Been coming up with sub-optimal results searching for hotels in Munich.
Any Potsdam like (or not like) places 10-30 minutes by s-bahn/DB from the city center? Pleasant quieter upscale places with nice amenities and easy transfer in and out of the city core.
We've been to Munich 8 or 10 times in our lives, so not too worried about being right in the center. If we were we like the triangle between Au-Haidhausen, the Deutsches Museum, and the Viktualienmarkt.
Thanks!
I noticed one suburb, but it's one with tragic historic echoes: Dachau, the site of a concentration camp. Some 44,000 people died there.
I visited the Dachau camp in 2004 with my brother. We noticed the town is pleasant.
I have also visited the most notorious camp of them all two times: Auschwitz. The town also seemed pleasant. Some people refuse to stay there for obvious reasons.
I have not been here, but would like to visit. I believe Freising gets good mentions on this forum.
Since you are coming up dry, the obvious question is - what are your dates ?
We stayed in Freising and enjoyed it.
Here's a post from earlier this month that has some ideas in it. I know there are a lot more on the forum, so you might want to search a bit as well.
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/germany/oktoberfest-sep-2023
If I decided to stay somewhere other than in Munich itself , which is my regular habit, across from the Munich Hbf, , I would choose Rosenheim as the small place.
If it were to be another city accessible by train, RB or ICE, then I would choose Ulm or Ingolstadt.
So much good advice, and particular thanks to Mignon!
Tracking down some options. Maybe I should make a spreadsheet so I can make a darn choice at some point. I'm not sure if I'm kidding or not 🤔😁
Freising is a great choice! It's cute, has its own sites like the Weihenstephan, and has easy access to downtown. You can get either the S-Bahn, or more comfortably, the regional train--the latter taking you to the Hbf in about 20-25 minutes IIRC. It's also easy to get to the airport if that is a factor.
Freising is also our favorite short stay near Munich. We like the Domberg and the walk up to Weihenstephan Brewery for sights. The Wirthaus Weissbräu Huber has good food and atmosphere. Bayerischer Hof Freising hotel has good amenities.
about 10km east of central Munich is Feldkirchen. Very easy by S-Bahn. Quiet little place. Not spectacularly gorgeous but very nice, Very convenient to the Messe too.
I like the Bauer Hotel - several visits there - which is convenient to both the station and for driving. Just off both the A99 and A94 so you can get pretty much anywhere..
Traveling during Oktoberfest and subsequently had to move out of the center myself. We have reservations in Freising at the Hotel Gasthof Maisberger. Located directly next to a station on the Sbahn.
Maisberger and Bauer both look great, right in my wheelhouse thank you.
But I ended up back in Munich. Hotel Kraft, across from the medical school a little bit west of Sendlinger Tor. Around 140 a room night with breakfast.
I might still keep poking around for an apartment, but Kraft ought to do the trick.
I've stayed in Freising twice before taking the bus to the airport in the morning for a flight out. There seem to be a lot of place for overnight accommodations in Freising.
One time I walked up to Weihenstephan and had a nice late afternoon and evening meal in the biergarten there.
It's easy to get into Munich from the Freising Bahnhof. The S-Bahn take about 45 minutes, but there are regular trains that take less than a half hour. The trains end at the Hbf. If you want to go to Marienplatz, take the S-Bahn.
@Hank
First I was shocked when I read Schillerstraße but Hotel Kraft is
already in the area where I consider it really ok. I find
Schillerstraße directly in front of the Central Station creepy to be
honest :-)
Mignon I know! I'm not so familiar with Munich as you are, so I had to look on Google Street View to make sure we weren't in the Grill houses and sex shops zone. Two long blocks and 300 meters away from the last strip club.
Your hotel is located in the unofficially called 'hospital district'
of Munich because you find several hospitals and medical teaching
facilities of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University.
I don't love what I'm seeing of the Hospital district right around our hotel. It's fine but really a faceless boring couple of square blocks mostly without shops or restaurants and lacking identity or personality. What I do like, for the price, is the look of the rooms and beds at the Kraft, the nice looking breakfast, the good reviews about quiet, good AC, and helpful 24 hour front desk, and free cancellation for not a lot more money. It's a utilitarian choice in a faceless residential zone. The med school across the road does have some nice looking buildings too.
But now that I have an acceptable option booked, I'm going to check every once in a while if something a little closer to some interesting amenities in a slightly more commercial area opens up. I'd take a similar hotel for a similar price near the river in Au-Haidhausen, or not to far from the shopping area in Schwabing.
Oh no not misleading, I appreciate all of the information. And I was curious why Google Street view stopped. Not allowed on campus I see.
Hotel Kraft is almost surrounded by the university campus, which is great. And it's graduate students in that area, which is also good. I see a lot of bicycles in the streets which is always good too. Sometimes it's nice not staying directly in the hotel zones.
I did a search for amenities around the hotel, and there are some nice looking places to eat and good bakeries around Sendlinger Tor within 200 meters of the hotel. Not touristy places, more workaday which we like.
And one crazy Japanese souffle fluffy pancake place that looks pretty unique. The girls will love it!
We are excited for Munich!
Lot's of good suggestions here.
If I'm not staying in Haidhausen then I usually stay in Tegernsee (especially in the spring/summer).
@Mignon, yes, Wasserburg am Inn is not recommended enough (although I've recommended it a few times). Good connections and a nice little town. You can even ride a bike there from Munich (i've done half the route in the past) ! https://www.radlland-bayern.de/routen/panoramaweg-isar-inn/
DJ
And I was curious why Google Street view stopped. Not allowed on campus I see.
Germany is very strict on personal privacy and Streetview is forbidden in much of the country. Some of Munich is an exception where there is some Streetview but not everywhere...
but there are other restrictions elsewhere in the country aren't there, Mignon? Could you clarify if it is a regional restriction or by community or national. For example, just east of Munich is Feldkirchen where there is no Streetview. But Munich there is....
Street view is generally not looked upon kindly here. Even in places where it exists, you will notice that many houses are blurred out.
This article has a pretty astounding image at the top of where Street View is and isn't.
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/germany-street-view/
