We are planning a trip to Germany in April and no matter how we arrange our trip, we end up in Munich from April 10-13. But this is during a trade show and the hotels are crazy expensive. Even the hostels are over $300 a night. Does anyone have recommendations for towns to stay in nearby where we could day trip to town? We're having a hard time finding anything with a reasonable price, even outside of Munich proper. Alternatively, if there are any castles nearby that have been converted to hotels, we'd be willing to pay more to do that. Any help would be great!
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What about Augsburg? It's one of the oldest cities in Germany. It's a 30 minute train ride to Munich.
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San Francisco
14958 posts
How far do you want to be from Munich? I would suggest Ulm if Augsburg is not satisfactory. One of Germany's most famous cathedrals is located in Ulm, das Ulmer Münster.
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OP
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Thanks for these recommendations! I'll take a look. The goal is to be close enough to be able to see Munich's sites during the day. We're already planning to do Rothenburg and the Bavarian alps beforehand. We won't have a car, so wherever we choose will need to be along the train line. It's just tricky to know what directly to focus our time, and how long the train commute is reasonably going to take.
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Alsenborn, Germany
1456 posts
If you can, stay in Starnberg. Direct trains every 15-20 minutes, 30 minutes to Munich. Nice town, on the lake, off the American tourist radar.
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Eastern Iowa, USA
8030 posts
I have stayed in Freising a couple times, convenient to the airport and easy frequent trains in to Munich HBF plus you can take the S1 from Freising (or change to the S1 along the way) and continue on into central Munich stops (Marienplatz for example).
I have also stayed in Tegernsee, a beautiful town on a lake in the foothills of the Alps, but admit, at nearly an hour, it is a bit difficult getting into and back from Munich, but maybe worth it.
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Adams Basin
555 posts
When I used to attend Productronica, I always stayed in nearby Feldkirchen. While we were vacationing this summer, I did the same. It's an easy place to get to that is outside of all of the Munich madness.
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Sacramento, California U.S.A.
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We ran into this problem in September when our plans suddenly changed the day before our flight due to flooding and train track damage at our first destinations in Austria. We were flying into Munich just a few days before Oktoberfest started. I found a reasonably priced hotel in Dachau, which is only about 20 minutes from Munich on the S bahn. It worked out very well.
Edited to add the link for the hotel.