Munich Day Trips
The most popular and worth-while day trips from Munich are:
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The Neuschwanstein Castle near Füssen is approximately 90 minutes South of Munich by car or about 2.5 hours by train.
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Garmisch-Patenkirchen, also about 90 minutes South of Munich by car or about 2 hours by train. This was the site of the 1936 winter Olympics and is home to Germany’s tallest mountain, the Zugspitze, which is almost 3.000 m high (almost 10,000 feet).
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Salzburg is also only 90 minutes from Munich by car, or about 2 hours by train.
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Berchtesgaden is about 2 hours from Munich and just up the road from Salzburg. This is where the famous Eagle’s Nest is.
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Teegernsee is a wonderful lake and vacation area only about an hour from Munich by car, or about 90 minutes by train.