 9 am weekdays, and all day weekends and holidays.
There also deals for less money for some routes. ie: to Salzburg, a Gutentag Ticket for 23 EUR, or to Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a Werdenfels Ticket for 22 EUR and not restricted to after 9 am weekdays.
Ulm is in Baden-Wuerttemberg, but you can use an Allgaeu-Schwaben Ticket for 22 EUR.
Since Salzburg and Ulm are not in Bavaria, local transit on that end is not included.
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OP
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How much do you think transportation would cost a day? If I just bought tickets the day of would around $25 be enough?
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Phoenix AZ
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I would prefer cities or towns connected by public transport. I am very interested in rococo church’s and the style in general. Anything involving classical music too is of great interest.
Bingo.
From Munich take S8 southwestbound to the end of the line at Herrsching. Walk about 250 meters to the lakefront and ride one of the stately paddle-wheel ships across Ammersee to Dießen, a town that has changed little since my first visit there in 1968. Dießen is not on the international tourist grid at all, but is a popular getaway for German weekenders. There is a famous sailing school, an annual ceramics market in May, and a museum honoring composer Carl Orff, who was a resident of the town.
Walk through Dießen up the hill to the spectacularly baroque-rococo Marienmünster Abbey (1729).
How much do you think transportation would cost a day? If I just bought tickets the day of would around $25 be enough?
Unlimited travel on the Munich S-Bahn as far out as Herrsching would be 13,00 € for one person for one day, or 16,80 € for three days. Rates are slightly lower for group tickets. https://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/tickets-and-fares/tickets-daytickets/index.html
Round trip from Herrsching to Dießen ("Southern Tour", also includes Riederau) on the ship is 11,50 €. http://www.seenschifffahrt.de/en/ammersee/prices-and-offers/prices/
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Green Bay
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How much do you think transportation would cost a day? If I just bought tickets the day of would around $25 be enough?
Since Germany is on the Euro, 25 EU might be enough, but certainly not 25 USD.
Posted by
OP
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Jeff,
A day trip to Dieben, and the surrounding area, sounds amazing. I even had a hard time finding the church there on google, so this place is definitely not on the grid. Thank you very much for that information.
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Phoenix AZ
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For searching, use the Anglicized spelling, "Diessen". (That's the German letter 'ß' ('ss' or 'sz') in the name Dießen, not a 'b'.)
On your way up to the Abbey, stop for a gelato in Gelateria Venezia at 20 Mühlstrasse. That's the building where I stayed for a week in 1968.
Photos of the area here: https://goo.gl/photos/oNAqscf1uiVAM8zp9
And here's how it looked in 1968: https://goo.gl/photos/3CreLZBSKcXA8qUF6
Have a great trip!
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Pittsburgh, PA
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I have a family history bias to Straubing because my family is from the area and it truly is a lovely town
And the Gäubodenvolkfest, second only to Oktoberfest, also is in August.
Seems worth consideration.