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Need Munich area Xmas markets suggestions

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I plan on going to Munich the first week of December for Christmas markets. I would like to visit other towns and cities as well to see their markets too.

Would I be better off staying the entire time in Munich and taking day trips by train, kind of like a wheel with Munich as the hub? Or should I start in Munich and make a chain out of the trips, staying in a different town each night? The problem there is schlepping luggage every day as well as finding eight different hotels.

One place that I do not want to miss is Salzburg and it's markets.

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Definitely overnight in Salzburg if you can swing it. We did both Munich and Salzburg in December 2022 and it was a perfect duo. I would not move around each night for other day trips though.

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Christmas Markets in various towns will offer much the same merchandise. Seeing more markets will not imho increase the shopping pleasure much.

To get the feel of a town requires a couple days for us. On a day trip we lose too much time just riding on the train.

For a week we would probably divided our time Regensburg 2days. Munich (or Augsburg) 2days and Salzburg 2 days. Munich is a large town and there is a learning curve about how to get around. Munich's Marienplatz Christmas Market can have overwhelming crowds in the evening.

We did a Christmas Market day trip from Stuttgart to Esslingen one year. I remember how unappealing the ride back to Stuttgart was on cold, dark winter night. I guess we are just not day trip folks.

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