Hidden Gems in Munich?

An afternoon visiting Andechs for the monastery and the views is definitely a wonderful activity. Enjoying a beer or two along with supper at Andechs will just round out an already fun experience. This is Bavaria at its best.

Here are my votes for alternatives for repeat visitors:

• If you’ve already been to the large and popular Biergartens, make your way on foot or by bike to the mini-Hofbräu in middle of the Englischer Garten. You will see a lot more of the part than the average tourist and maybe make a friend with a dog while there. Test your German skills by reading the menu (hint: Google translate doesn’t always recognize dialect words).

• if you’ve already been to Andechs, try heading to Kloster Reutberg. Good beer and better food. Take the SBahn to Holzkirchen and take a bus or taxi from there.

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My suggestion would be Schloss Linderhof/Linderhof palace. It is one of the king Ludwig 3 palaces and the one he spent most time in. Less touristy than Neuschwenstein, in a wonderful park you feel like you are in a fairy tale. Bonus is that you can visit Etal Monastery and Oberammergau during the same trip because all 3 are very close to one another. I visited all 3 in one late afternoon using rented car and it was the highlight of my 10 day stay. Next day I visited Garmisch Partenkirchen which is only a half hour further the road. This is pure Bavaria and the trip there is not less impressive. You can see more details in the description of the film below. There is a map at the beginning so you can stop the film and see all the places around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlmiXy04Rfc

From Munich take S8 southwestbound to the end of the line at Herrsching (about 45 minutes from Munich Hbf). 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).

Andechs Abbey, mentioned in one of the posts above, is a short distance from Herrsching.

Photos of Andechs, Herrsching and Dießen here:

1) Starnberg and Starnbergersee.. S6 to Starnberg Hbf (c.40 min. from Marienplatz) which is on the lake and the Seepromenade. Lake boat cruises depart adjacent to the Hbf. Get a beer, sit on a bench, watch the people, stare at the Alps on the southern horizon above the lakehead.
2) Aying. S7 to Aying, (c. 40 min also) 10 minute walk to the Brauerei Gastatte/Biergarten in the center of the village
Sample some of the best beer in Bavaria. 5 PM daily a holzfass (wooden keg) of Ayinger Jahrhundert is tapped. No better anywhere

Munich , being one of my favorite cities , and Art Nouveau ( Jugendstil in German ) one of my favorite styles of art , The one makes a very good reason for the other . The Schwabing and Bogenhausen sections of the city are replete with many fine examples of great eye candy . This site will inform you and guide your explorations - https://www.annees-de-pelerinage.com/art-nouveau-walking-tour-munich/