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Munich Sightseeing and Excursion Links

Munich photo - New City Hall

ABOVE: The Glockenspiel of Munich's Neues Rathaus (New City Hall) isn't as old as it looks: The building, including the mechanical clock, was completed in the early 1900s.

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Book city sightseeing tours, day trips to rural Bavaria or Salzburg, and airport transfers online before you leave home. You can pay by credit card in your choice of currencies.

If you'd like to venture outside Munich, read:

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site germanyforvisitors.com
The first of Nazi Germany's death camps is in the Munich suburbs, and it's easy to reach by S-Bahn. You can take a guided tour or explore the camp and its museum on your own.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen germanyforvisitors.com
Germany's top alpine resort has world-class skiing and snowboarding, hiking trails, and other activities to keep you busy in winter or summer. It's also a convenient base for day trips to Oberammergau, Mittenwald, and villages in neighboring Austria.

Zugspitze germanyforvisitors.com
No trip to the Bavarian Alps is complete without a cogwheel-railway and cablecar ascent of Germany's highest mountain near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Come for skiing, snowboarding, and spectacular year-round views of four countries.

Salzburg, Austria is also worth a visit, and it's only a two-hour trip from Munich. See our Salzburg article.